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San Jose Nutrition: Beneficial Cinnamon

Cinnamon. It is a tasty way to address several health issues:  migraine, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus. Chiropractic is all about health! Nutritional approaches to various ailments enhance the body’s ability to take care of itself. The key is figuring out which ones work for what! Chiropractic Solutions reports on some of the recent papers regarding this simple ingredient, cinnamon.

HELP FOR San Jose MIGRAINE

The anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties of cinnamon were tested for migraine management. Migraine, the most common primary headache type, has higher levels of inflammation. Compared to a control treatment, cinnamon significantly decreased levels of inflammatory agents, interleukin-6 and nitric oxide. Cinnamon also reduced the frequency, severity and duration of migraine episodes. Cinnamon helped migraine in this study! As far as cinnamon goes, it’s safe. (1) Chiropractic Solutions gladly shares research-based safe options to try for health.

BLOOD PRESSURE

Blood pressure is a common health issue for many San Jose folks. Supplementing with cinnamon positively and significantly affected diastolic blood pressure and significantly affected systolic blood pressure when taken for at least 8 weeks. (2) Several reports have stated that cinnamon reduced blood pressure. A recent meta-analysis of 9 randomized clinical trials reported that cinnamon supplementation can improve blood pressure by a modest degree overall.  Significant reductions in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduced when using 2 grams or more a day of cinnamon for at least 8 weeks. (3) That is news worth sharing with our San Jose chiropractic patients.

DIABETES TYPE II

Chiropractic Solutions cares for many patients who also are dealing with diabetes type II. Diabetes mellitus is a disease involving a variety of different issues associated with insulin resistance or low production of it by the pancreas. This all results in lifelong damage to organs throughout a lifetime. Management is complex. Herbs are frequently added to the management. Cinnamon is cited as a positive choice for diabetic hypertensive patients. (4) A survey of the use of complementary alternative medicine by diabetic patients found that many use bitter apple, ginger, fenugreek, garlic and cinnamon. 66.1% consumed cinnamon. (5) Chiropractic Solutions requests to know what our chiropractic patients are taking and if they find benefit.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he talks about migraine care and neck pain care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Chiropractors like Dr. Heidt combine the best of research-documented treatment methods to help San Jose chiropractic patients!

Schedule your next San Jose chiropractic visit at Chiropractic Solutions. We can swap tasty cinnamon recipes during your Cox® Technic treatment if you like!

 
Chiropractic Solutions shares research on the benefits of cinnamon for migraine, diabetes and blood pressure. 
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