Drink your way to health? When the chosen drink is tea, it’s quite possible! Skeletal pain arising from aging-related conditions responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. The Novelli Wellness Center has
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Buffalo, NY
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 decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the superior
way to determine vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition documented
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
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) The Novelli Wellness Center believes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in many
types. An additional new article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients were helped by a combination
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which were shown to inhibit inflammation.
The researchers suggested that natural ingredients have
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 decreased 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) The Novelli Wellness Center is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the Buffalo, NY chiropractic
treatment plan.
Buffalo, NY CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Buffalo, NY chiropractic
care at The Novelli Wellness Center is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, The Novelli Wellness Center’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT The Novelli Wellness Center
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.
Make your Buffalo, NY chiropractic
appointment now. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees bothered by osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.