Concord, NC Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Just spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Pure Chiropractic shares some of the latest reports about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Concord, NC chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier approach to disease care and prevention. Pure Chiropractic adds some spice to this healthier approach and Concord, NC back pain relief!
Pure Chiropractic looks for healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself to be for our Concord, NC chiropractic patients and families at Pure Chiropractic. 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 – presents evidence of cure for centuries even while lacking scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are studying spices’ medicinal value and showing support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Concord, NC chiropractic patients and families welcome that extra value of their spicy food! Pure Chiropractic does!
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 – similar to capsaicin – enhances the potential of turmeric. Not being very bioavailable on its own, curcumin’s absorbability is increased by black pepper. One study reports that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, serum levels remain low. 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; ease peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); prevent some cancers, lessen pain even potentially neuropathic pain (by initiating transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Pure Chiropractic recognizes inflammation’s role in back pain whether it’s chronic or acute. Concord, NC inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Concord, NC 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 point to 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 stimulate cell death, halt production, migration and invasion of tumors, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Concord, NC cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Concord, NC appointment with Pure Chiropractic to discuss how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Concord, NC chiropractic treatment plan.
