Inflammation. You sneaky little devil you. We can’t always see you, but you are actually one of the leading causes of disease. So today we are going to talk about inflammation, and what to do about it.
Please note- I am not a nutritionist. Everything I am telling you our amazing intern, Lindsay (who is going to Columbia for her master’s in nutrition- hello) researched for us. 🙂
Ok, here we go.
Inflammation is our immune system’s natural process of keeping our bodies healthy and safe from foreign particles. However, when inflammation just hangs around at low levels it actually harms our body instead of helping.
Heart disease
Depression
Arthritis
Cancer
Alzheimer’s
What (and how) we eat can either promote or reduce inflammation. Donuts = inflammation. Kale = reducing inflammation. Not a shocker. Additionally, the foods we eat can affect inflammation by altering our microbiome. This population of bacteria in our gut produces different byproducts, some of which will either cause or work against inflammation, based on the types of food we consume.
So avoiding pro-inflammatory foods and consuming a wide variety of anti-inflammatory foods may help to promote our health in the long-run by reducing our levels of chronic inflammation. Let’s all try and make it to 100 shall we.
Foods high in refined carbohydrates
Soda and other highly sweetened beverages
Red meat and processed meats
Hydrogenated vegetable oils and fried foods
Green Tea
Walnuts
Leafy Greens (Spinach, Kale, Swiss Chard, etc…)
Salmon
Turmeric
Soy: Tofu & Edamame
Ginger
Berries
Garlic & Onions
Wine (1 glass per day)
This is such a great post! Such a great list of foods to add or keep on enjoying!
For sure 🙂
I can’t get enough anti-INFLAMMATORY foods, and so many on the list are favorites so it’s easy!
Thanks! xo
This is a great list and I am not surprised to see turmeric on the good side of this! Turmeric has such great benefits, it deserves a post all its own!
Yes! So true.
Good nutrition is so important! This is a helpful list of foods with anti-inflammatory health benefits.
Yes! Sometimes it just helps to have it spelled out 🙂
This is a fantastic post! thank you! it helps me a lot. just one question, is red or white wine better? Thanks
Thanks Judie! Red wine 🙂
Perfect! Thank you :0)