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 multitude of chronic diseases: cardiovascular,
gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic, neurodegenerative, and more. (1)
Back And Neck Care Center works to decrease inflammation’s
effect on the health of our Severna Park
chiropractic patients experiencing issues like
back pain, headache/migraine, depression and even cognitive issues related to 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 found that a pro-inflammatory diet was associated with a higher risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis contrasted with those who ate 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 who said they followed a highest inflammatory diet had higher risk of saying they have
low back pain, too. (3) Links between diet, nutrition and Alzheimer’s
disease have been published. 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 projected to
affect 14.4% of people and rated as the largest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is examined
a great deal as to what causes it but still continues
to be somewhat of a mystery. Researchers summarized
that many factors play a role: vascular function,
trigeminovascular pathway activation, pro-inflammatory and oxidative stats may add
to migraine pain. Studies related
to the role of dietary interventions are not many, but a recent
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 subdue neuroinflammation. Through inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (including
migraines) may be related. The inflammatory link came
out 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) Back And Neck Care Center
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease issues
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Back And Neck Care 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 consist of 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 confident our
chiropractic patients can manage this kind of diet!
CONTACT Back And Neck Care 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 interact and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may well help.
Schedule your next Severna Park
chiropractic visit with Back And Neck Care Center. If inflammation has hung
around past its good and normal welcome, let’s talk about taking some steps toward a more beneficial
anti-inflammatory diet.