http://www.chiro.org/wordpress/?p=12126 Welcome to ChiroOrg Sat, 18 May 2013 20:23:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.chiro.org/wordpress/?p=12126&cpage=1#comment-102100 Dr. Tom Chaney Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:04:31 +0000 http://www.chiro.org/wordpress/?p=12126#comment-102100 Several of the supplements I prescribe to patients, regularly, contain tumeric. I find that it helps with decreasing inflammation and reduces blood sugar, in my diabetic population. I agree with Karl, we need more “Lifestyle Medicine” practitioners to help stop the downward spiral of health and healthcare in America.

]]> http://www.chiro.org/wordpress/?p=12126&cpage=1#comment-101858 karl Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:00:44 +0000 http://www.chiro.org/wordpress/?p=12126#comment-101858 This spice has been gaining a lot of consideration in the literature and media. The curcumin portion of tumeric has been shown to help reduce the onset of diabetes in the prediabetes demographic. It seems tumeric/curcumin reduces systemic inflammation and modulates oxidation-reduction stress. Its speculated that curcumin may help/enhance the beta cells of the pancreas. I believe its estimated that nearly 79 million people are within the prediabetes definition. We can have an impact on this demographic. The cost of care for diabetic patients per year is approximately $179 billion per year and growing. This is more evidence that “Lifestyle Medicine” is and will be important in reducing chronic health conditions and we can be major players.

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