Ten Inflammatory Foods (Part 6)

6. Refined Grains

How many “TV Nutritionists” have told us all “more grains” you need to increase the amount of grain in your diet? This is probably the most common of the bad advice out there. Today’s grains are almost devoid of nutrition. They are low in vitamins and low in fiber like a [...]

Ten Inflammatory Foods (Parts 4 & 5)

4. Meat Feedlot-Raised

Supermarket meat is usually fed with grains like corn and soy (both very high percent GMO produced crops). They are fed a diet that is very high in Omega 6 and very low Omega 3, which is very inflammatory. These animals are not able to move much so they seem to [...]

Ten Inflammatory Foods (Part 3)

3. Trans Fats

Trans fatty acids are notorious for their double negative effects. They not only increase the bad cholesterol (LDL) but they also lower the good cholesterol (HDL). They promote obesity, insulin resistance and inflammation, promoting the chronic degenerative diseases we are all trying to avoid. Trans fats are more common than you think, [...]

Ten Inflammatory Foods (Part 2)

2. Common Cooking Oils

Most people probably do not consider cooking oils to be a major source of inflammation, but they can be pro-inflammatory. Most vegetable oils used at home and in restaurants are very imbalanced towards the omega 6 fatty acids. Excessive imbalance of the omega 6 to omega 3 ratio promotes inflammation in [...]

Ten Inflammatory Foods to Avoid at all Costs! (part 1)

Staying away from these foods will give you an instant boost to your health!

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that almost 13 million people worldwide died from some type of cardiovascular disease in 2004. Every year according to the World Cancer Research Fund we lose 8 million people to Cancer. Both of these are [...]

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