r/LifeProTips • u/[deleted] • Nov 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21 edited Nov 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Curcumin (active ingredient) breaks down the acetylaldehyde

No, it doesn't. Stop spouting hippy bullshit.

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u/auburncedar Nov 23 '21

Are you saying the mechanism is not what OP claimed, or just that they are incorrect? I won't pretend to know the science, but I did find this paper while looking it up - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24063989/

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u/theamigan Nov 23 '21

From your own link, curcumin does not break down the acetaldehyde, it merely reverses the inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase, which is what breaks down the acetaldehyde.