The Anti-inflammatory Diet and
Anti Inflammatory Foods -
Your Key to a Healthy You

An anti-inflammatory diet is essential to your health.

Inflammation is the body's natural defense against illness and disease, however, chronic inflammation leads to arthritis, type II diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer and more.

What causes inflammation in the body?

Stress, a fast-paced lifestyle and poor diet are the main culprits.

Often inflammation is due not only to poor diet and lifestyle but an accumulation of toxins in the body. We are bombarded by chemicals every day and these accumulate in the lymphatic system.

Your anti-inflammatory diet must include lifestyle changes, such as learning to better manage stress . Let go of, or work out toxic emotions, anger, resentment, depression, excessive worry, anxiety. These all increase acidity in the body, which increases inflammation.

Drink plenty of pure water, and exercise regularly.

Inflammatory foods

• Sugar and any food containing it or high-fructose corn syrup
• White flour and all foods containing it
• Fast food
• Processed, packaged foods
• Animal fat, red meat
• Trans fats, heated or refined oils, hydrogenated oils, margarine, fried foods
• Coffee
• White vinegar and anything containing it, ie. store bought condiments and salad dressings
• Soft drinks
• Coldcuts - the nitrates in them increase inflammation and are carcinogenic.
  

Some people may be intolerant to wheat, dairy, some meats, or msg, and these can increase inflammation in the body. Try eliminating them one at a time from your diet for 2 weeks and see how you feel. Some low-fat dairy may be tolerated for some.

Other foods that you may be intolerant of include peanuts, corn, citrus, soy, bananas, coffee. Again, by eliminating them you can notice if there is an improvement. With children you should notice an improvement after 3 or 4 days.

Some people may notice an improvement when also eliminating one or more of the following; potatoes, green peppers, eggplant, tomato sauce.

Anti inflammatory foods

• Omega 3 essential fatty acids found in cold water fish, Wild Atlantic Salmon, Sardines, Herring, Light Tuna.
• Vegetables in abundance! 75% of your plate should be filled with vegetables - some raw and green leafy vegetables are especially good
• Fruits for their antioxidant effect - organic blueberries are especially beneficial.
• As much fresh food as possible
• Whole grains: grains that you can see with your eye, brown rice, quinoa barley, bughar.Limit bread and choose bread or pasta made with brown rice, spelt or kamut.
• Organic extra virgin olive oil or first cold-pressed oils
• Raw, organic almonds or walnuts and nut butters made from these raw organic nuts or seeds
• Ginger
• Tumeric
• Garlic
• Onions, leeks
• Organic, naturally-decaffeinated green tea 

Your anti-inflammatory diet should include these
Anti inflammatory supplements:

• Omega 3
• Probiotics
• Digestive enzymes
• Vitamins A, D and E
• Antioxidants
• Ginger capsules

Who can benefit from eating an anti-inflammatory diet?

Those with...

• Arthritis
• Alzheimer's
• Auto immune diseases
• Rheumatism
• Cardio vascular diseases
• Cancer
• Chronic pain
• Chronic disease
• Pain caused by imflammation

Anyone who wants to prevent disease and lead a healthy, happy, long, pain-free life!

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Fibromyalgia Remedies?

Submitted by David Schneider
(Los Organos, Peru)

My wife suffers from diagnosed fibromyalgia and sometimes can hardly walk because of joint pain.

Drugs treat the symptoms but she has found the side effects end up being worse than the pain.

She is 54 years old, slim, and normally physically active and we spend a lot of time hiking the beaches here in tropical Peru looking for sea glass.

But although the beach is only ten minutes away, we have not been in a month.

She is in so much pain.

Sue-Anne's Reply:

The medical field recognizes that with fybromialgia there is a chronic imbalance of the nervous system as well as a lack of serotonin.

Usually the adrenal glands are weak. The disease may appear immediately following an emotional shock or accident. People with symptoms may be perfectionistic or hard on themselves. A virus or sleep disturbances can also be at the origin of fibromyalgia.

In working with your wife I would do a pH test to verify if the body is overly acidic, which is often the case, and balance that completely. We would reinforce the adrenal glands, improve her diet and decrease inflammation. There are many pages about inflammation under Immune System on my site.

Vitamins and supplements will help to reinforce the immune system and nervous system as well as antioxidants according to her personal needs. When she is stronger a detox is essential to eliminate toxins.

There is much that can be done to completely eliminate fibromyalgia using natural means.