Inflammation is a serious health problem you can’t even feel, but it does tremendous damage, especially over a long period of time.
Scientists say inflammation could be behind heart disease, arthritis, cancer, ADD/ADHD, diabetes, stroke, migraines, thyroid issues, dental issues, and more.
Although inflammation is caused by toxins like cigarette smoke and environmental pollutants, the biggest factor is an inflammatory diet. Many of the foods we eat cause inflammation and simply avoiding them can lead to immediate and dramatic improvements.
Then on top of avoiding the bad foods, adding anti-inflammatory foods to your diet creates and even healthier you. Many people who follow an anti-inflammatory diet also lose weight.
A Picture of Health
Mark Sisson is a leading expert on an anti-inflammatory diet. At age 60 he is the picture of health: He has the body of a man half his age, inside and out. He does not suffer from any diseases or chronic conditions and doesn’t take any medications.
But he hasn’t always been this healthy. His anti-inflammatory diet changed everything.
“Most of what ails people today could be, if not cured, substantially mitigated with a few lifestyle corrections, first and foremost being diet,” he said.
Sisson follows the Paleo Diet. (Get Diet Plan and Recipes.) Last year the Paleo Diet was the number one searched diet on the Internet and Sisson’s is the top Paleo Diet website.
He’s been studying nutrition research for the last 25 years and writes about his findings on Mark’s Daily Apple.
Sisson said the readers who follow the Paleo Diet are very happy with it.
“We’ve got hundreds of thousands of user experiences on my site, Mark’s Daily Apple,” he said. “Of people who’ve embraced this program who’ve said, ‘Not only did I lose the weight but my blood work improved and my energy levels improved.'”
Inflammatory Foods
The Paleo Diet is about avoiding foods that cause inflammation. That means no sugar, no wheat, no trans fats or industrialized Omega-6 fats, and very little or no dairy.
“When you get rid of all the bad guys you decrease inflammation and you improve your body’s ability to burn fat,” Sisson said.
Sugar weakens your immune system and causes insulin problems. Wheat treats your body much the same way.
In fact, many people who follow the Paleo Diet stop eating all grains, such as rice, corn and oats, in addition to wheat. Sisson didn’t even know wheat was causing him problems until he stopped eating it.
“My IBS [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] went away, my arthritis went away, the lingering sinus issues went away. The heartburn that I used to have infrequently but enough to be carrying Pepcid AC in my wallet, that went away,” he said.
Highly inflammatory trans fats and industrialized Omega-6 fats are Paleo no-nos.
Trans fats are man-made oils that have been hydrogenated, meaning they have been infused with hydrogen for the primary purpose of prolonging the shelf-life of a processed food. Therefore, most trans fats are in packaged foods.
You can recognize whether a product contains a trans fat by looking at the list of ingredients. If you see the word “hydrogenated,” it’s in there. Vegetable shortening and margarine are also trans fats.
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SOURCE: CBN News
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Reblogged this on Oil-Change Diet and commented:
My Oil-Change Diet is similar to the Paleo Diet, but I focus more on keeping the omega-6 low and raising the omega-3. If you don’t know where omega-6 comes from, you can still get a high ratio of inflammation promoting omega-6 in things like nuts and some meats. My book shows you the sources of omega-6 so you can avoid it better.