New research looking at liver injury data showed that consumption of too much turmeric could cause liver injury. In this video, AJM Editor-in-Chief Joseph S. Alpert, MD, explains that spicing your food is most likely OK because you are using a small amount. He cautions that people who take turmeric as a supplement should watch their intake. You can read “Liver Injury Associated with Turmeric — a Growing Problem: Ten Cases from the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network [DLIN]” by Halegoua-DeMarzio et al in the February 2023 issue of The American Journal of Medicine at amjmed.com.
