Carrolltown Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Just spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have long histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation discloses some of the current reports about the benefits of turmeric and black pepper: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Carrolltown chiropractic patients are healthy people often looking for a healthier approach to disease management and prevention. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation adds some spice to this healthier way of life and Carrolltown back pain relief!
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation seeks out healthier ways of living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Carrolltown chiropractic patients and families at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. Including some spice is one such way. Research coming out of South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are fundamental to traditional foods of the region – shows evidence of cure for centuries despite deficient in scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are examining spices’ medicinal value and reporting support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation would think that Carrolltown chiropractic families and patients would welcome the bonus benefit of spicy food’s value!
The spices black pepper (peperine) and turmeric (curcumin and curcuminoids) work well together. Asian foods have tasted better and been healthier for years! Curcumin and other curcuminoids – chemical compounds in turmeric – are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial in nature. Black pepper – akin to capsaicin – improves the power of turmeric. Not being very bioavailable on its own, curcumin’s absorbability is boosted by black pepper. One study explains that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, serum levels remain low. If it’s taken with 2mg of black pepper, curcumin’s absorbability rose 2000%! Together, black pepper and turmeric offer to control obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes; alleviate peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); avert some cancers, reduce pain even possibly neuropathic pain (by starting transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation recognizes inflammation’s role in back pain whether it’s chronic or acute. Carrolltown inflammation takes part in disease and in back pain. Carrolltown chiropractic care by spinal manipulation and nutrition advice helps back pain and related inflammation.
Some of the most amazing research on the value of spices like black pepper and turmeric indicate their effects on prevention and treatment of cancers. Lung, liver, breast, stomach, colorectal, cervix and prostate cancers appear to respond well to black pepper, turmeric, black cumin, ginger, garlic, saffron and chili pepper. These spices have bioactive compounds – curcumin, thymoquinone, piperine, capsaicin - that stimulate cell death, halt tumor creation, movement and attack, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Carrolltown cancer patient is fighting cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly good!
Schedule a Carrolltown appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation to talk about how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Carrolltown chiropractic treatment plan.
