> Article said that supplements that mix pepper and turmeric are dangerous.

The article made it up. It's pure speculation. Hundreds of thousands of people take pepper+curcumin supplements and are totally fine.

What's likely the culprit here is an idiosyncratic immune response, or a heavy metal contaminated supplement. Of course, that's also speculative. Could be something she ate; could be that she didn't disclose a drinking problem.

The article reads like it has an axe to grind, tbh. "Oh no an unregulated racket!"

That sounds crazy, are you sure you didn't misread the labeling?

When I checked the turmeric supplement I use. Which I buy in a reputable health food, and supplement chain in Norway. It is 40mg of turmeric, which according to the article is well under the acceptable daily dose. As far as I understand Norway follows the EU directives on this, but has some additional strictures as well. I wouldn't expect the difference to be this stark though.

Btw. the reason I use turmeric supplements is that I have a tendency to get persistent inflammation, and for me, the supplements seems to help with that. But if I didn't have this problem, I would not take it, and also, it isn't given that it works for you, even if it does for me.

Secondarily, both contains oxalate in proportions of 1% of black pepper and 2% of turmeric by mass, which leads to the formation of kidney stones.

It's worse in the US because the FDA effectively "washes its hands" of anything deemed a "supplement". In general, the precautionary principle is difficult to find in America outside of FDA-approved procedures, medical devices, and medications. Food and supplements are desperately under-regulated.

Two points:

one, it's extremely likely that the article is incomplete and lack critical info like a presence of lead, or genetic predisposition.

Two: 10g is crazy. That's how you get kidney stones. Put so curcuma and black pepper in your meals. In EU, supplements (and recently, tea) are tested for heavy metal and plastic, and to see if the ingredient list is correct, but their effectiveness is not.

Are you talking about pills? Pills generally can only contain about 1000mg or a little more. Is the bottle suggesting you take 10 pills for a single dose?

I was working at a small farm-shop at some point, we sold smoothies of turmeric and ginger, we had to label it clearly, and restrict sale for pregnant woman, young kids and the elderly because large doses can be dangerous. As far as I recall both are a natural blood thinner.

Edit: in europe

That's 10 grams?? Does that even fit in a pill?

"heard it was good and bought on a famous "health" store"

I heard it is good, not trusting generic "healthy wonder medicines" in general.

I seriously doubt each pill/dose is 10 grams.

10000 mg is 1/3 ounce, or nearly a half teaspoon of flour. That's huge.

Why would supplements supposedly be safe in the EU? They are not regulated as far as I know? They can be sold anywhere. They often contain all kinds of inflated claims..

Are you sure it’s not microgram (μg)?