Toronto Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: 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! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre reveals some of the current reports about the benefits of turmeric and black pepper: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. Toronto chiropractic patients are healthy people often seeking a healthier way to disease prevention and care. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre adds some spice to this healthier approach and Toronto back pain relief!
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre looks for healthier ways of living just as chiropractic demonstrates itself to be for our Toronto chiropractic patients and families at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. 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 – presents evidence of cure for centuries even while deficient in scientific explanation as of yet. Today, biologists are examining spices’ medicinal value and reporting support for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Toronto chiropractic patients and families are grateful for that extra value of their spicy food! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre does!
The spices black pepper (peperine) and turmeric (curcumin and curcuminoids) work together well. 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 – similar to capsaicin – enhances the power of turmeric. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so black pepper lets it be absorbed better. One study explains that if 2 grams of curcumin are taken alone, serum levels remain low. 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; ease peptic ulcers (by preventing H-pylori bacteria growth); avert some cancers, lessen pain even possibly neuropathic pain (by starting transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1); and alleviate inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like). (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre sees inflammation’s role in back pain whether it is chronic or acute. Toronto inflammation plays a role in disease and in back pain. Toronto 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 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, halt tumor creation, movement and attack, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a Toronto cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these reactions to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly positive!
Schedule a Toronto appointment with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre to chat about how black pepper and turmeric might spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy Toronto chiropractic treatment plan.
