Health & Fitness
The Top 6 Inflammatory Foods & What to Eat Instead
Exposure to toxins and the inability to eliminate them from the body is a huge contributing factor to many health issues.
Here is a list of 6 top inflammatory foods and how to avoid them. The list is from Jenny Carr and mindbodygreen.com. The substitutes allow you to eat many of the foods you enjoy, but with ingredients that give you health, rather than take it away:
1. Processed Sugar - Swap out processed sugars for raw honey, organic maple syrup, liquid stevia or fruit.
2. Sodium - Swap out table salt for sea salt or pink Himalayan salt. By eliminating processed and packaged foods, you will significantly eliminate the amount of daily sodium intake.
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3. Wheat Flour - Swap out wheat for almond flour or coconut flour. While these two flours do come in a bag (unless you make them on your own with a food processor), they are minimally processed are a great substitute for baking many foods that typically contain wheat.
4. Certain Oils - Swap out highly processed oils such as vegetable oil, canola oil, safflower oil, partially hydrogenated oil (just to mention a few) for high-quality omega-6 and omega-3 oils. The best source for oils are from extra-virgin coconut oil, extra-virgin olive oil, hemp seeds, chia seeds, avocados or avocado oils.
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5. Cow Dairy - Swap out cow dairy for that of sheep or goat. Around the age of 1.5-2 years, our bodies significantly decrease in the amount of digestive enzymes created that specifically help to digest dairy. The molecular make-up of the sheep and goat dairy is more easily digested in the human body. Another reason cow dairy does not work as well is because the feed is typically made up from genetically modified corn and soy which creates inflammation in the cows. This is then passed on to us when we eat cow dairy. Last, casein is used in much dairy and many people are highly sensitive to it. When shopping for sheep and goat dairy, read the ingredients so that you can chose a dairy product free of casein.
6. Alcohol - Swap out alcohol for water, bubbly water, Kombucha drinks (without added sugar), tea or cold pressed juices. Alcohol tops the list of most inflammatory and toxic foods, and with a pause from the holidays, it seems like a reasonable time to take a break in order to regain and experience the most optimal and vibrant health.