Orchard Park, NY Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Black Pepper & Turmeric

Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they simply spices? No! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as flavorings and medicines.  Such spicy histories! Novelli Wellness Center reveals some of the latest reports about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Orchard Park, NY chiropractic patients are healthy people often pursuing a healthier way to disease prevention and care. Novelli Wellness Center adds some spice to this healthier way of life and Orchard Park, NY back pain relief!

Novelli Wellness Center looks for healthier ways of living just as chiropractic proves to be for our Orchard Park, NY chiropractic patients and families at Novelli Wellness Center. Including 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 indications of cure for centuries despite lacking scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are examining the medicinal value of spices and reporting support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the growth of microorganisms. (1) Novelli Wellness Center would surmise that Orchard Park, NY 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 tasted better and been healthier for years! Curcumin and other curcuminoids – chemical compounds in turmeric – are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial in nature. Black pepper – akin to capsaicin – heightens the potential of turmeric. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so black pepper allows it to be absorbed better.  One study exemplifies 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; relieve peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); prevent some cancers, lessen 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) Novelli Wellness Center sees inflammation’s role in back pain whether it is chronic or acute. Orchard Park, NY inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Orchard Park, NY 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 appear 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 stimulate cell death, halt production, migration and invasion of tumors, and sensitize tumors to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Orchard Park, NY cancer patient is fighting cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!

Schedule a Orchard Park, NY appointment with Novelli Wellness Center to discuss how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Orchard Park, NY chiropractic treatment plan.

 
 
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