Inflammation is good and normal…in certain
circumstances like defending a part of the body that is injured or infected.
Inflammation is detrimental...like when it hangs
around too long. Inflammation is a cellular level event and may contribute to a variety of chronic diseases: cardiovascular,
gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic, neurodegenerative, and more. (1)
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation strives to reduce inflammation’s
impact on the health of our Tonawanda
chiropractic patients dealing with issues like
back pain, headache/migraine, depression and even cognitive issues associated
with Alzheimer’s. An anti-inflammatory diet has a
role in this effort.
INFLAMMATION LINKED TO BACK PAIN, DEPRESSION, ALZHEIMER’S…
A systematic review and meta-analysis of current
medical studies concerning the role of inflammation and
depression reported that a pro-inflammatory diet was associated with a greater risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis contrasted with those who ate an
anti-inflammatory diet. (2) Another study recommended a connection
between low back pain and pro-inflammatory diets as well. A study of 7346
people described that those reporting
the highest inflammatory diet had higher risk of reporting
low back pain, too. (3) Connections between diet, nutrition and Alzheimer’s
disease have been reported. The good news is that
nutrition was described as being able to control
the immune system and even modify the neuroinflammatory processes
related to Alzheimer’s and age-related cognition issues. (4) These descriptions
demonstrate just how extensive inflammation can be.
…EVEN MIGRAINE
Migraine as primary headache is projected to
affect 14.4% of people and rated as the biggest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is studied
a great deal as to what its mechanism is but still remains a bit of a mystery. Researchers summarized
that many factors are involved: vascular function,
trigeminovascular pathway activation, pro-inflammatory and oxidative stats may contribute to migraine pain. Studies associating migraine to the role of dietary interventions are few, but a newer
data search found that Ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diets, and low glycemic
diets may better mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, reduce
CGRP (calcitonin gene related peptide) level, balance serotonin,
and suppress neuroinflammation. Via inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (including
migraines) may be related. The inflammatory link emerged in the published papers. Dietary interventions like supplementing
with essential fatty acids (reducing omega-6
and boosting omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were described as beneficial. (5) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
understands the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation also knows many of us don’t like
the word diet. It often reminds us of things what we can’t
have. A good diet allows a lot of good food though. Basic guidelines
for an anti-inflammatory diet design incorporate eating
eggs, coffee, tea, fish, lean meat, legumes, honey, vegetables and plain dairy
like milk, yogurt, hard cheeses, kefir with limited consumption of
red meat and other dairy and sugar while avoiding canned/processed
food, sweetened drinks, and alcohol. (6) We are confident our
chiropractic patients can handle this type of diet!
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on the Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how inflammation and the immune system interact and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may well help.
Make your next Tonawanda
chiropractic visit with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, we can set
up a path toward a more beneficial
anti-inflammatory diet.