Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers Highlights Curcumin's Benefit for Neurological Diseases
4000 years of consumption. 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 provides much data to researchers to see just what an impact it makes on disease. And there’s a difference! Curcumin as an anti-inflammatory substance is finding credit for positive effect on neurological diseases, cell death, and pain. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers remains interested in curcumin’s positive role in potential inflammation and Baton Rouge back pain reduction.
CURCUMIN HISTORY
Curcumin has a long history of usage going back 4000 years (1) yet a shorter history of use in present day for its ability to control levels of various neurotransmitters in the brain as well as stopping cell death. Curcumin affects inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, and enzymes. (2) Back in 2010 researchers speculated 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 called for additional 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 stop reactive astrocyte expression and thus preventing cell death is beneficial. (3) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor knows the role of cell death in degenerative spinal conditions like disc disease and appreciates the potential curcumin has in dealing with cell death and reducing inflammation and thereby decreasing Baton Rouge back pain.
CURCUMIN DIET AND SUPPLEMENTATION
What is the best way to incorporate curcumin for greatest benefit? Diet and/or supplementation. A curcumin rich diet is written to counteract diseases like cancer and diabetes as well as decrease inflammation. A new paper 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). To effect more attention to curcumin’s benefits, the researchers share the cellular and molecular mechanisms and clinical trial outcomes regarding the use of curcumin in healthy people and people with such diseases. (1) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers knows many Baton Rouge chiropractic patients will go the supplementation route as it’s easy and effective. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers will share what’s right for you and your Baton Rouge 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 shares 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 Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers today. You don’t have to wait 4000 years to understand that curcumin may well benefit you, your pain and/or your neurological disease.
