Manchester Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Just spices? No! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as seasonings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries discloses some of the current findings about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Manchester chiropractic patients are healthy people often seeking a healthier approach to disease prevention and care. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries adds some spice to this healthier way of life and Manchester back pain relief!
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries seeks out healthier ways of living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself to be for our Manchester chiropractic patients and families at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. Adding some spice is one such way. Research in South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are key to traditional foods of the region – brings evidence of cure for centuries even while deficient in scientific explanation as of yet. Today, biologists are analyzing spices’ medicinal value and showing evidence for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Manchester chiropractic patients and families appreciate that extra value of their spicy food! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries does!
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 – akin to capsaicin – boosts 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 increased 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 starting transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries recognizes inflammation’s role in back pain whether it’s chronic or acute. Manchester inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Manchester chiropractic care by 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 indicate 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, halt tumor creation, movement and attack, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Manchester cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly good!
Schedule a Manchester appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries to discuss how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to relieve pain as part of your healthy Manchester chiropractic treatment plan.
