Ashburn and Herndon 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 boost the body’s proficiency to take care of itself. The key is figuring out which ones are best for what! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn shares a few of the latest papers about this simple ingredient, cinnamon.
HELP FOR Ashburn and Herndon MIGRAINE
The anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties of cinnamon were put to the test for migraine management. Migraine, the most common primary headache type, has increased levels of inflammation. Compared to a control treatment, cinnamon significantly reduced levels of inflammatory agents, interleukin-6 and nitric oxide. Cinnamon also reduced the frequency, severity and duration of migraine episodes. Cinnamon eased migraine in this study! Plus, cinnamon is a safe supplement. (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn gladly shares research-based safe options to try for health.
BLOOD PRESSURE
Blood pressure is a familiar health issue for many Ashburn and Herndon folks. Supplementing with cinnamon positively and significantly affected diastolic blood pressure and when taken for more than 8 weeks significantly affected systolic blood pressure. (2) Several reports have reported that cinnamon reduced blood pressure. A recent 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 taking 2 grams or more a day of cinnamon for at least 8 weeks. (3) That is news worth sharing with our Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients.
DIABETES TYPE II
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn cares for many patients who also are dealing with diabetes type II. Diabetes mellitus is a disease encompassing many different issues related to insulin resistance or low production of it by the pancreas. This all results in lifelong damage to organs over a lifetime. Management is complex. Herbs are frequently included in the management. Cinnamon is mentioned as a favorable 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) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn requests to know what our chiropractic patients are using and if they find benefit.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes 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 methods to enhance Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic care clinical outcomes.
Schedule your next Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic visit at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. We can swap tasty cinnamon recipes during your Cox® Technic treatment if you like!
