Avoid these food as much as possible to bring down inflammation in the body.
Inflammation is at the cause of most illnesses and diseases, and consequently diet is largely the cause of it. If you’re one to consume a Standard Western Eating routine, or even a vegan diet for that matter, you’re quite likely consuming these foods that cause inflammation and weight gain.
Inflammation isn’t at all times bad, mind you. Your body naturally inflame any time the body is injured or ill. This might appear as swelling, redness, heat, as well as pain or even discomfort. For instance when you stub your toe, that immediate pain you feel is the body working in action to help correct whatever just happened. It is a normal and effective response that allows for healing.
Unfortunately, chronic inflammation is another situation, which is mostly caused by diet, stress, lack of exercise, smoking cigarettes, pollution, and even sleep deprivation. It can be seen in those with leaky gut syndrome, arthritis, fibromyalgia, celiac disease and also irritable bowel disease. It may also play a role in asthma and all forms of diabetes where the body constantly attempts to heal tissues yet fails.
With regards to weight gain together with its link to inflammation, inflammation can make our weight control hormone (leptin) to be less effective, which consequently causes weight gain. Therefore, the two often come hand in hand.
As for the foods that help cause inflammation, here are the eight worst offenders:
1. Refined Sugar
Sugar, found in soft drinks, baked treats, candy, and chocolate bars, all increase levels of glucose in your body, which our bodies cannot process effortlessly enough. This raises amounts of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the body, increasing levels of inflammation in your body. Sugar also suppresses the immune system, and makes it more vulnerable to diseases and infection.
2. Vegetable Oil
Vegetables oils from corn, canola, soybean and safflower and all the items that contain them (yes, even vegan products like “butter” spreads), are high in omega-6 fats (the bad type, not the good ones similar to those found in evening primrose oil), which decreases the balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fats. Whenever the your body gets out of balance in these fats, inflammation is a result.
3. Dairy Products
Almost all dairy products are loaded with saturated fats, which are naturally inflammation-causing. It is usually a very common allergen, as our bodies has difficulty digesting lactose and casein proteins. See dairy as a foreign invader in the body, in which the bodily reaction is an inflammatory “attack”.
4. Wheat, Rye and Barley
These types of wheat-containing grains will all include a common allergen – gluten. The body responds with an inflammatory immune response when presented by allergens, hence the resulting side effects can be body pain, mucus production (runny nose, coughing up mucus), and tiredness.
5. Fried Foods
Fried foods are another cause for inflammation. They contain increased levels of inflammatory advanced glycation end products (AGEs), that are formed whenever something is cooked to high temperature, smoked, dried, fried, pasteurized or grilled.
[ux_image id=”5892″ margin=”0px 0px 3px 0px” link=”https://optimumwellness.co.za/alkalised-vitamin-c/”]6. Refined Flour
Refined flour, in other words, something that is white but not whole-wheat, has been stripped of slow-digesting fibres and nutrients, which means your body breaks down these items quickly. This will spike insulin levels, leading to a pro-inflammatory body response.
7. Red Meat
Whenever we consume red meat, a chemical called Neu5gc is produced. This chemical hastens cancer progression, and produces an inflammatory response in the body.
8. Processed Corn
Corn is in so many products. You really need to be careful to stay away from this one. There are a number of corn derivatives such as high-fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and corn oil. Eating corn through these processed forms spikes blood sugar and as we have viewed above, spiked blood sugar levels results in an increased insulin response, which results in a major inflammatory response.
9. Artificial Chemicals and Additives
Almost everything artificially produced, like chemicals and additives in food items, are not recognized by the body. These are foreign, and so naturally, the your body needs to defend itself from these chemically made substances, which means an inflammatory immune system response.
10. Trans Fats
Trans fats, apart from causing cancer, also create low-density lipoproteins, which feed inflammation. Trans fats are found in hydrogenated oils and many processed foods..
