Benefits of mixing Turmeric with Black Pepper

Turmeric together with black pepper enhances the effects of both, being a powerful natural anti-inflammatory

• The turmeric mixture together with black pepper have an anti-inflammatory effect that together is enhanced. Therefore, we could talk about a natural analgesic.

• Both pepper and turmeric have an antioxidant effect , so they protect cells from oxidative damage.

• Pepper contains a compound called piperine that has a thermogenic effect, that is, it activates metabolism by helping the liver to better break down fats and therefore digest them better. This helps both to improve heavy digestions and to what is commonly known as "fat burning" , which does not really burn them but does help to break them down.

• Provides vitamins and minerals . Pepper contains beta-carotene and is a source of vitamin C.

• Fight colds and flu . Since both contain capsaicin, a natural chemical component that makes these two foods spicy, helping to open the airways and contributing to the circulation, dissolution and expulsion of mucus.

• The substance in turmeric that gives it its yellow color, called curcumin , is being studied for the possible treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, and psoriasis. [1] [2]