Inflammation is effective and normal…in certain
circumstances like defending a part of the body that is injured or infected.
Inflammation is damaging...like when it hangs
around too long. Inflammation is a cellular level event and may contribute to a variety of chronic diseases: cardiovascular,
gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic, neurodegenerative, and more. (1)
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic works to reduce inflammation’s
impact on the health of our Montreal
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 current
medical studies concerning the role of inflammation and
depression found that a pro-inflammatory diet was related
to a greater risk of depression symptoms
and diagnosis compared to those who chose 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) Connections between diet, nutrition and Alzheimer’s
disease have been reported. The good news is that
nutrition was written to be 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 far-reaching inflammation can be.
…EVEN MIGRAINE
Migraine as primary headache is estimated to
impact 14.4% of people and ranked as the greatest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is studied
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 contribute to migraine pain. Studies associating migraine 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, balance serotonin,
and suppress neuroinflammation. Through inflammation and
irregular hypothalamic function, obesity and headaches (migraines too) may be linked. The inflammatory link came
out in the published papers. Dietary interventions like the intake of essential fatty acids (reducing omega-6
and increasing omega-3 which were documented to affect inflammation)
were described as helpful. (5) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic also knows many of us do not like
the word diet. It often reminds us of things 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
eggs, coffee, tea, fish, lean meat, legumes, vegetables, honey 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 kind of diet!
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on the Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how inflammation and the immune system work and how
chiropractic care and the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management may well help.
Schedule your next Montreal
chiropractic appointment with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. If inflammation has hung
around past its good and normal welcome, we can set
up a path toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.