Gold. Frankincense. Myrrh. Three gifts talked
about throughout the holidays often are overlooked the rest
of the year…except gold. We do hear a lot about gold! Well, frankincense is among several nutrients and phytonutrients getting
more attention for its anti-inflammatory features. Patients
at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries are quite aware that we converse
about inflammation and its part in Manchester
back pain and neck pain very often, so anti-inflammatory
supplements with anti-inflammatory nutrients are well received!
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY NUTRIENTS
A recent narrative review of medical literature about
the effects of certain nutrients and phytonutrients on immune system
function and on the
reduction of inflammation determined that patients with
all sorts of health issues, minor to severe, may well get some
advantage from daily supplementation of acetyl-L-carnitine, Vitamin
C, Aloe vera polysaccharides, Vitamin B12, beta-glucans, bilberry, black seed
oil, coenzyme Q10, curcumin (turmeric), garlic, resveratrol, ginger, hydrolyzed
rice bran, lipoic acid, mistletoe, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), omega-3 fatty
acids, Vitamin E (d-alpha- and gamma-tocopherol), selenium, shiitake mushroom
and its derivatives, isoflavones, Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc, and frankincense.
Such supplementation may be added to conventional medications
and medical therapies. The goal of such
supplementation is to decrease inflammation which is regulated
by the immune system and which is a contributor to
chronic disease in addition to acute illness. The review got into specifics like how supplements affected
inflammatory and immune factors - whose names you may not know very well yet impact in your health
- like interferon-g, nuclear factor-Kappa B, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis
factor-a, and CD4+ T cells, among others. Studies like these are gaining
much attention today as the need to prevent
chronic illness and decrease the severity of acute illnesses of all
types that people globally are
dealing with. (1) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is eager
to see these developments in the more natural approaches to health evolve!
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FRANKINCENSE
You’ll notice that frankincense
was one of the nutrients talked about above. A new
study featured the benefits of its supplementation. Frankincense is an oil extract extracted
from the Boswellia tree. It has been utilized in
anti-inflammatory folk remedies for a long time. Using
bowellic acids like the 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-βBA (AKBA) are unique
anti-inflammatory components of frankincense. Combined
with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosahexaenoic acid (EPA), it stimulated
lipid mediator change of innate immune cells from pro-inflammatory to boosted
anti-inflammatory action of frankincense from Boswellic acid. (2) For Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries,
frankincense needs to be gifted throughout the year and not just
during the holidays! Nutritional findings like this are just so
interesting, particularly when we acknowledge
that inflammation plays a role in spine-related pain that we treat
every day. Let’s talk about our anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement at
your next Manchester chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management, on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the communication
between the immune system and inflammation as well as how
spinal manipulation can positively affect the
immune system.
Make your Manchester chiropractic
appointment now to see us! Though we’re not sure
when myrrh will get its due, we’ll be happy to see that frankincense is getting
its due for the role it may have in reducing
inflammation!