Plainville Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they just plain, old spices? No! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as seasonings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Layden Chiropractic shares some of the more recent reports about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Plainville chiropractic patients are healthy people often looking for a healthier approach to disease prevention and care. Layden Chiropractic adds some spice to this healthier approach and Plainville back pain relief!
Layden Chiropractic looks for healthier ways of living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Plainville chiropractic patients and families at Layden Chiropractic. Adding 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 – presents evidence of cure for centuries despite lacking scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are studying the medicinal value of spices and showing evidence for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the growth of microorganisms. (1) Layden Chiropractic would surmise that Plainville 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 – present natural benefits like being anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, antiseptic, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory. Black pepper – akin to capsaicin – enhances the power of turmeric. Not being very bioavailable on its own, curcumin’s absorbability is boosted by black pepper. One study exemplifies that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, serum levels remain low. If it’s taken with 2mg of black pepper, its 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, reduce pain even possibly neuropathic pain (by triggering transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Layden Chiropractic sees inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. Plainville inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Plainville chiropractic care by spinal manipulation and nutrition advice relieves back pain and related inflammation.
Some of the most astonishing 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 contain bioactive compounds – curcumin, thymoquinone, piperine, capsaicin - that promote cell death, stop production, migration and invasion of tumors, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Plainville cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Plainville appointment with Layden Chiropractic to chat about how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Plainville chiropractic treatment plan.
