Inflammation is effective and normal…in certain
circumstances like defending a part of the body that is injured or infected.
Inflammation is detrimental...like when it persists too long. Inflammation is a cellular level event and may contribute to a multitude of chronic diseases: cardiovascular,
gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic, neurodegenerative, and more. (1)
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office strives to reduce inflammation’s
effect on the health of our Groton
chiropractic patients dealing with issues like
back pain, headache/migraine, depression and even cognitive issues related to Alzheimer’s. An anti-inflammatory diet plays 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 associated with a bigger 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 described that those reporting
the 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 published. The good news is that
nutrition was described as being able to regulate
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 estimated to
affect 14.4% of people and ranked as the largest
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 a bit of a mystery. Researchers summarized
that many factors are involved: vascular function,
trigeminovascular pathway activation, pro-inflammatory and oxidative stats may add
to migraine pain. Studies related
to the role of dietary interventions are not many, but a newer
data search found that Ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diets, and low glycemic
diets may improve mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, reduce
CGRP (calcitonin gene related peptide) level, stabilize serotonin,
and suppress neuroinflammation. Via inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (migraines too) may be linked. The inflammatory link emerged in the published papers. Dietary interventions like the intake of essential fatty acids (decreasing omega-6
and increasing omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were discussed as beneficial. (5) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office also knows many of us do not like
the word diet. It often brings to mind 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
lean meat, eggs, fish, fruit,
legumes, coffee, tea, 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 confident our
chiropractic patients can manage this kind of diet!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 work and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may well help.
Make your next Groton
chiropractic visit with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, we can set
up a path toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.