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Tonawanda Nutrition: Beneficial Cinnamon

Cinnamon. It is a tasty way to help several health issues:  migraine, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus. Chiropractic is all about health! Nutritional approaches to various ailments boost the body’s proficiency to take care of itself. The key is figuring out which ones are best for what! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation reports on some of the recent papers about this simple ingredient, cinnamon.

HELP FOR Tonawanda MIGRAINE

The anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties of cinnamon were tested for migraine management. Migraine, the most common primary headache type, has increased levels of inflammation. Compared to a control option, cinnamon significantly reduced levels of inflammatory agents, interleukin-6 and nitric oxide. Cinnamon also decreased the frequency, severity and duration of migraine attacks. Cinnamon eased migraine in this study! Plus, cinnamon is a safe supplement. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation happily shares research-based safe options to try for health.

BLOOD PRESSURE

Blood pressure is a common health condition for many Tonawanda folks. Supplementing with cinnamon positively and significantly affected diastolic blood pressure and significantly affected systolic blood pressure when taken for at least 8 weeks. (2) Quite a few studies have stated that cinnamon reduced blood pressure. A new meta-analysis of 9 randomized clinical trials reported that cinnamon supplementation can improve blood pressure by a modest degree overall.  Significant reductions in both diastolic and systolic blood pressure decreased when using 2 grams or more a day of cinnamon for at least eight weeks. (3) That is news worth sharing with our Tonawanda chiropractic patients.

DIABETES TYPE II

Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation cares for many patients who also are dealing with diabetes type II. Diabetes mellitus is a disease encompassing a variety of different issues related to insulin resistance or low production of it by the pancreas. This all gives rise to lifelong damage to organs throughout a lifetime. Management is complex. Herbs are frequently added to the management. Cinnamon is mentioned as a favorable choice for diabetic hypertensive patients. (4) A survey of the use of complementary alternative medicine by diabetic patients revealed that many use bitter apple, ginger, fenugreek, garlic and cinnamon. 66.1% used cinnamon. (5) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation requests to know what our chiropractic patients are taking and if they find benefit.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he talks about migraine care and neck pain care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Chiropractors like Dr. Heidt combine the finest of research-documented treatment approaches to enhance Tonawanda chiropractic care clinical outcomes.

Schedule your next Tonawanda chiropractic visit at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. We can exchange tasty cinnamon recipes during your Cox® Technic treatment if you like!

 
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation presents research on the benefits of cinnamon for migraine, diabetes and blood pressure. 
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