How to Eat an Anti-Inflammatory Diet | Expert Village Videos

Optahealth — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:39:56 +0000

Inflammation, Diet and Pain

Inflammation has been linked to pain in the body, as well as diabetes, heart disease and other major health problems.

The foods that you eat can have a tremendous impact on inflammation. Sugar tops the list as an inflammatory sin.

Inflammatory Gluten

Rachel shares with us in this video, about the inflammatory evils of gluten.. Gluten is found in wheat and some other grains. Avoiding gluten can be challenging. You will discover that wheat is abundant in the Western diet, and it’s not that easy to just quit eating wheat and other gluten containing grains.

Healthy Resources

A good health food store can be a very valuable resource for locating gluten free breads. like rice bread. You can find a host of gluten free products with a little legwork.

It would be well worth the time to find some gluten-free cookbooks. A little education can go a long way towards making the gluten-free lifestyle easier.

My Story

I have personally been avoiding wheat for at least a decade. After some dietary experimentation with an elimination diet, I discovered that reintroducing wheat made me very tired. I also felt depressed and lethargic. After avoiding wheat for a while, my mood and energy began to improve.

Is Hidden Inflammation Making You Fat?

Optahealth — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:50:05 +0000

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We all know about the kind of inflammation that causes pain. The redness, the pain , the swelling.

In this quick video Dr. Nicholas Perricone, gives us the breakdown on “hidden” inflammation, and what foods to eat to avoid this plague.

Perricone Anti-Inflammatory Diet

There are foods that cause inflammation, these are called, pro-inflammitory foods, as well as foods that reduce hidden inflammation, these are known as anti-inflammitory.

Sugars, starches and any foods that casue the blood sugar to rise rapidly are the worst offenders. These are known as high-glycemic foods. Most foods made from refined wheat or other grains generally fall into this category.

So what are some of the best food choices? Anti-oidant rich fruits and vegetables. Also foods high in omega 3 fats like, pacific salmon and other cold waer fish.

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