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 be a
factor in a variety of chronic diseases: cardiovascular,
gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic, neurodegenerative, and more. (1)
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries strives to lessen inflammation’s
influence on the health of our Manchester
chiropractic patients suffering 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 existing
medical studies concerning the role of inflammation and
depression reported that a pro-inflammatory diet was related
to a greater risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis contrasted with those who chose an
anti-inflammatory diet. (2) Another study suggested a link
between low back pain and pro-inflammatory diets as well. A study of 7346
people revealed that those who said they followed a highest inflammatory diet had higher risk of saying they have
low back pain, too. (3) Connections between diet, nutrition and Alzheimer’s
disease have been described. The good news is that
nutrition was written to be able to regulate
the immune system and even modify the neuroinflammatory processes
related to Alzheimer’s and age-related cognition issues. (4) These descriptions
show just how far-reaching inflammation can be.
…EVEN MIGRAINE
Migraine as primary headache is estimated to
impact 14.4% of people and rated as the biggest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is examined
a great deal as to what its mechanism is but still remains somewhat 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 related
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, stabilize serotonin,
and subdue neuroinflammation. Through inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (including
migraines) may be related. The inflammatory link appeared in the published papers. Dietary interventions like supplementing
with essential fatty acids (decreasing omega-6
and boosting omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were discussed as beneficial. (5) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease issues
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries 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 consist of eating
eggs, coffee, tea, fish, lean meat, legumes, honey, vegetables and plain dairy
like milk, yogurt, hard cheeses, kefir with limited intake of
red meat and other dairy and sugar while avoiding canned/processed
food, sweetened drinks, and alcohol. (6) We are sure our
chiropractic patients can handle this kind of diet!
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on the Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains how inflammation and the immune system interact and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may well help.
Schedule your next Manchester
chiropractic visit with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, let’s set
up a path toward a more beneficial
anti-inflammatory diet.