Dr. Butwell Highlights Curcumin's Benefit for Neurological Diseases
4000 years of consumption. That is quite a history! Curcumin owns it. (Chiropractic enjoys its 125-year history!) Curcumin’s history of dietary use in Eastern countries like China and India offers much data to researchers to investigate just what an impact it makes on disease. And there is a difference! Curcumin as an anti-inflammatory substance is gaining credit for positive effect on neurological diseases, cell death, and pain. Dr. Butwell remains interested in curcumin’s beneficial role in potential inflammation and Georgetown back pain reduction.
CURCUMIN HISTORY
Curcumin holds an expansive history of usage going back 4000 years (1) yet a shorter history of use currently for its ability to modulate levels of a variety of neurotransmitters in the brain along with stopping cell death. Curcumin influences inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, and enzymes. (2) Back in 2010 researchers suggested that curcumin could 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 called for further clinical studies back then to place curcumin into therapeutic use because of 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 halt reactive astrocyte expression and thereby preventing cell death is beneficial. (3) Your Georgetown chiropractor knows 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 reducing Georgetown back pain.
CURCUMIN DIET AND SUPPLEMENTATION
What is the optimal way to incorporate 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 brings to light the role of curcumin in treating neurological diseases (spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis and more). In order to effect more attention to curcumin’s benefits, the authors share the cellular and molecular mechanisms and clinical trial outcomes of using curcumin in healthy people and people with such diseases. (1) Dr. Butwell realizes many Georgetown chiropractic patients would like the simpler supplementation route which is quite easy and effective. Dr. Butwell will suggest what’s right for you and your Georgetown chiropractic treatment plan.
CONTACT Dr. Butwell
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 Georgetown chiropractic appointment at Dr. Butwell today. You don’t have to wait 4000 years to understand that curcumin may well benefit you, your pain and/or your neurological disease.
