Fatal Foods
Worst 10 Foods for inflammation
1. Sugar
Sugar in any form is inflammatory; even healthier choices like honey and molasses. Try to eliminate and at the very least reduce dramatically sugar of any kind. This includes candy, soda, desserts etc and look at your labels to see if there is high fructose corn syrup, or any other sugar added. This is your WORST enemy in the battle against inflammation.
2. Processed white bread and rice
Since even whole grains are mild to moderately inflammatory, processed grains and rice and extremely inflammatory.
3. Corn and corn meal products
4. Potatoes
5. Poultry
Grain fed proteins always are more inflammatory than those on a natural diet. Chicken and Turkey are no different in this trend. If you want poultry try to buy organic or free range or both. You will still have to cook it strategically to help with inflammation.
6. Banana and Mango
These fruits have many benefits, but both are foods to stay away from in trying to control your internal inflammation. They both have high glycemic indexes and you should stay away from foods with high-glycemic (simple) carbohydrates, which the body rapidly converts to sugar, is one of the best ways to decrease inflammation
7. Margarine, Grape seed, Safflower, Cottonseed and Coconut oil
Look in the ingredient list of packaged items, these fats are all VERY INFLAMMATORY. Look for packaged items made with Olive or Canola oil.
8. Farmed Salmon
Although farmed fish has the same amounts of omega 3's as wild fish, they are very different when it comes to inflammation. Farmed fish are fed grains and meal and do not thrive off of the natural diet of algae and shrimp that comprise the diet of wild salmon. So if you are working toward an anti-inflammatory diet steer clear of farmed salmon. You are better off eating a lean portion of beef instead of eating farmed fish.
9. Most fruit and fruit juice
Although we are encouraged to increase our daily intake of fruits and vegetables, I would limit the fruit intake to only those fruits that are anti-inflammatory (strawberries and canteloupe) until you get your body's inflammation under control. So, if you need to increase your intake, then increase the vegetables and not worry too much about increasing your fruit intake.
10. ANYTHING DEEP FRIED
I use the following website to get my inflammation information for foods. Not every food is listed, but use it as a valuable resource on your continuing education about reducing inflammation through your meals that mend.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
1. Sugar
Sugar in any form is inflammatory; even healthier choices like honey and molasses. Try to eliminate and at the very least reduce dramatically sugar of any kind. This includes candy, soda, desserts etc and look at your labels to see if there is high fructose corn syrup, or any other sugar added. This is your WORST enemy in the battle against inflammation.
2. Processed white bread and rice
Since even whole grains are mild to moderately inflammatory, processed grains and rice and extremely inflammatory.
3. Corn and corn meal products
4. Potatoes
5. Poultry
Grain fed proteins always are more inflammatory than those on a natural diet. Chicken and Turkey are no different in this trend. If you want poultry try to buy organic or free range or both. You will still have to cook it strategically to help with inflammation.
6. Banana and Mango
These fruits have many benefits, but both are foods to stay away from in trying to control your internal inflammation. They both have high glycemic indexes and you should stay away from foods with high-glycemic (simple) carbohydrates, which the body rapidly converts to sugar, is one of the best ways to decrease inflammation
7. Margarine, Grape seed, Safflower, Cottonseed and Coconut oil
Look in the ingredient list of packaged items, these fats are all VERY INFLAMMATORY. Look for packaged items made with Olive or Canola oil.
8. Farmed Salmon
Although farmed fish has the same amounts of omega 3's as wild fish, they are very different when it comes to inflammation. Farmed fish are fed grains and meal and do not thrive off of the natural diet of algae and shrimp that comprise the diet of wild salmon. So if you are working toward an anti-inflammatory diet steer clear of farmed salmon. You are better off eating a lean portion of beef instead of eating farmed fish.
9. Most fruit and fruit juice
Although we are encouraged to increase our daily intake of fruits and vegetables, I would limit the fruit intake to only those fruits that are anti-inflammatory (strawberries and canteloupe) until you get your body's inflammation under control. So, if you need to increase your intake, then increase the vegetables and not worry too much about increasing your fruit intake.
10. ANYTHING DEEP FRIED
I use the following website to get my inflammation information for foods. Not every food is listed, but use it as a valuable resource on your continuing education about reducing inflammation through your meals that mend.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
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