{"id":81436,"date":"2022-10-12T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=81436"},"modified":"2022-10-21T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:55:51","slug":"inflammation-in-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/inflammation-in-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cure Inflammation In Your Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What causes inflammation in your body? How can you reduce inflammation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inflammation can be caused by eating processed foods<\/a> and animal products. In How Not to Diet<\/em>, Michael Greger suggests several anti-inflammation ingredients that you can add to your food to reduce inflammation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more for ways to reduce inflammation that’s hurting your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Causes Inflammation in Your Body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Greger, processed foods and animal products stimulate inflammation in your body.<\/strong> He explains that, normally, inflammation is the body\u2019s way of triggering the healing process whenever it gets hurt or sick. In this type of situation, the inflammation that occurs is short-term and targeted<\/em> toward resolving a specific problem. For example, you stub your toe, and it looks and feels inflamed for a few hours until it heals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, processed foods and animal products contain high quantities of saturated fat and trans fat<\/strong>\u2014substances that stimulate an inflammatory response that is long-term and unspecific<\/em>. This means that the inflammation lingers in your whole body and, instead of healing you, it creates hormone imbalances that perpetuate many diseases such as heart disease, bowel disease, arthritis, and dementia. In addition to harming your health, these hormone imbalances contribute to weight gain because they raise your blood sugar levels, increase your appetite, and decrease your metabolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chronic Inflammation Attacks Healthy Cells, Tissues, and Organs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research confirms that processed foods and animal-derived products (particularly dairy and red meat) contribute to chronic inflammatory diseases and weight gain. Additionally, people who regularly eat these foods are at twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer, and they up their risk of mortality by 23%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These foods cause inflammation, disease, and weight gain because they contain unnatural<\/em> substances that your body classifies as threats to your immune system. To protect itself, it produces and sends out inflammatory cells to trap and neutralize these threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more inflammatory foods you consume, the more inflammatory cells your body releases in response. These inflammatory cells build up and eventually start attacking healthy cells, tissues, and organs, resulting in diseases like diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and heart disease. In other words, your body\u2019s attempts to protect your immune system actually weaken it<\/strong>. To compensate for this weakness, your body funnels even more resources toward protecting your immune system. As a result, it spends less energy digesting food\u2014contributing to a decrease in metabolism and an increase in blood sugar levels and appetite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add Anti-Inflammatory Ingredients to Your Food<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gregers suggests that you drink three cups of green tea each day<\/strong>, and add the following ingredients to your food to cure inflammation in your body: turmeric, ginger, garlic, nutritional yeast, vinegar, black cumin, and cayenne pepper<\/strong>. These ingredients are high in anti-inflammatory properties. (Inflammation creates hormone imbalances that increase blood sugar levels and appetite.) This means that consuming anti-inflammatory ingredients prevents blood sugar spikes, regulates appetite, and boosts metabolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible Side Effects of Consuming Anti-Inflammatory Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research in this area isn\u2019t definitive\u2014while ongoing studies suggest that consuming these ingredients might<\/em> prevent blood sugar spikes, regulate appetite, and boost metabolism, they also reveal numerous possible side effects to consider before adding them to your diet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green tea<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n