Positive Effects Of Consuming Anti Inflammatory Foods

By Annabelle Holman


You cannot expect to stay healthy if your diet is based on junk food. Junk food and similar highly processed foods cause inflammation, and this affects your general health condition in so many ways. It is very likely that it will cause different chronic diseases, cardiovascular in the first place. Besides, inflammation increases pain, especially arthritis pain. Anti inflammatory foods can greatly improve your health condition.

Junk food and highly processed food usually contain large number of calories, but very little valuable nutrients your organism needs for proper functioning. This type of food quickly increase your blood sugar level but it doesn't supply your organism with essential vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. That's why it causes inflammation.

Anti inflammatory food has entirely different effect on your body. It reduces inflammation and ensures proper functioning of your entire organism. Strangely, but it also decreases the level of pain. Anti.inflammatory diet is based on fresh and unrefined ingredients. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain bread, low-fat and non-fat milk products, preferably organic, walnuts, soy and all other food rich in minerals, vitamins, anti-oxidants and healthy fatty acids.

Fruits are especially valuable source of anti-oxidants, in the first place brightly colored ones such as berries. Fruits usually don't contain much fat, but avocado is a great source of mono-saturated acids that is absolutely beneficial for you. Nuts and seeds, for example flax-seeds, walnuts and almonds, are valuable sources of highly beneficial substances your body needs to stay healthy.

Fats are essential for proper functioning of your brain, but also for preserving your health. Trans-fats are harmful, but Omega-3 fatty acids and mono-saturated fats are welcome addition to your diet, in reasonable amounts, of course. Choose olive and canola oil instead of other sources. You will also get some consuming almonds and walnuts, as well as fish and seafood. Avoid fatty and red meat by all means.

Fish such as salmon, sardines and tuna are just great sources for inflammatory protein. Most seafood is also beneficial. You should eat fish every week, at least once, but this means that you should eat freshly prepared, not canned fish. Remember, you should avoid any industrially processed food, whenever you can. Forget about frying, your food can be consumed fresh, cooked or baked instead.

Drink water, spring or mineral one, natural fruit and vegetable juices, herbal teas or even coffee. Don't add sugar, but use stevia instead. Don't drink sweet industrial beverages. The most valuable fruits and vegetables are dark green and brightly colored ones. Avoid adding salt in vegetable juices. One banana a day is perfectly enough, it is really rich in calories. Apricots contain vitamin B-17, and are really healthy, even when dry.

Avoid all processed food, especially snacks, white bread and sweets. Anything that contains sugar, too much salt and white flour is bad for you. Choose legumes, whole grains, seeds, walnuts and other healthy food. You can safely consume herbal teas and even coffee. Coffee seems to have very nice effect on your organism, when it is consumed in reasonable quantities.




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