Inflammation is effective and normal…in certain
circumstances like defending a part of the body that is injured or infected.
Inflammation is bad...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)
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center works to reduce inflammation’s
impact on the health of our Manahawkin
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 discovered that a pro-inflammatory diet was related
to a greater risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis contrasted with those who ate an
anti-inflammatory diet. (2) Another study suggested a connection
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 reporting
low back pain, too. (3) Links between diet, nutrition and Alzheimer’s
disease have been described. The good news is that
nutrition was written to be able to control
the immune system and even alter the neuroinflammatory processes
related to Alzheimer’s and age-related cognition issues. (4) These descriptions
demonstrate just how far-reaching inflammation can be.
…EVEN MIGRAINE
Migraine as primary headache is projected 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 causes it but still remains somewhat of a mystery. Researchers summarized
that many factors play a role: vascular function,
trigeminovascular pathway activation, pro-inflammatory and oxidative stats may impact migraine pain. Studies associating migraine 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 better mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, decrease
CGRP (calcitonin gene related peptide) level, stabilize serotonin,
and suppress neuroinflammation. Via inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (including
migraines) may be linked. The inflammatory link appeared in the published papers. Dietary interventions like supplementing
with essential fatty acids (decreasing omega-6
and increasing omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were described as helpful. (5) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
understands the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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 incorporate eating
lean meat, eggs, fish, fruit,
legumes, coffee, tea, vegetables, honey 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 handle this kind of diet!
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on the Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how inflammation and the immune system work and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may be
beneficial.
Schedule your next Manahawkin
chiropractic visit with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. If inflammation has hung
around past its good and normal welcome, we can talk about taking some steps toward a more beneficial
anti-inflammatory diet.