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Posted on: December 24, 2011 - 3:54 am
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Inflammation causes disease, and diet contributes to inflammation. Modern diets are making people sicker, but fortunately some relatively minor, painless adjustments can reverse the trends toward obesity, chronic inflammation and degenerative diseases, such as arthritis, Alzheimer’s and atherosclerosis.

Diet Changes to Avoid Chronic Inflammation

Most of the dietary changes that clinical studies have found to reduce chronic inflammation and disease are well known, but others are controversial, because they conflict with common dietary advice. The major changes that will lower chronic inflammation are:

  • vitamin D: Sunshine and diet sources are not adequate, supplements are required.
  • carbohydrates: Starchy foods rapidly raise blood sugar.
  • polyunsaturated oils: Avoid vegetable oils, a major source of inflammatory omega-6 oils.
  • saturated fats: Higher saturated fats in the diet lower disease risk.
  • Omega-3 oils: Fish oil is a major source of DHA/EPA needed to reduce inflammation.
  • vegetable antioxidants: Phytochemicals in leafy vegetables, herbs and spices reduce inflammation.
  • probiotics: Health is controlled by bacteria in the gut and food controls the gut flora.

Sunlight Is Not Enough for Vitamin D Health

Shockingly, studies of vitamin D levels in people from Florida and California, who spent a large part of each day in the sun, showed that most were deficient in vitamin D. Chronic inflammation may further compromise solar production of vitamin D. Other studies revealed that patients identified and treated for vitamin D deficiencies, remained deficient in vitamin D. At the same time that pervasive deficiencies were discovered, vitamin D deficiencies were also associated with numerous allergies, autoimmune diseases, degenerative diseases and cancer.