Dearest fellow Steemians,
Today I am writing about my personal journey of experimenting a diet free inflammatory foods.
I have recently been travelling from Dubai to Switzerland and have experienced a drastic drop in my immune system response. I always suspected that I don't have such a high immune system because I tend to get sick rather easily compared to my husband that shares same living conditions as me.
Because I often tend to categorize myself as 'sensitive' , after getting a sinusitis few days ago and having the need to get on antibiotics again, I decided to look into what can be the source of a low immune system. Definitely not fun spending a sunny summer day in bed while feeling groggy, but my research got me to some interesting facts:
- our immune system goes dramatically down when there is inflammation in the body
- inflammation leads to disease and it is attributed for being the root of most disease (asthma, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis , inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer, cancer and others have been linked to chronic inflammation)
The most reassuring fact of all?
You don't have to run to the drug store for curing the inflammation in your body, you just need to do better eating choices :)!! Weeee, what great news this is!!! :)
We can cure our bodies, it is absolutely in OUR POWER
To keep it short and useful, the same food we long knew are not good for us also on the top list for creating inflammation in our bodies and should be avoided at all times:
- ANY fried foods (choose steamed, grilled or raw where possible and you'll be doing yourself a BIG favor)
- Refined carbohydrates (pastries, bread, pasta and the like)
- Red Meat and processed meat (burgers, steak, sausages, hot dogs etc)
- Sodas
- Lard, margarine or shortening (extremely bad for your fitness levels too)
The good news is that the Top Inflammatory Foods that we should be consuming are simply delicious
Here is the list and I hope more and more people will be including these in their diets:
Berries (blueberries, strawberries, red berries etc)
Lemons and Oranges
Green leafy vegetables (Bok Choy, Swiss Chard, Kale, Parsley etc)
Broccoli
Celery
Tomatoes
Nuts
Fatty Fish (Sardines, Salmon, Mackerel etc)
Flax Seeds
Chia Seeds
Coconut Oil
Turmeric (Curcumin)
Ginger
Also, don't forget to include a good clean Omega 3 supplement as our body is not able to produce this by itself. After extensive research, I found that finding a good clean Omega 3 supplement is not an easy task considering the many criterias of selection one has to seriously consider (ex:** molecularly distilled source to avoid the metal contamination, the high DHA and EPA concentration per dosage as most of the supplements offer to little, price per intake etc**) but maybe I will write a separate article on this one as this one deserves its own separate argumentation.
**For now, I do hope that I was able to leave you with some basic principles to help you make better and more informed decisions for the optimal state of your immune system. Ultimately this will affect your overall disposition, happiness levels, libido and mind clarity :)! **
These all taste FANTASTIC, why wouldn't you just prioritize them more in our everyday choices?
Eat healthy, stay fit and be the best version of yourself you can be :)!!
Till soon,
Ruxandra
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STOPHow cool! Thank you for all your work @arcange Keep it up 👌🏻🤗👏🏻👏🏻
Articles that are very useful my friend. Inflammation occurs because we are less intake of Vitamin C. And also the lack of fluids in our body. Term in Indonesia: deep heat.
Our immune system must be weak, we are susceptible to disease.
For the process of accelerating the healing of our bodies, we should take high doses of vitamin C. Can be purchased at drugstores or pharmacies.
After that, we should familiarize ourselves for the consumption of fruits that many vitamin C.
In my experience, watermelon is very good for our bodies. Stamina and our body power increase dramatically, especially libido.
Wow, thank you for taking the time @alhasan!! Yes, indeed, vitamin C plays a big role in reducing inflammation. But make sure the source of vitamin C is a good one too!! For instance, they can create more sintetic versions of vitamin C and they are even selling those as cheaper supplements in pharmacies!! Always check it comes from fruits and veggies and best is to integrate lemon consumption daily. For example: water lemon as the first thing you drink in the morning! But maybe I will write a separate article on that. It flushes toxins out of the liver and helps us clean the inflammation. Glad you liked it and thank you for upvoting!! 😇🤗👏🏻🙏🏻 When is your next article coming out?
Yap... I will follow your guide for my healthy... wish you all the best my best friend... thank you @ruxonsteemit
Thank you dearest 🙏🏻😇🤗
You are welcome
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STOPWow, that's sweet, thank you so much!!! 🙏🏻😇
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STOPThank you very much!! :)!
Great list. I eat a lot of these quite regularly in my vegan diet and am hopelessly addicted to ginger.
Thank you very much @piedpiper ! These are great! Are you a vegan? Well done!! I am trying but not there yet. Wish you a great start into your week!!! :)
I am indeed. I can definitely help if you're struggling. Is there a particular aspect you're finding to be most difficult?
That's very nice of you, thank you. Not sure you would be able. You see what keeps getting me off the track is having to prepare meat for my family, particularly my husband. He is supportive to me not eating the meat, but I still have to touch and prepare it. The first reason why I would like to go vegan for is primarily because I want to say no to animal cruelty. Now still having to touch, cut and prepare the meat a is far from that. I think I wont be able to go reach 100% in my goal, but maybe still better that not doing any effort. Tricky. Not sure it can be addressed, but thank you very much for your kind offer of support :) 🤗 Was the transition difficult for you and how long did it take? :) Thank you, Ruxandra
Ah, I see. For me it was fairly easy. It just took a decision and commitment.
I don't know what sort of agreements are in place for your marriage, but if my girlfriend wanted me to prepare meat for her, I would just say no. :)
That's the way to do it. Absolutely, no compromise. Thank you @piedpiper 🙏🏻🤗😇 Wish you an awesome day!!!