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Frankincense: One of Several Anti-Inflammatory Nutrients

Gold. Frankincense. Myrrh. Three gifts mentioned around the holidays often are neglected the rest of the year…except gold. We do hear a lot about gold! Well, frankincense is one of several nutrients and phytonutrients receiving more attention for its anti-inflammatory factors. Patients at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic hear us talk about inflammation and its role in Montreal back pain and neck pain very often, so anti-inflammatory supplements with anti-inflammatory nutrients are welcome!

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY NUTRIENTS

A new narrative review of medical literature regarding the effects of certain nutrients and phytonutrients on immune system function and on inflammation reduction determined that patients with all sorts of health issues, minor to severe, may well get some advantage from daily supplementation of acetyl-L-carnitine, Vitamin C, Aloe vera polysaccharides, Vitamin B12, beta-glucans, bilberry, black seed oil, coenzyme Q10, curcumin (turmeric), garlic, resveratrol, ginger, hydrolyzed rice bran, lipoic acid, mistletoe, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), omega-3 fatty acids, Vitamin E (d-alpha- and gamma-tocopherol), selenium, shiitake mushroom and its derivatives, isoflavones, Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc, and frankincense. Such supplementation may be added to conventional medications and medical interventions. The goal of said supplementation is to decrease inflammation which is regulated by the immune system and which is a contributor to chronic disease in addition to acute illness. The review covered many specifics like how supplements impacted inflammatory and immune factors - whose names you may not hear much about yet play a role in your health - like interferon-g, nuclear factor-Kappa B, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-a, and CD4+ T cells, and others. Studies like these are getting lots of attention today as the need to avert chronic illness and reduce the severity of acute illnesses of all types that people globally are dealing with. (1) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is eager to see these developments in the more natural approaches to health evolve!

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FRANKINCENSE

You will notice that frankincense was one of the nutrients talked about above. A new study highlighted the benefits of its supplementation.  Frankincense is an oil extract taken from the Boswellia tree. It has been used in anti-inflammatory folk remedies for many years. Using bowellic acids like the 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-βBA (AKBA) are unique anti-inflammatory factors of frankincense. Combined with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosahexaenoic acid (EPA), it promoted lipid mediator change of innate immune cells from pro-inflammatory to boosted anti-inflammatory action of frankincense from Boswellic acid. (2) For Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic, frankincense needs to be gifted year-round and not just at the holidays! Nutritional findings like this are just so interesting, especially when we acknowledge that inflammation plays a role in spine-related pain that we treat every day. Let’s talk about our anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement at your next Montreal chiropractic appointment.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the interaction of the immune system and inflammation as well as how spinal manipulation can beneficially impact the immune system.

Make your Montreal chiropractic appointment now to see us! Though we’re not sure when myrrh will get its due, we’ll be happy to see that frankincense is getting its due for the role it may hold in decreasing inflammation!

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