Juneau Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they just plain, old spices? No! Black pepper and turmeric have long histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Aurora Chiropractic Center shares some of the current reports about the benefits of turmeric and black pepper: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Juneau chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier way to disease care and prevention. Aurora Chiropractic Center adds some spice to this healthier way of life and Juneau back pain relief!
Aurora Chiropractic Center seeks out healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself to be for our Juneau chiropractic patients and families at Aurora Chiropractic Center. Adding some spice is one such way. Research in South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are fundamental to traditional foods of the region – brings indications of cure for centuries even while deficient in scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are examining the medicinal value of spices and showing evidence for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Juneau chiropractic patients and families welcome that extra value of their spicy food! Aurora Chiropractic Center does!
The spices black pepper (peperine) and turmeric (curcumin and curcuminoids) work well together. Asian foods have always been tastier and more full of healthful benefits! Curcumin and other curcuminoids – chemical compounds in turmeric – are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial in nature. Black pepper – akin to capsaicin – boosts the power of turmeric. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so black pepper allows it to be better absorbed. One study exemplifies that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, there isn’t a noticeable serum level reaction. If it is taken with 2mg of black pepper, curcumin’s absorbability rose 2000%! Together, black pepper and turmeric offer to control obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes; ease peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); avert some cancers, lessen pain even possibly neuropathic pain (by causing transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Aurora Chiropractic Center is well aware of inflammation’s role in back pain whether it is chronic or acute. Juneau inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Juneau chiropractic care via 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 react well to black pepper, turmeric, black cumin, ginger, garlic, saffron and chili pepper. These spices have bioactive compounds – curcumin, thymoquinone, piperine, capsaicin - that promote cell death, halt tumor creation, movement and attack, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Juneau cancer patient is fighting cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Juneau appointment with Aurora Chiropractic Center to talk about how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Juneau chiropractic treatment plan.
