Lindy, I find this very helpful. I am seriously looking into making lifestyle changes in my diet. I would chew cardboard if it took the pain and swelling away. Is there a list of foods that aggravate inflammation? ( I can run a search).
How long did you wait after adding these to your diet, before you started subtracting? Do you eat all theses things everyday or just add one or two?
I ESPECIALLY love the CHOCOLATE bar......life is good with chocolate in it![/QUOTE]
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I've posted this before, but here is a handy anti-inflammatory diet food pyramid by Dr Weil:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02995/Dr-Weil-Anti-Inflammatory-Food-Pyramid.html
I think what promotes inflammation are the usual suspects: processed carbs, sugars, red meats and excessive animal proteins, etc.
Thanks Gimmpy! I was showing my husband. He is very supportive.Thanks GG, Dr. Weil's diet is the one that I follow. In fact I follow many of his recommendations. I went to his clinic several years ago and for me it was life changing. You may not see any changes immediately. It takes time but the changes will come. Lindy[QUOTE=inflamedOnline]Thanks Gimmpy! I was showing my husband. He is very supportive.[/QUOTE]
................especially since i make him do everything for me because im so lazy.
Lisa, below is a list of foods that can cause or add to the inflammatory process. You'll need to get your spouse involved in the process because it will affect him. My cooking has changed, snacks are gone except for healthy ones. Every once in awhile he'll bring something home and that's fine because he eats it. I'm not a fanatic about the diet. There are times that I eat foods that I love but I eat them in small amounts and not all the time. I can't and won't deny myself of ice cream forever, no way. Lindy
* Red meat
* Dairy
* White flour
* Refined sugar
* Preservatives
* Food coloring
* Artificial flavors
* Unhealthy oils such as partially hydrogenated oils, oils heated to a high temperature, etc.
* Foods that cause allergies such as soy, wheat, citrus, etc.
Thanks LinBI took this from level1diet.com. I thought it was an interesting take on inflammation and insulin resistance. It, I'm sure is their theory but it makes sense.
The 3 Levels Of
Inflammation Health
Throughout your life, unseen forces are shaping your health. As most people age, they usually progress through three distinct phases of health. To succeed in weight loss programs and diets, you absolutely must understand the three levels of health.
You start life in Level 1, which is a non-inflammation, non-insulin resistant state. Your body is able to maintain homeostasis -- your metabolism adjusts itself to maintain a steady weight and to fight diseases automatically. You look and feel good.
As you encounter infections and eat the wrong foods, you lose your ability to maintain a healthy balance. Infections could be similar to today's Bird Flu (H5N1) Asian Influenza, measles, mumps, pneumonia, the common cold, gum or tooth infections or a sinus problem. Inflammation increases each time you suffer one of these infections or eat high levels of sugars or "bad fats".
Each time you become inflamed, you struggle to get back to normal. But sometimes, you don't quite go all the way back. Your body "remembers" your infection and increases its "ready reserve" of inflammatory cytokines, keeping your system on a knife-sharp edge of readiness. Unfortunately, while being constantly ready for infection helps you survive the next infection, it exerts terrible wear-and-tear on your body's delicate tissues and interferes with the smooth functioning of many metabolic systems. Gradually, you move into Level 2, which is chronic low-level inflammation and insulin resistance.
Level 2 involves a powerful chain reaction of mutually reinforcing metabolic processes. Infection produces inflammation. Inflammation produces insulin resistance. Insulin resistance produces weight gain. Weight gain produces inflammatory cytokines leading to more insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance starves our muscles, which react by sending messages that lower our resting energy expenditure to conserve our reserves and then, the insulin resistance makes us hungry in an effort to feed our starving muscles. Under these conditions, weight loss is almost impossible. We look "fat" to others, but our muscles think we're starving... at least chemically. Due to this process, grossly fat people are in fact starving. As a result of this starvation, we eat more sugars, simple starches and fats to add to our disease, while preventing or slowing weight loss inspite of your dieting efforts.
As these conditions worsen, you finally begin to exhibit obvious diseases of Level 3 -- cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimers, arthritis, stroke, cancer... To that list add acne vulgaris, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, benign prostatic hyperplagea, polycystic ovary disease, chronic headaches, cluster and migraine headaches, skin tags, many auto-immune diseases and so on. It's a big list.
The goal of the Level1Diet.com and the Food Guide Football™ is to return you to Level 1 ...
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