Reduce Inflammation for Optimal Health
Blueberries, among many others, are one of nature’s perfect anti-inflammatory foods.
It’s implicated in a range of health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. You may not even know you’re living with it.
What is it? It’s inflammation, and in its chronic form, it can wreak havoc on the body.
What Is Inflammation?
Inflammation has been defined as “A localized reaction that produces redness, warmth, swelling, and pain as a result of infection, irritation, or injury. Inflammation can be external or internal.”
According to nutritionist and dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, MD, temporary inflammation is our body’s way of fending off sudden injury or infection. When inflammation becomes a chronic issue, however, “the immune system mistakenly attacks normal cells, and the process that ordinarily heals becomes destructive.”
Foods That Cause and Reduce Inflammation
Do you have inflammation-causing foods lurking in your pantry or fridge? Culprits include white sugar and flour, dairy, alcohol and foods fried in trans-fats. Along with reducing or removing these damaging foods from your diet, consider adding inflammation-fighting foods to help stave off illness.
- Fatty fish
- Nuts including walnuts, cashews and almonds
- Berries
- Orange and yellow fruits
- Dark leafy greens
- Avocados in small amounts
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Ginger, saffron, garlic and turmeric
Natural Chiropractic Care for Better Health
In addition to making smart dietary decisions to reduce inflammation, we encourage you to visit us for regular chiropractic care. Keeping your spine aligned and your nervous system in check may help reduce dangerous, disease-causing inflammation.
Aug 21, 2015 at 10:51 AM
Dr Palmer As always you are spot on with this as well. We are all suffering from inflammation everyday. Most of this inflammation starts with the Bad habits that we chose throughout our day. In January my Lymes was so bad that I couldn't lift a coffee cup and the plantar facetious in my feet was unbearable, but with small daily changes of what I put in my body, adding natural anti-inflammatories and continued chiropractic care from your office I am pain free and now able to get back to the gym. I am now doing arm curls with 50Lb weights a far cry from January. I have also been able to reduce my weight from 202 Lbs to 179 Lbs while adding lean muscle. At 52 years young I feel better than I did at 25. I believe that if people realized that these small changes would make such a giant effect on their health and overall quality of life that everyone would get onboard with an overall healthy life style. Thank you so much for all you do and for adding this segment that is so important to overall health.