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 persists 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)
Chiropractic Solutions works to decrease inflammation’s
effect on the health of our San Jose
chiropractic patients experiencing 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 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 recommended a link
between low back pain and pro-inflammatory diets as well. A study of 7346
people revealed 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 reported. The good news is that
nutrition was described as being 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 extensive inflammation can be.
…EVEN MIGRAINE
Migraine as primary headache is estimated to
affect 14.4% of people and ranked as the greatest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is studied
a great deal as to what its mechanism is but still continues
to be 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 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 improve mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, decrease
CGRP (calcitonin gene related peptide) level, balance serotonin,
and subdue neuroinflammation. Via inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (migraines too) may be related. The inflammatory link came
out in the published papers. Dietary interventions like the intake of essential fatty acids (reducing omega-6
and increasing omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were described as beneficial. (5) Chiropractic Solutions
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease issues
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Chiropractic Solutions also knows many of us don’t like
the word diet. It often brings to mind what we can’t
eat. A good diet allows a lot of good food though. Basic guidelines
for an anti-inflammatory diet design incorporate eating
eggs, coffee, tea, fish, lean meat, legumes, honey, vegetables and plain dairy
like milk, yogurt, hard cheeses, kefir with limited consumption 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 type of diet!
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
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 be
beneficial.
Schedule your next San Jose
chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, we can talk about taking some steps toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.