Montreal 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! Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic discloses some of the current findings about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Montreal chiropractic patients are healthy people often looking for a healthier way to disease management and prevention. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic adds some spice to this healthier way of life and Montreal back pain relief!
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic seeks out healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Montreal chiropractic patients and families at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. 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 even while lacking scientific explanation as of yet. Today, biologists are studying the medicinal value of spices and showing support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the growth of microorganisms. (1) Montreal chiropractic patients and families are grateful for that extra value of their spicy food! Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic 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 – are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial in nature. Black pepper – similar to capsaicin – heightens the power of turmeric. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so black pepper lets it be better absorbed. One study reports that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, serum levels remain low. If it is taken with 2mg of black pepper, curcumin’s absorbability rose 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, reduce pain even potentially neuropathic pain (by initiating transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is well aware of inflammation’s role in back pain whether it is chronic or acute. Montreal inflammation takes part in disease and in back pain. Montreal chiropractic care via 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 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 promote cell death, halt tumor creation, movement and attack, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Montreal cancer patient is fighting cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly good!
Schedule a Montreal appointment with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic to chat about how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Montreal chiropractic treatment plan.
