Learn how a few simple changes in your diet can change your life
Aer you looking for a simple, natural way to improve your health, reduce your reliance on medications, and promote better aging? The answer can be found in your diet.
The typical American diet includes a lot of refined sugar, highly processed carbs, unhealthy fats, and other foods that can cause or contribute to inflammation. Chronic inflammation causes the body’s immune system to attack itself, creating toxic byproducts that can be very damaging to health. Following an anti-inflammatory diet can help improve your health by replacing the foods that cause inflammation with ones that actually prevent it.
Although there are many different anti-inflammatory diet plans, here are the general guidelines:
- Eat more fruits and vegetables
- Avoid saturated fats and trans fats
- Increase your Omega-3 intake with fish, walnuts, or a fish oil supplement
- Eat whole grains like brown rice and bulgur wheat instead of pasta and white rice
- Favor lean protein like beans, chicken, and fish over red meat and full-fat dairy foods
- Avoid refined foods and processed foods
- Use spices like ginger, curry, and other spices that can have an anti-inflammatory effect
Here’s what you can accomplish with an anti-inflammatory diet:
Manage an Inflammatory Condition
If you are currently suffering from an inflammatory condition such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, etc., switching to an anti-inflammatory diet can help you manage or even reduce your symptoms. You’ll enjoy better health and you may be able to come off of your medications.
Prevent Chronic Disease
Anti-inflammatory diets are extremely effective as preventative medicine. They can reduce your risk of many chronic diseases and conditions such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, stroke, chronic kidney disease, and cancer.
Increase Energy
Foods high in refined flours and sugars can wreak havoc on your blood sugar, causing spikes and crashes that will leave you struggling to stay energized throughout the day. When you adopt an anti-inflammatory diet, you’ll replace these foods with healthier options that are high in fiber and protein and will supply more sustained and lasting energy.
Lose Weight
Although the primary purpose of an anti-inflammatory diet is not weight loss, for most individuals this will occur as a natural side effect. This simply makes sense given that the diet favors lean protein, fruits, and vegetables over red meat, dairy, and sugar. In one study, individuals lost about 1.5 pounds and 0.5 inches around their waists every week they stayed on their anti-inflammatory diet. This is healthy and safe pace for weight loss.
Learn More at Rancho Wellness
If you are interested in improving your health with an anti-inflammatory diet, Rancho Wellness can help. As strong believers in addressing the core reasons for poor health through lifestyle changes, we have a detailed understanding of anti-inflammatory foods and we can help you begin to make positive changes in your diet and your health. Please contact us at 909-483-7800 today for an appointment.