Nutrition
We try to treat pain symptoms by addressing their source. One common driver of people's pain symptoms is inflammation. Inflammation is a process by which the body deals with harmful stimuli. While this process can be helpful in dealing with acute injuries and infectious pathogens, chronic systemic inflammation can be quite harmful to the body and can result in a number of painful symptoms. This type of inflammation can be modulated by diet and therefore is important to understand how it works as it is one of the easiest ways improve health and decrease one's pain. Quite simply, we are what we eat and the human body needs certain nutrients to function most efficiently. There are many misconceptions regarding dieting and weight-loss so we're going to try to keep it as simple as possible.
Biochemically, all foods can be classified based on their inflammatory effect on the body after digestion. These foods are divided into 2 groups: pro-inflammatory foods and anti-inflammatory foods. Inflammation is a driving force in most pain and disease processes. In order to achieve ideal weight and energy levels while minimizing your risk of pain and disease, you should consume as many anti-inflammatory foods as your body feels hungry for and as few pro-inflammatory foods as possible. In order to do this, we need to understand which foods are valuable to our body as anti-inflammatory nutrients and which foods are pro-inflammatory pain-drivers...
Anti-Inflammatory Foods (eat as much as you like): Fruits, vegetables, meats (wild or grass-fed animals are preferable,) eggs, nuts, good fats (olive oil, coconut oil and butter (ideally from grass-fed cows) are the best choices.)
Pro-inflammatory Foods (avoid as much as possible): All Grains (Breads, pastas, cereals, pastries,) simple sugars (candy, soda, etc,) bad fats (partially hydrogenated oils, trans fats, corn oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, soybean oil)
For more detailed information on anti-inflammatory nutrition and to review the research on which this information is based, please visit: www.deflame.com
Biochemically, all foods can be classified based on their inflammatory effect on the body after digestion. These foods are divided into 2 groups: pro-inflammatory foods and anti-inflammatory foods. Inflammation is a driving force in most pain and disease processes. In order to achieve ideal weight and energy levels while minimizing your risk of pain and disease, you should consume as many anti-inflammatory foods as your body feels hungry for and as few pro-inflammatory foods as possible. In order to do this, we need to understand which foods are valuable to our body as anti-inflammatory nutrients and which foods are pro-inflammatory pain-drivers...
Anti-Inflammatory Foods (eat as much as you like): Fruits, vegetables, meats (wild or grass-fed animals are preferable,) eggs, nuts, good fats (olive oil, coconut oil and butter (ideally from grass-fed cows) are the best choices.)
Pro-inflammatory Foods (avoid as much as possible): All Grains (Breads, pastas, cereals, pastries,) simple sugars (candy, soda, etc,) bad fats (partially hydrogenated oils, trans fats, corn oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, soybean oil)
For more detailed information on anti-inflammatory nutrition and to review the research on which this information is based, please visit: www.deflame.com
