Drink for health? Yes, when
the drink is tea! Aging-related
skeletal pain responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC presents
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our La Grande
chiropractic patients.
AGING-RELATED SKELETAL, CARTILAGE, AND JOINT DISEASES
Skeletal
risks like disc height loss and changes like the two joint and muscle diseases
called osteoarthritis and sarcopenia come with aging. A recent
study described how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the superior
method of determining vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a situation documented
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the sufferer
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. The loss of strength
and muscle mass that accompanies sarcopenia necessitates attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea contains catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC hopes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
forms. Another new article reports
that knee osteoarthritis patients were helped by a combination
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which were found to inhibit inflammation.
The researchers suggested that natural ingredients have
a rational role in the care of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A study of how spearmint teas affected
knee osteoarthritis found that a commercial spearmint tea improved
stiffness and physical disability while a spearmint tea brewed from a high-rosmarinic
acid (high-rosA) variety significantly decreased pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is taken from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. It
is a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant properties. Polyphenols are written to be
anti-cancer, anti-tumor cell proliferation, anti-apoptosis (cell death),
anti-metastasis, and anti-inflammatory. Rosmarinic acid is found in plant
species like the mint. (6) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the La Grande chiropractic
treatment plan.
La Grande CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, La Grande chiropractic
care at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Peter Meyer on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
incorporation of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic
appointment soon. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees afflicted with osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.