Apple Country Chiropractic Highlights Curcumin's Benefit for Neurological Diseases
4000 years of consumption. That is some history! Curcumin has it. (Chiropractic enjoys its 125-year history!) Curcumin’s history of dietary use in Eastern countries like China and India offers much fodder to researchers to examine just what an influence it has on disease. And there is a difference! Curcumin as an anti-inflammatory substance is finding credit for positive influence on neurological diseases, cell death, and pain. Apple Country Chiropractic continues to study curcumin’s beneficial role in possible inflammation and Williamson back pain reduction.
CURCUMIN HISTORY
Curcumin possesses a long history of use going back 4000 years (1) yet a shorter history of use currently for its ability to control levels of various neurotransmitters in the brain in addition to preventing cell death. Curcumin affects inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, and enzymes. (2) Ten years ago researchers posited that curcumin could be a “future drug of therapy for the treatment of various neurological disorders.” Diabetic neuropathy, tardive dyskinesia, and major depression are among those such orders. They recommended more clinical studies back then to place curcumin into therapeutic use due to its “neuroprotective action” in diseases like Alzheimer’s, tardive dyskinesia, major depression, epilepsy, and other such neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties may contribute to its neuroprotectiveness. Curcumin’s ability to reduce or stop reactive astrocyte expression and thus preventing cell death is beneficial. (3) Your Williamson chiropractor understands the role of cell death in degenerative spinal conditions like disc disease and appreciates the potential curcumin has in addressing cell death and decreasing inflammation and thereby decreasing Williamson back pain.
CURCUMIN DIET AND SUPPLEMENTATION
What is the best way to integrate curcumin for greatest benefit? Diet and/or supplementation. A curcumin rich diet is written to offset diseases like cancer and diabetes as well as reduce inflammation. A recent report on curcumin reveals the role curcumin plays in treating neurological diseases (spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis and more). In an effort to bring more attention to curcumin’s benefits, the researchers present the cellular and molecular mechanisms and clinical trial outcomes regarding the use of curcumin in healthy people and people with such diseases. (1) Apple Country Chiropractic knows many Williamson chiropractic patients will go the supplementation route as it’s simple and effective. Apple Country Chiropractic will suggest what’s right for you and your Williamson chiropractic treatment plan.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses the benefits of anti-inflammatory efforts with curcumin in the relief plan for neck pain within the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic appointment at Apple Country Chiropractic today. Don’t wait 4000 years to realize that curcumin might benefit you, your pain and/or your neurological disease.
