Elgin Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: 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! Connected Chiropractic shares some of the latest findings about the benefits of turmeric and black pepper: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Elgin chiropractic patients are healthy people often looking for a healthier way to disease prevention and management. Connected Chiropractic adds some spice to this healthier approach and Elgin back pain relief!
Connected Chiropractic looks for healthier ways of living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Elgin chiropractic patients and families at Connected Chiropractic. Including some spice is one such way. Research coming out of South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are key to traditional foods of the region – brings evidence of cure for centuries despite lacking scientific explanation thus far. Today, biologists are examining spices’ medicinal value and showing support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Connected Chiropractic would think that Elgin 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 – are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial in nature. Black pepper – similar to capsaicin – boosts 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, serum levels remain low. If it is taken with 2mg of black pepper, its absorbability rose 2000%! Together, black pepper and turmeric offer to control obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes; help peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); prevent some cancers, reduce pain even potentially neuropathic pain (by causing transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Connected Chiropractic sees inflammation’s role in back pain whether it’s chronic or acute. Elgin inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Elgin chiropractic care via 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 point to their effects on prevention and treatment of cancers. Lung, liver, breast, stomach, colorectal, cervix and prostate cancers seem 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 encourage cell death, halt production, migration and invasion of tumors, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Elgin cancer patient is fighting cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Elgin appointment with Connected Chiropractic to chat about how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to relieve pain as part of your healthy Elgin chiropractic treatment plan.
