How what you EAT can lead to INFLAMMATION -- We eat over 2000 lbs of food a year!

#Inflammatory Foods, #Food and Inflammation

Inflammation is a natural immune response to tissue injury by something physical, possibly chemical or a pathogenic microorganism. We can see inflammation if we injure our skin or joints because we can see redness and swelling, and feel tenderness, pain and heat. But we can get the same inflammation on the inside of the body that is not so obvious.

One of the most significant areas of impact on internal inflammation is our food choices. Take these three facts: first, we eat approximately 2000 pounds of food a year; second, our intestinal lining is only one cell thick; third, over 70% percent of our immune system is in our gut. So if we are not eating foods that agree with our bodies and our intestinal lining gets inflamed and begins to leak foreign particles into our body, our immune system goes on the attack and we have a case of systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation can lead to all kinds of serious and chronic diseases.

There are several common categories of inflammatory foods that I review in the video:
-- refined sugar is very stressful on the pancreas, can make our blood more acidic and lead to weight gain.
-- artificial sweeteners wreak all kinds of havoc - check out the link to my video on sweeteners below.
-- transfats / processed vegetable oils -- vegetable oils are polyunsaturated and very unstable. They are damaged during processing and by light, so all that oil in those plastic bottles at the store is already damaged when you buy it.
-- excess caffeine and alcohol are hard to digest and can use up stores of vitamins and minerals.
-- individual food allergens - most common are soy, eggs, nuts, and nightshades like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.

To try to clean up your diet and reduce systemic inflammation, I recommend eating as much real / whole foods as you can, buy the best food you can afford. I am going to be doing additional videos on portion sizes, hidden sugar and gluten in food labels, and whether or not it has to be organic. Another topic will be doing a food diary to track your personal food issues. Stay tuned for more!

Artificial Sweeteners - https://youtu.be/9t-M-3TxRkc
Seasonal Eating - https://youtu.be/S5OHPedbu-Q
Healthy Bathroom Habits - https://youtu.be/XaWoTx5SkO0
Portion and Container Sizes - https://youtu.be/8KkMQo4lWJc

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/07/inflammation-triggers-disease-symptoms.aspx
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http://www.organicauthority.com/the-top-10-most-inflammatory-foods-in-the-american-diet/

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