Official GenericOnlineMD Blog » Healthy Alternative http://www.genericonlinemd.com/blog Health News and Articles on Men's Health, Women's Health, Sexual Health, Weight Loss, Alternative Medicine Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Nutri-Pepper: Healthy Alternative to Pepper? http://www.genericonlinemd.com/blog/nutri-pepper-healthy-alternative-to-pepper/ http://www.genericonlinemd.com/blog/nutri-pepper-healthy-alternative-to-pepper/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:18:53 +0000 admin http://www.genericonlinemd.com/blog/?p=67 peppercorns.thumbnail The most overlooked items on the dinner table have to be the salt and pepper shakers. Besides adding tasty decoration to anyone’s kitchen or dining room table, the salt is used to enhance flavor—although used in moderation, and pepper adds flavor and heat to a dish. However, the spice of pepper is proving to be more and more useful as a health tool instead of just a way to enhance or mask bland flavors. With pepper getting a little more credit now that its healthy qualities are being touted, one company is marketing the good effects of piperine—major component in black pepper that induces enzymes in the body to help breakdown proteins—as an alternative to pepper.

Containing piperine but without the peppercorn shells, a new product hoping to catch on is called Nutri-Pepper, the result of three years of research and development. Following the heels of the Sensa food sprinkle that promises weight loss by curbing your appetite when added to everything you eat, Nutri-Pepper uses the natural extract of the peppercorn to help keep your digestive tract on track.

The powerful antioxidants are able to prepare your body for better nutrient absorption. By keeping the outer shells out of the formula, Nutri-Pepper takes the contamination out of the shaker. Made with organic pepper extract, eco-friendly brown rice, and nutritional carrot fiber, Nutri-Pepper strives to keep your metabolism running smoothly.

A study from the September issue of Psychopharmacology used piperine as well as the Ayurvedic cure curcumin (the Indian spice found in tumeric commonly used in curry dishes) to show their combined efforts as a cure for depression. Researchers found that piperine proved to be helpful in making a natural antidepressant when used with curcumin.

Nutri-Pepper recommends tossing a healthy dose of its black pepper substitute on any type of food from cooked fish and meat, to raw vegetables, to eggs, popcorn, potato chips, Thanksgiving dinner, even on fresh juices to increase the absorption of nutrients into your body so they stay longer; therefore helping your body stay healthier.

Nutri-Pepper is not the only substitute being offered from this company. There are many other products that are slated to debut soon all using Nutri-Pepper as a base or an added ingredient: No-Shell Seasoning (a mixture of spices for rubs, marinades, and flavoring), Litepepper Dressing (salad dressing or marinade), Ultra-Pepper (extra hot black pepper seasoning), Shell-Free Z (mild pepper seasoning), and NuPepper (individualized packets of Nutri-Pepper). As of now, you can buy Nutri-Pepper online through eBay or throughout natural food supermarkets (Akins and Chamberlins) at branches in Central Florida, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri and hopefully coming to a retail location near you soon.

So the next time you are setting the dinner table, sitting down for a nice meal out, or making a quick breakfast on the way out the door, take a second to consider the overlooked salt and pepper shakers located right within your reach. Whether you try this new Nutri-Pepper for yourself or just use the old natural standard, when you shake those tiny little black flakes all over your food know that the spicy little reminders are stealthily helping your body store the nutrients that it needs to stay healthy.

Source: HealthNews

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