St Peters Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they just plain, old spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Old Mill Chiropractic discloses some of the current findings about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. St Peters chiropractic patients are healthy people often seeking a healthier approach to disease care and prevention. Old Mill Chiropractic adds some spice to this healthier approach and St Peters back pain relief!
Old Mill Chiropractic looks for healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic proves to be for our St Peters chiropractic patients and families at Old Mill Chiropractic. Adding some spice is one such way. Research coming out of South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are fundamental to traditional foods of the region – presents indications of cure for centuries despite lacking scientific explanation thus far. Today, biologists are studying the medicinal value of spices and reporting support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Old Mill Chiropractic would surmise that St Peters chiropractic families and patients would embrace 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 – similar to capsaicin – improves the potential of turmeric. Not being very bioavailable on its own, curcumin’s absorbability is boosted by black pepper. 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 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 triggering transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Old Mill Chiropractic recognizes inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. St Peters inflammation takes part in disease and in back pain. St Peters chiropractic care via 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 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 promote cell death, stop production, migration and invasion of tumors, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a St Peters cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly good!
Schedule a St Peters appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic to discuss how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy St Peters chiropractic treatment plan.
