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ELI5: Are there any real studies showing that things like ginger, turmeric, capsaicin, propolis... help preventing/curing diseases?
gpt
There are a LOT of studies. Almost no proper clinical trials though. Certainly no clear benefit. Turmeric is almost certainly ineffective as it decomposes quickly. If there is no clinical use after such long research then there probably is no significant activity.
Good paper in Science about turmeric recently.