Drink your way to health? Yes, when
the drink is tea! Aging-related
skeletal pain responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Chiropractic Care presents
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our West Palm Beach
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 new
study looked at how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers concluded
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the better
way to determine risk of vertebral fracture. (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 these
diseases’ inflammatory and degenerative processes. Sarcopenia’s loss of strength and
muscle mass requires attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea contains catechins that foster
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by reducing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Chiropractic Care hopes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
types. Another recent article reports
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a combination
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which exhibited
anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers suggested that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the care of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A report of how spearmint teas influenced
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 extracted from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. it’s a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant properties. Polyphenols are reported 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) Chiropractic Care is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the West Palm Beach chiropractic
treatment plan.
West Palm Beach CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, West Palm Beach chiropractic
care at Chiropractic Care is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Chiropractic Care’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Chiropractic Care
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 West Palm Beach chiropractic
appointment now. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees afflicted with osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.