Full Transcript Introduction to Anti-Inflammatory Spices 0:00 What if the secret of moving easier was already in your kitchen and your pantry? 0:06 We are breaking down five powerful spices that don't just add flavor in food, but they work to shut down the inflammation causing your joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis. 0:19 Hello, all of you rheumatoid arthritis warriors. 0:20 This is Dr. 0:21 Ananda Subedi, your rheuma arthritis coach at The Room Doc, as well as a practicing rheumeatologist here at Empower Arthritis and Rheumatology Center. 0:29 Today, I'll go over five important spices that you can find in your kitchen that will help fight against rheuematoide arthritis. 0:37 Before I go deeper, please don't forget to like and subscribe to our channel so that you can get these content in the future. 0:44 Also, share this information to your loved ones who might be confused regarding what to do with rheumatoid arthritis. 0:51 And also help us support in our mission for this 2026. We want to touch at least 100,000 rheumatoid arthritis warriors who are suffering in pain and confusion. 1:01 So you can help by liking and subscribing to our content. 1:04 And don't also forget to accept our gift. 1:07 There are two gifts we have created for you. 1:09 One is your free book, the Holistic Rheumataid Arthritis Guidebook, as well as an anti-inflammatory smoothie that you prepare in the morning to fight against 1:20 rheuma arthritis and inflammation. 1:22 As you already know, as many of you are already aware, rheumatoid RFID is a systemic autoimmune and inflammatory condition. 1:31 And when we talk about inflammation, it's your immune system that is causing those problems. 1:36 Your confused immune systems goes attacked and attack your joints. 1:41 So your confused immune system is activated and then go attack the lining of your joint. 1:47 And that is a primary problem. 1:49 Many of you are prescribed medication to control inflammation. 1:53 But many of the time the medication may not be effective enough. 1:58 or some of you might have problem tolerating the medication. 2:02 Hence, we need to understand more about what are the other natural way without adding medication that we can manage your rheumatoid arthritis better.
Why Spices Can Help Rheumatoid Arthritis 2:11 And there comes our spices. 2:12 So in the today video, I'll give you five spices that are already available in your kitchen that you can use daily to control your inflammation naturally. 2:23 But be aware, these spices in itself may not fix everything, but they work as a complement to your medical treatment. 2:31 So always consult with your doctors before making any major changes with their medication or even before adding these spaces. 2:39 Most of them are reasonably safe, But it's always good to check with the doctor before you add anything new so that they don't interact with other medications. 2:48 Now, here's the agenda for today. 2:49 And I'll be breaking down this video into two parts. 2:52 In the first part, we'll talk about two spices, the turmeric and ginger. 2:57 And in the subsequent video in next week, will talk the remaining three. 3:00 I will also go over some of the general tips on how you use those spices. 3:05 So as I mentioned earlier, the spices are complementary to your treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. 3:12 So don't think these spices as a substitute for your medical treatment. 3:16 Your rheumeotologist still need to prescribe you medication. 3:20 You still have to do some other lifestyle changes. 3:23 But these spice complement your rheumatoid arthritis treatment. 3:27 So please use them as a complementary tools in your toolbox to manage rheuma to arthritis rather than substituting that with medication. 3:36 Now, when we talk about inflammation, the spices in general help reduce inflammation and even pain. 3:42 So they are natural anti-inflammatory. 3:46 Many of the spices that we'll talk today, they contain anti inflammatory compounds. 3:51 And these anti inflammation compounds help decrease inflammation and even decrease your pain. 3:57 Research has also shown that some of these spices also help you manage your rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, particularly joint stiffness and pain Now there 4:06 is one caveat. 4:08 Doing research in these spices is challenging. 4:11 So that's why we don't have a lot of researches in this spices. 4:16 There are some limited data suggesting and supporting that these species do have good anti-inflammatory role in managing rheumatoid arthritis. 4:26 But we need to understand the limitation of these research. 4:30 Some of these research may not be big like medication research and some of them may show a robust improvement in the symptoms. 4:38 But if we use in combination, they have been found to be effective in managing your rheumatoid arthritis. 4:44 Now, many of you might be looking for some natural alternative, and I understand many patients do ask that question.
