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 persists 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)
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC strives to decrease inflammation’s
impact on the health of our La Grande
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 existing
medical studies regarding the role of inflammation and
depression reported that a pro-inflammatory diet was related
to 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 reporting
the 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 described. The good news is that
nutrition was written to be able to modulate
the immune system and even modify 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 ranked as the greatest
contributor to disability in people over 50 years of age. Migraine is examined
a lot 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 contribute 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 better mitochondrial function and energy metabolism, reduce
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 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) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
knows the power diet and nutrition may have in disease processes
like migraine, back pain, depression, and cognition.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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
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 staying away from canned/processed
food, sweetened drinks, and alcohol. (6) We are confident our
chiropractic patients can manage this kind of diet!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
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 well help.
Schedule your next La Grande
chiropractic appointment with Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. If inflammation has overstayed its good and normal welcome, let’s talk about taking some steps toward a better
anti-inflammatory diet.