04/23/2022
Any kind of systemic inflammation is going to affect every system in the body. It may manifest more in one particular anatomical area, but it affects the entire body.
Inflammation is tied in with arthritis and memory loss. Diabetes, high insulin levels, high glucose levels, disruption of the gut microbiome are all part of the inflammatory process.
We may feel healthy, but if this inflammation is raging inside of us, then we have a problem.
So what is the best way to control inflammation while we’re still upstream? First, identify the triggers and causes of inflammation, and then help the body’s natural immune balance reset by providing the right conditions for it to thrive.
Everyone is treating the downstream effects of inflammation, instead of addressing the cause: multiple problems that are really linked together by inflammation.
Once you figure out the cause and get rid of it, how do you live an anti-inflammatory lifestyle? Here is what I recommend. It’s disarmingly simple, but an extraordinarily effective way. Here are 7 ways:
1. Eat a whole food, high fiber, plant-based diet which is inherently anti-inflammatory.
2. Eat healthy fats from olive oil, nuts, avocados and omega 3 fats from small fish like sardines, herring, sable, and wild salmon.
3. Exercise.
4. Learn to actively relax to engage your vagus nerve, the powerful nerve that relaxes your whole body and lowers inflammation, by doing yoga, meditation, deep breathing or even taking a hot bath.
5. If you have food allergies, find out what they are and stop eating them.
6. Take probiotics (“good bacteria”) daily to help your digestion to improve the healthy bacteria in your gut which reduces inflammation.
7. Take a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement which helps reduce inflammation.
