9 Anti-Inflammatory Foods
Have you twisted an ankle and have some swelling?
Or threw out your back picking up a box?
In either case, inflammation can cause achy painful days.
Chiropractic combined with other inflammation reducers, such as food, may help to relieve achy painful days.
Keeping your spine in alignment helps your nervous system to operate at optimal capacity, and reduces inflammation. When your bones are out of alignment, they press on tissues and nerves creating pain and inflammation. Getting adjusted puts those bones back into place relieving the pain. Some inflammation may remain after adjustments, especially if the injury has been present for a while. Chiropractic combined with other inflammation reducers, such as food, may help to relieve achy painful days. Bastyr University’s, Tips to Fight Inflammation with Food states: “Phytonutrients are natural compounds in plant-based foods that help turn off inflammation,”
Morrow says; “They limit how many inflammatory compounds our cells make, and at the same
time promote healing of tissues.”
Here are 9 anti-inflammatory foods mentioned by Bastyr University:
Garlic
Onions
Ginger root
Turmeric
Green tea
Fresh herbs
Whole soy foods
Mushrooms
Seeds
