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 be a
factor in a variety of chronic diseases: cardiovascular,
gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic, neurodegenerative, and more. (1)
Hollstrom & Associates Inc works to lessen inflammation’s
effect on the health of our Largo
chiropractic patients suffering 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 bigger risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis compared to those who ate 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 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 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 projected to
impact 14.4% of people and ranked as the largest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is studied
a lot 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 contribute to migraine pain. Studies related
to the role of dietary interventions are few, 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, 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 described as helpful. (5) Hollstrom & Associates Inc
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Hollstrom & Associates Inc also knows many of us do not like
the word diet. It often reminds us of things what we can’t
eat. A good diet allows a lot of good food though. Basic guidelines
for an anti-inflammatory diet design include eating
eggs, coffee, tea, fish, lean meat, legumes, vegetables, honey 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 handle this kind of diet!
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
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 interact and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may be
beneficial.
Make your next Largo
chiropractic appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, we can set
up a path toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.