Turmeric Benefits, Dosage, and Safety 4:52 Can I manage my rheumatoid arthritis naturally? 4:55 And I usually tell them we can but we have to be holistic. 5:00 We don't need to in the extreme. 5:02 The two extremes. 5:03 One is don t take any medications and the other extreme is just take your medications. 5:09 And you will be fine. 5:10 That's why I want to break that problem. 5:13 I went to find a holistic way of managing your rheumatoid arthritis. 5:17 We can bring the good of both ends. 5:19 Some natural supplements, natural spices like we'll be talking today, as well as some of the allopathic medication, but using them safely and monitoring 5:30 them closely so that we can minimize the side effect that comes with those medications. 5:34 Hence, let's learn a Holistic way Of managing you at the end of Our goal is to make you feel better without causing side effect of the medication and also 5:45 using natural ways of managing inflammation. 5:47 And the spices come handy as a natural way of Managing your rheumatoid arthritis. 5:52 Now, many of you might have heard turmeric. 5:55 So this is one of commonly used supplement in managing rheuma to arthritis related inflammation Now I'll briefly talk about what are the benefit and how 6:04 can we safely use turmeric as an anti-inflammatory. 6:08 The first question we need to understand is how turmeric helps rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation. 6:14 Turmeric has a natural compound called curcumin. 6:17 Curcumene is a naturally anti-inflammatory. 6:21 Hence, it helps reduce inflammation, reduce your joint pain, and even stiffness. 6:26 Many of you rheumatoid arthritis warrior when you wake up in the morning, you have this significant stiffness in your hand and you also get a lot of symptoms 6:33 in early morning. 6:34 So, turmeric could help you minimize those symptoms such as joint pain and stiffness. 6:40 Now, Turmeric comes in different forms. 6:42 Many of you who are listening to this video from South Asian country, you might be consuming turmeric in your spices, so you may not need to add extra. 6:51 But some of who may be not using turmeric, in their spices you can find turmeric over the counter as a supplement. 6:58 And there's a lot of variation on how much you need today, but typically the recommended dose of turmeric is around 500 mg up to 1000 mg. 7:07 But the important thing is make sure you look at the label on how much it is and also make it a good quality turmeric. 7:16 Now, as I mentioned earlier, you can find turmeric in different ways, and one of them being in the food. 7:21 So in our culture, in Nepalese culture or even some of the other Indo-Nepalese cultures, we add turmeric to almost everything we eat. 7:30 That's why our food is already containing enough amount of turmeric, so you may not need extra supplements. 7:35 But if you want to add more supplement, you can find the curcumin capsules. 7:40 And one other interesting fact is there is a lot of variation on how much turmeric you get absorbed, even though you might be consuming a lock, 7:48 but you may not be absorbing everything. 7:52 So be careful on what you are taking and how it is absorbed into your body. 7:57 One interesting factor is if take your turmeric or curicumin supplement with paper extract that can help improving your absorption of turmeric. 8:07 So you can combine them together. 8:08 Paper with turmeric, even some of the commercially available supplements of Turmeric also contain paper added on it so that it helps absorb into your body better. 8:20 Now here are some of the tips on how you can effectively take turmeric. 8:24 And one of them being is the timing. 8:26 When should you take your turmeric? 8:28 Now if you are taking with meal, typically that helps in the absorption of turmeric and sometimes really some you might experience stomach discomfort causing 8:38 pain in your tummy. 8:39 So if your taking it with a meal it can help minimize those type of side effects and taking and also consuming healthy fat, 8:47 particularly polyunsaturated fatty acid, as well as black pepper can help improve the bioavailability. 8:54 It basically means it can increase the absorption of turmeric. 8:58 So use it with meal and use with more fatty food so that it could be absorbed better into your body. 9:05 Now, one of the other important factor that we need to put into place is understanding the drug interaction. 9:12 So along with turmeric, you might be taking other medication for other medical conditions. 9:17 That's why I told you in the beginning, always ask your doctor, your primary care doctor or your rheumatologist who can help you whether you may be having 9:27 interaction with other medications along the turmeric supplements. 9:30 In particular, there are two things we need to monitor. 9:33 One is your liver and the other one is a bleeding risk. 9:36 Now, turmeric, as well as some of the rheumatoid arthritis medication like methotrexate, they are typically metabolized by your livers. 9:44 So if you are taking turmeric along with your metho trexite, it can cause some liver marker elevation. 9:50 This is not a very common risk, but it's a possible risk That's why if you're taking turmeric with your methotrexate, make sure your rheumatologist or 9:59 your primary care doctor is closely monitoring your liver markers, particularly in the beginning or when you change your medication dose, 10:06 change in those of the turmeric or change the dose of metho trex. 10:10 Anyway, your rheumatologists always monitor your liver marker. 10:14 So just keep them aware that you are also taking turmeric supplements so that we can be more vigilant on any liver related issues. 10:22 But this risk is very minimal. 10:24 It's not very common. 10:26 And the next one, the second one being increased risk of bleeding. 10:30 Turmeric, when taken with other blood thinner, such as warfarin or coumadin, and aspirin can increase your risk of bleeding.
