New York City Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they just plain, old spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have long histories as seasonings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Rosenberg Wellness Center shares some of the more recent findings about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. New York City chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier approach to disease management and prevention. Rosenberg Wellness Center adds some spice to this healthier way of life and New York City back pain relief!
Rosenberg Wellness Center looks for healthier ways of living just as chiropractic proves to be for our New York City chiropractic patients and families at Rosenberg Wellness Center. Adding 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 even while deficient in scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are analyzing spices’ medicinal value and reporting evidence for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may stop the growth of microorganisms. (1) Rosenberg Wellness Center would think that New York City 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 – offer natural benefits like being anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, antiseptic, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory. Black pepper – similar to capsaicin – boosts the power 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 rose 2000%! Together, black pepper and turmeric offer to control obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes; ease peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); prevent some cancers, reduce 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) Rosenberg Wellness Center sees inflammation’s role in back pain be it chronic or acute. New York City inflammation takes part in disease and in back pain. New York City chiropractic care by spinal manipulation and nutrition advice helps 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 seem to respond well to black pepper, turmeric, black cumin, ginger, garlic, saffron and chili pepper. These spices have bioactive compounds – curcumin, thymoquinone, piperine, capsaicin - that encourage cell death, halt production, migration and invasion of tumors, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a New York City cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a New York City appointment with Rosenberg Wellness Center to talk about how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy New York City chiropractic treatment plan.
