Largo Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they just plain, old spices? No! Black pepper and turmeric have long histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Hollstrom & Associates Inc discloses some of the latest findings about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Largo chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier way to disease prevention and care. Hollstrom & Associates Inc adds some spice to this healthier approach and Largo back pain relief!
Hollstrom & Associates Inc looks for healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself to be for our Largo chiropractic patients and families at Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Adding some spice is one such way. Research in South Asia and Middle East countries - where spices are fundamental to traditional foods of the region – brings indications of cure for centuries even while deficient in scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are studying spices’ medicinal value and showing support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may stop the progression of microorganisms. (1) Largo chiropractic patients and families welcome that extra value of their spicy food! Hollstrom & Associates Inc does!
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 – heightens 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, its 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); avert some cancers, reduce pain even possibly neuropathic pain (by initiating transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Hollstrom & Associates Inc recognizes inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. Largo inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Largo 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 have bioactive compounds – curcumin, thymoquinone, piperine, capsaicin - that promote cell death, stop tumor creation, movement and attack, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Largo cancer patient is fighting cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Largo appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc to chat about how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to relieve pain as part of your healthy Largo chiropractic treatment plan.
