Richmond Nutrition: Beneficial Cinnamon
Cinnamon. It’s a tasty way to help several health issues: migraine, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus. Chiropractic is all about health! Nutritional approaches to various ailments enhance the body’s capability to take care of itself. The key is finding which ones work for what! Johnson Chiropractic reports on some of the recent papers concerning this simple ingredient, cinnamon.
HELP FOR Richmond MIGRAINE
The anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties of cinnamon were tested for migraine management. Migraine, the most common primary headache type, has increased levels of inflammation. Compared to a control option, cinnamon significantly decreased levels of inflammatory agents, interleukin-6 and nitric oxide. Cinnamon also decreased the frequency, severity and duration of migraine episodes. Cinnamon eased migraine in this study! As far as cinnamon goes, it’s safe. (1) Johnson Chiropractic happily shares research-based safe options to try for health.
BLOOD PRESSURE
Blood pressure is a common health condition for many Richmond folks. Supplementing with cinnamon positively and significantly affected diastolic blood pressure and significantly affected systolic blood pressure when taken for at least 8 weeks. (2) Quite a few studies have reported that cinnamon reduced blood pressure. A new meta-analysis of 9 randomized clinical trials reported that cinnamon supplementation can boost blood pressure by a modest degree overall. Significant reductions in both diastolic and systolic blood pressure decreased when using 2 grams or more a day of cinnamon for at least 8 weeks. (3) That is news worth giving to our Richmond chiropractic patients.
DIABETES TYPE II
Johnson Chiropractic takes care of many patients who also have diabetes type II. Diabetes mellitus is a disease encompassing a variety of different issues related to insulin resistance or low production of it by the pancreas. This all results in lifelong damage to organs throughout a lifetime. Management is complex. Herbs are frequently included in the management. Cinnamon is cited as a positive choice for diabetic hypertensive patients. (4) A survey of the use of complementary alternative medicine by diabetic patients revealed that many use bitter apple, ginger, fenugreek, garlic and cinnamon. 66.1% used cinnamon. (5) Johnson Chiropractic wants to know what our chiropractic patients are taking and if they find benefit.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he talks about migraine care and neck pain care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Chiropractors like Dr. Heidt utilize the finest of research-documented treatment approaches to help Richmond chiropractic patients!
Schedule your next Richmond chiropractic visit at Johnson Chiropractic. We can exchange tasty cinnamon recipes during your Cox® Technic treatment if you like!
