Murfreesboro Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they just plain, old spices? No! Black pepper and turmeric have long histories as seasonings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Most Chiropractic Clinic shares some of the latest reports about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Murfreesboro chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier way to disease prevention and care. Most Chiropractic Clinic adds some spice to this healthier way of life and Murfreesboro back pain relief!
Most Chiropractic Clinic looks for healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Murfreesboro chiropractic patients and families at Most Chiropractic Clinic. 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 indications of cure for centuries despite lacking scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are analyzing spices’ medicinal value and reporting support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may stop the growth of microorganisms. (1) Most Chiropractic Clinic would think that Murfreesboro 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 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 potential of turmeric. Not being very bioavailable on its own, curcumin’s absorbability is boosted by black pepper. One study reports that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, there isn’t a noticeable serum level reaction. If it’s 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, 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) Most Chiropractic Clinic is well aware of inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. Murfreesboro inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Murfreesboro chiropractic care via spinal manipulation and nutrition advice helps 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 react 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 tumor creation, movement and attack, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Murfreesboro cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Murfreesboro appointment with Most Chiropractic Clinic to talk about how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Murfreesboro chiropractic treatment plan.
