Johnson Chiropractic Highlights Curcumin's Benefit for Neurological Diseases
4000 years of use. That’s quite a history! Curcumin has it. (Chiropractic delights in 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’s a difference! Curcumin as an anti-inflammatory substance is finding recognition for positive effect on neurological diseases, cell death, and pain. Johnson Chiropractic continues to study curcumin’s beneficial role in potential inflammation and Richmond back pain reduction.
CURCUMIN HISTORY
Curcumin holds a long history of use over 4000 years (1) yet a briefer history of use currently for its ability to modulate levels of a variety of brain neurotransmitters along with stopping cell death. Curcumin influences inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, and enzymes. (2) Back in 2010 researchers suggested that curcumin may well be a “future drug of therapy for the treatment of various neurological disorders.” Diabetic neuropathy, tardive dyskinesia, and major depression are a few of those such orders. They requested further 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 add to its neuroprotectiveness. Curcumin’s ability to reduce or halt reactive astrocyte expression and thus preventing cell death is advantageous. (3) Your Richmond chiropractor knows the role of cell death in degenerative spinal conditions like disc disease and values the potential curcumin possesses in dealing with cell death and decreasing inflammation and thereby decreasing Richmond back pain.
CURCUMIN DIET AND SUPPLEMENTATION
What is the optimal way to integrate curcumin for maximal benefit? Diet and/or supplementation. A curcumin rich diet is reported to counteract diseases like cancer and diabetes as well as decrease inflammation. A new report on curcumin brings to light 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 authors share the cellular and molecular mechanisms and clinical trial outcomes regarding the use of curcumin in healthy people and people with such diseases. (1) Johnson Chiropractic knows many Richmond chiropractic patients would like the simpler supplementation route which is quite easy and effective. Johnson Chiropractic will suggest what is right for you and your Richmond 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 presents 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 Richmond chiropractic appointment at Johnson Chiropractic today. Don’t wait 4000 years to realize that curcumin may well benefit you, your pain and/or your neurological disease.
