Drink your way to health? When the chosen drink is tea, it’s quite possible! Aging-related
skeletal pain responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa has
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our West Des Moines
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 the interaction of height loss and vertebral
fractures in postmenopausal women. The researchers concluded
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the superior
way to determine risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition known
to reduce quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. Sarcopenia’s loss of strength and
muscle mass necessitates attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea has catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa hopes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in a variety of
types. An additional recent article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a mixture
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which exhibited
anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers wrote that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the management of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A study of how spearmint teas affected
knee osteoarthritis discovered that a commercial spearmint tea improved
stiffness and physical disability while a spearmint tea brewed from a high-rosmarinic
acid (high-rosA) variety significantly reduced pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is extracted from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. It
is 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) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the West Des Moines chiropractic
treatment plan.
West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, West Des Moines chiropractic
care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Peter Meyer on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
integration of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your West Des Moines 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.