Inflammation is good and normal…in certain
circumstances like defending a part of the body that is injured or infected.
Inflammation is not good...like when it hangs
around 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)
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center strives to reduce inflammation’s
influence on the health of our Pensacola
chiropractic patients experiencing 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 regarding the role of inflammation and
depression discovered that a pro-inflammatory diet was related
to a greater risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis compared to 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) 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 alter the neuroinflammatory processes
related to Alzheimer’s and age-related cognition issues. (4) These descriptions
show just how extensive inflammation can be.
…EVEN MIGRAINE
Migraine as primary headache is projected to
impact 14.4% of people and rated as the greatest
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 related
to the role of dietary interventions are few, but a recent
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 subdue neuroinflammation. Through 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 supplementing
with essential fatty acids (reducing omega-6
and increasing omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were discussed as helpful. (5) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease issues
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center also knows many of us don’t 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 include 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 staying away from canned/processed
food, sweetened drinks, and alcohol. (6) We are sure our
chiropractic patients can handle this type of diet!
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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.
Make your next Pensacola
chiropractic visit with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, we can talk about taking some steps toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.