Minster Chiropractic Center Highlights Curcumin's Benefit for Neurological Diseases
4000 years of use. That is quite a history! Curcumin has it. (Chiropractic enjoys its 125-year history!) Curcumin’s history of dietary use in Eastern countries like China and India gives much fodder to researchers to see just what an impact it makes on disease. And there is a difference! Curcumin as an anti-inflammatory substance is gaining credit for positive influence on neurological diseases, cell death, and pain. Minster Chiropractic Center continues to study curcumin’s beneficial role in potential inflammation and Minster back pain reduction.
CURCUMIN HISTORY
Curcumin possesses a long history of use going back 4000 years (1) yet a shorter history of use currently for its ability to modulate levels of a variety of neurotransmitters in the brain in addition to preventing cell death. Curcumin influences inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, and enzymes. (2) Back in 2010 researchers speculated that curcumin may well be a “future drug of therapy for the treatment of various neurological disorders.” Diabetic neuropathy, tardive dyskinesia, and major depression are among those such orders. They called for more clinical studies back then to place curcumin into therapeutic use because of its “neuroprotective action” in diseases like Alzheimer’s, tardive dyskinesia, major depression, epilepsy, and other such neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties may add to its neuroprotectiveness. Curcumin’s ability to reduce or stop reactive astrocyte expression and thus preventing cell death is beneficial. (3) Your Minster chiropractor understands the role of cell death in degenerative spinal conditions like disc disease and values the potential curcumin has in dealing with cell death and reducing inflammation and thereby decreasing Minster back pain.
CURCUMIN DIET AND SUPPLEMENTATION
What is the best way to integrate curcumin for maximal benefit? Diet and/or supplementation. A curcumin rich diet is written to offset diseases like cancer and diabetes as well as reduce inflammation. A new paper on curcumin brings to light the role of curcumin in treating neurological diseases (spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis and more). To bring more attention to curcumin’s benefits, the researchers present the cellular and molecular mechanisms and clinical trial outcomes of using curcumin in healthy people and people with such diseases. (1) Minster Chiropractic Center realizes many Minster chiropractic patients would like the simpler supplementation route which is quite easy and effective. Minster Chiropractic Center will share what is right for you and your Minster chiropractic treatment plan.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the benefits of anti-inflammatory efforts with curcumin in the relief plan for neck pain within the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Minster chiropractic appointment at Minster Chiropractic Center today. You don’t have to wait 4000 years to realize that curcumin might benefit you, your pain and/or your neurological disease.
