Gold. Frankincense. Myrrh. Three gifts mentioned around the holidays often are neglected the rest
of the year…except gold. We do hear a lot about gold! Well, frankincense is among various nutrients and phytonutrients receiving
more attention for its anti-inflammatory features. Patients
at New Roads Chiropractic Center hear us talk about inflammation and its part in New Roads
back pain and neck pain very often, so anti-inflammatory
supplements with anti-inflammatory nutrients are well received!
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY NUTRIENTS
A recent narrative review of medical literature about
the effects of certain nutrients and phytonutrients on immune system
function and on inflammation reduction determined that patients with
all types of health issues, minor to severe, may well benefit from daily supplementation of acetyl-L-carnitine, Vitamin
C, Aloe vera polysaccharides, Vitamin B12, beta-glucans, bilberry, black seed
oil, coenzyme Q10, curcumin (turmeric), garlic, resveratrol, ginger, hydrolyzed
rice bran, lipoic acid, mistletoe, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), omega-3 fatty
acids, Vitamin E (d-alpha- and gamma-tocopherol), selenium, shiitake mushroom
and its derivatives, isoflavones, Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc, and frankincense.
Such supplementation may be added to conventional medications
and medical therapies. The goal of said
supplementation is to reduce inflammation which is regulated
by the immune system and which is a contributor to
chronic disease as well as acute illness. The review got into specifics like how supplements impacted
inflammatory and immune factors - whose names you may not hear
much about but impact in your health
- like interferon-g, nuclear factor-Kappa B, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis
factor-a, and CD4+ T cells, and others. Studies like these are getting
lots of attention today as the demand to avert
chronic illness and reduce the severity of acute illnesses of all
sorts that people around the world are
dealing with. (1) New Roads Chiropractic Center is eager
to see these developments in the more natural approaches to health come
about!
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FRANKINCENSE
You’ll notice that frankincense
was one of the nutrients talked about above. A new
study highlighted the benefits of its supplementation. Frankincense is an oil extract extracted
from the Boswellia tree. It has been used in
anti-inflammatory folk remedies for many years. Using
bowellic acids like the 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-βBA (AKBA) are unique
anti-inflammatory factors of frankincense. In combination
with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosahexaenoic acid (EPA), it stimulated
lipid mediator change of innate immune cells from pro-inflammatory to boosted
anti-inflammatory action of frankincense from Boswellic acid. (2) For New Roads Chiropractic Center,
frankincense needs to be gifted year-round and not just
at the holidays! Nutritional findings like this are just so
interesting, particularly when we realize
that inflammation plays a role in spine-related pain that we treat
every day. Let’s talk about our anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement at
your next New Roads chiropractic visit.
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Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management, on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the interaction of the immune system and inflammation as well as how
spinal manipulation can benefit the
immune system.
Schedule your New Roads chiropractic
appointment now to see us! Though we’re not sure
when myrrh will get its due, we’ll be happy to see that frankincense is getting
its due for the role it may play in reducing
inflammation!