Ideal Foods Fight Inflammation

 

Nutritious Foods Fight Inflammation

Foods fight inflammation in the body with an anti-inflammatory diet packed with fresh fruits, green leafy vegetables and lean proteins help protect cells from free radical damage.  Inflammation is a natural response to the immune system to protect the body from infection and injuries.  Autoimmune disorders are common reasons for chronic inflammation like Lupus where your body attacks healthy tissue.  Exposure to toxins such as pollution and industrial chemicals are causes of inflammation.  Untreated acute inflammation due to infection or injury may lead to health disorders from Autoimmune Disease including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), metabolic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease resulting in high blood pressure, heart disease hypertension, mental health conditions, Neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. 

Inflammation is triggered by damage to living tissue.  The cellular inflammatory response is a defense mechanism involving higher organisms to help protect them from infection and injury.  Its purpose is to localize and remove the injurious tissue restoring blood flow so the body can begin to heal. The response consists of changes in blood flow increasing permeability of blood vessels, and the migration of fluids and white blood cells leukocytes from circulation to the inflamed site of tissue damage.  Inflammation is a local reaction to living tissue to illness, injury often resulting in heat. redness, swelling and pain.  According to Harvard Health doctors are learning that one of the best ways to reduce inflammation lies not in the medicine cabinet but in the refrigerator. By following an anti-inflammatory diet, you can fight inflammation for good. One of the most powerful tools used to combat inflammation does not come from the pharmacy but from the grocery store.

Selecting the right anti-inflammatory foods will be able to reduce your risk of illness lowering inflammation throughout the body. Anti-inflammatory foods like strawberries, blueberries, oranges, apples, leafy green vegetables, kale, spinach, collards, almond nuts, walnuts, olive oil, tomatoes, fatty fish salmon, mackerel, sardines, tuna. Turmeric spice. Polyphenols compounds found in plants are natural antioxidants, a substance that inhibits oxidation that can produce free radicals. Polyphenols is a category of plant compounds with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties found to be beneficial to good health.  They can help lower blood sugar levels, heart disease. Blood clots and risks to cancer. Polyphenols are the most abundant antioxidants in human diets including the largest studied class of flavonoids which includes several thousands compounds. There are 6,000 different types of flavonoids and each of these have powerful antioxidants has its own particular benefit. 

Flavonoids are various compounds found naturally  in fruits, vegetables like chocolate, green tea. Wine. Flavonoids are a group of natural substances with variable phenolic structures found in many fruits and vegetables, grains, barks, roots, stems, flowers, tea and wine.  The natural products are well known for its beneficial effects on health and efforts are being made to isolate the ingredients called flavonoids. Flavonoids are an indispensable component in a variety of nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, medicinal and cosmetic applications.” says NIH National Library of Medicine.  Foods fight inflammation due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties and a natural defense against free radicals. Antioxidants including carotenoids, vitamin C and vitamin E may help protect cells from free radical damage in the body.  Plant based foods are the best sources including nuts, seeds, fresh leafy greens, whole grains, herbs and spices like turmeric are excellent foods fight inflammation.

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Patricia Lynn

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