Ginger Benefits, Dosage, and Safety 10:38 So let your doctor know that you are taking turmeric supplement if you're taking chlamydin or aspirine so that we can minimize the bleeding risk. 10:48 But if we close the monitor, then we adjust the dose of the turmeric so you don't have that side effects. 10:55 Keep your doctors aware of these interactions. 11:00 Now, all of you rheumatoid arthritis warriors, hopefully the first spice that we talk about, turmeric, helps you understand more about how can you effectively 11:08 use turmeric as a natural way of managing your rheuma to arthritis. 11:11 If you like the video, please give us a thumbs up, subscribe to our channel and also help in our mission of serving at least more than 100,000 RA warriors 11:21 throughout the globe so that you are more aware and informed about your health and you have all the options you can use to help you feel better. 11:29 So please help us by subscribing and liking our videos. 11:33 And also don't forget to accept our gift, those two gifts that I mentioned earlier, a free copy of the book, the Holistic Rheumatoid Artifice Guidebook, 11:41 and also an anti-inflammatory smoothie, which you can find in the description below. 11:46 Now the next spice that we'll be talking about is ginger. 11:49 So we will talk about what are the benefits and how can we safely use ginger? 11:53 Now, the first question let's understand is how ginger helps and what are the recommended dose of ginger. 12:00 Now ginger like turmeric is also a natural anti-inflammatory. 12:04 But one interesting fact is it's also natural analgesic too, which means it can also decrease your pain, particularly when you're having a lot of pain 12:14 or if you are having flair. 12:15 So ginger could be a good tool to manage your flares. 12:18 Ginger help reduce joint pain swelling and ease your morning stiffness effectively. 12:23 The typical dose of ginger that you can take is up to 1 to 2 grams of Ginger powder or you take 2 to 4 grams freshly prepared ginger roots. 12:33 So you find those in the market. 12:36 Now there are different ways you get ginger into your diet and one of the most common being in our food. 12:42 As I mentioned earlier in Indo-Nepalese culture we typically add a lot of gingers in food so unknowingly we are adding that anti-inflammatory spice into 12:53 our foods. 12:53 Now there are other ways such as you can also add those in your smoothie. 12:57 You can add few pieces of ginger, the freshly cut ginger and you add in in the smoothie, you could even make ginger tea. 13:05 And sometimes the ginger can be crystallized and pickled ginger are also a good alternative. 13:11 Pickled ginger also contain a lot of microbiome, those good bacteria that are typically present in fermented ginger. 13:19 So you get two things at the same time. 13:21 good bacterias to help maintain your gut as well as anti-inflammatory ginger. 13:26 Now if you are not adding ginger into your food then you can also find some ginger supplements and they are typically available as an extract or pills. 13:36 So you explore in your local store where you find those ginger supplement. 13:42 Now here are some of the tips that you can use to help optimally use your ginger. 13:46 Like turmeric, sometimes ginger can oxidize your stomach. 13:50 So taking with meal might help you tolerate this supplement better. 13:55 As I mentioned earlier, there are different ways you consume. 13:57 Either you do a tea, you add in your food or you find a supplement capsule that can get over the counter most of time. 14:05 Now, there are some possible side effects that we need to watch out, particularly the stomach related problem. 14:11 So you might get some stomach upset when you take ginger. 14:14 Taking with meal might decrease that side effect risk with ginger Now with any other supplement, let's also understand what are the interactions with your 14:24 other medication. 14:25 Like we talked earlier with turmeric, ginger can also interact with some of the blood thinner. 14:30 It might increase the risk of bleeding. 14:32 Check with your doctor, making sure that they are not interacting with other medications like the blood thinners. 14:37 And if you are taking both together, always watch out for unusual bleeding, such as bleeding in your mouth, bleeding on your skin. 14:44 If you have those, alert your doctors and stop taking your supplement and then consult with doctors. 14:50 Now sometimes ginger can also interact with your pain medication such as ibuprofen or naproxen because both are anti-inflammatory. 14:59 Both can upset your stomach. 15:01 So one of the better ways of taking them is don't take both of them together. 15:05 We space them out by a couple of hours so that you can tolerate both those medications. 15:10 And if you are taking a blood thinner like Coumadin, it's better to avoid taking ginger or ask your primary care doctor whether it is safe for you to take 15:20 ginger along with your blood thinner or not. 15:22 Thank you so much all of you Rupert Althas who are here. 15:24 So we talk about two spices that you can add in your food and we talked about turmeric and then the ginger. 15:30 In the next video, we'll talk about three other remaining spices that include cinnamon, saffron, and garlic. 15:37 So I'll go over those details about those three spices in our next videos. 15:41 And please join us. 15:42 Before I conclude, thank you so much for watching. 15:45 Thank you for liking our videos and putting a comment.
Wrap-Up and Golden Ginger Soother Recipe 15:48 Let us know what type of content you want to hear from us so that we can help you learn more about the effective way of managing rheumatoid arthritis. 15:56 And before I depart, let me also give you some gift. 15:59 And this is the recipe I call a golden ginger soother. 16:03 Particularly when you're having an RA flare, you can use this technique to help you manage your RA flair effectively without adding more medication like 16:13 steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. 16:16 The recipe will be in the description below. 16:18 So don't forget to get that recipe so that you can learn more about how do you make this soother drink for managing your rheumatoid arthritis flare. 16:26 And I'll see you in next video. 16:28 Thank you so much for your time. 16:29 I will see next week. 16:30 Bye bye.
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