McHenry Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: 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! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic discloses some of the latest reports about the benefits of turmeric and black pepper: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. McHenry chiropractic patients are healthy people often looking for a healthier approach to disease prevention and management. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic adds some spice to this healthier way of life and McHenry back pain relief!
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic seeks out healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself to be for our McHenry chiropractic patients and families at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Adding some spice is one such way. Research in South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are integral to traditional foods of the region – shows evidence of cure for centuries despite lacking scientific explanation thus far. Biologists today are studying the medicinal value of spices and showing evidence for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the growth of microorganisms. (1) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic would think that McHenry 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 well together. Asian foods have always been tastier and more full of healthful benefits! 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. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so black pepper allows it to be absorbed better. One study explains that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, serum levels remain low. If it’s taken with 2mg of black pepper, curcumin’s absorbability increased 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, lessen pain even possibly neuropathic pain (by causing transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is well aware of inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. McHenry inflammation takes part in disease and in back pain. McHenry 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 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 encourage cell death, stop tumor creation, movement and attack, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a McHenry cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly good!
Schedule a McHenry appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic to chat about how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy McHenry chiropractic treatment plan.
