Inflammation is good and normal…in certain
circumstances like defending a part of the body that is injured or infected.
Inflammation is not beneficial...like when it hangs
around 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)
Spine & Sports Rehab Center works to lessen inflammation’s
effect on the health of our Baton Rouge
chiropractic patients suffering with 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 existing
medical studies regarding the role of inflammation and
depression found that a pro-inflammatory diet was associated with a greater risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis contrasted with those who ate an
anti-inflammatory diet. (2) Another study recommended a connection
between low back pain and pro-inflammatory diets as well. A study of 7346
people described 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 written to be able to modulate
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 estimated to
affect 14.4% of people and ranked as the biggest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is studied
a great deal as to what its mechanism is but still remains somewhat 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 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 suppress neuroinflammation. Via 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 beneficial. (5) Spine & Sports Rehab Center
understands the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Spine & Sports Rehab Center also knows many of us don’t 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
lean meat, eggs, fish, fruit,
legumes, coffee, tea, vegetables, honey and plain dairy
like milk, yogurt, hard cheeses, kefir with limited intake of
red meat and other dairy and sugar while avoiding canned/processed
food, sweetened drinks, and alcohol. (6) We are sure our
chiropractic patients can manage this kind of diet!
CONTACT Spine & Sports 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 interact and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may be
beneficial.
Schedule your next Baton Rouge
chiropractic visit with Spine & Sports Rehab Center. If inflammation has hung
around past its good and normal welcome, we can set
up a path toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.