La Grande Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Black Pepper & Turmeric
Black Pepper. Turmeric. Are they simply spices? Not at all! Black pepper and turmeric have lengthy histories as flavorings and medicines. Such spicy histories! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC reveals some of the current findings about the benefits of black pepper and turmeric: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer. La Grande chiropractic patients are healthy people often looking for a healthier approach to disease management and prevention. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC adds some spice to this healthier way of life and La Grande back pain relief!
Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC looks for healthier approaches to living just as chiropractic proves to be for our La Grande chiropractic patients and families at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. 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 despite lacking scientific explanation as of yet. Biologists today are analyzing spices’ medicinal value and showing evidence for the antimicrobial effects they have and just how they may halt the progression of microorganisms. (1) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC would surmise that La Grande 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 tasted better and been healthier for years! Curcumin and other curcuminoids – chemical compounds in turmeric – present natural benefits like being anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, antiseptic, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory. Black pepper – akin to capsaicin – enhances the power 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, serum levels remain low. If it is 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) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC sees inflammation’s role in back pain whether it is chronic or acute. La Grande inflammation takes part in disease and in back pain. La Grande 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 promote cell death, halt production, migration and invasion of tumors, and prepare tumors to be sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy treatments. (3) When a La Grande cancer patient is dealing with cancer, these responses to spices like black pepper and turmeric are certainly good!
Schedule a La Grande appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to discuss how black pepper and turmeric just may spice up your life enough to reduce pain as part of your healthy La Grande chiropractic treatment plan.
