Black Pepper. Turmeric. Just spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have long
histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! New Roads Chiropractic Center reveals
some of the more recent reports about the
benefits of turmeric and black pepper:
antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. New Roads chiropractic
patients are healthy people often looking for a
healthier way to disease
management and prevention. New Roads Chiropractic Center adds some spice to
this healthier approach and New Roads back pain relief!
New Roads Chiropractic Center looks for healthier ways
of living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself
to be for our New Roads chiropractic patients and families at
New Roads Chiropractic Center. Adding 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 – shows evidence
of cure for centuries even while lacking
scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists
today are examining the
medicinal value of spices and reporting support
for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may stop
the progression of microorganisms. (1) New Roads Chiropractic Center would surmise
that New Roads 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 – offer natural benefits like being anti-fungal,
anti-oxidant, antiseptic, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory. Black pepper – similar to capsaicin – enhances
the power of turmeric. Not being very bioavailable on its
own, curcumin’s absorbability is increased by black pepper. One
study exemplifies 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 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, lessen 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) New Roads Chiropractic Center is well aware of
inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic
or acute. New Roads inflammation takes part in
disease and in back pain. New Roads chiropractic care by spinal
manipulation and nutrition advice relieves back pain and related inflammation.
Some of the most amazing 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 seem to respond
well to black pepper, turmeric, black cumin, ginger, garlic, saffron and chili
pepper. These spices have bioactive compounds – curcumin,
thymoquinone, piperine, capsaicin - that encourage cell
death, halt production,
migration and invasion of tumors, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a New Roads
cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these responses
to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a New Roads appointment with
New Roads Chiropractic Center to discuss how black pepper and
turmeric just may spice up your life enough to relieve
pain as part of your healthy New Roads chiropractic treatment plan.