Minster Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Just spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as seasonings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Minster Chiropractic Center discloses some of the more recent reports about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Minster chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier way to disease care and prevention. Minster Chiropractic Center adds some spice to this healthier approach and Minster back pain relief!
Minster Chiropractic Center looks for healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Minster chiropractic patients and families at Minster Chiropractic Center. Including some spice is one such way. Research coming out of South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are integral to traditional foods of the region – shows evidence of cure for centuries even while lacking 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) Minster Chiropractic Center would surmise that Minster 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 together well. 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 – improves the power of turmeric. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so black pepper lets it be absorbed better. One study explains that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, there is not a noticeable serum level reaction. If it is taken with 2mg of black pepper, curcumin’s absorbability increased 2000%! Together, black pepper and turmeric offer to control obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes; relieve peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); avert some cancers, lessen 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) Minster Chiropractic Center recognizes inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. Minster inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Minster chiropractic care via spinal manipulation and nutrition advice helps 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, halt production, migration and invasion of tumors, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Minster cancer patient is fighting cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Minster appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center to chat about how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to relieve pain as part of your healthy Minster chiropractic treatment plan.
