Here are the top 5 inflammatory foods that you should avoid 1. Avoid Sugar and Refined Starch Anytime you eat foods containing sugar and refined starch your blood sugar immediately spikes. This includes eating sugar, white bread (really anything that is a white food), lactose, sucrose, fructose and more. You should also avoid agave. Most people think that agave is a “healthy” sugar, but in actuality agave is packed with fructose. (1) When you continuously eat foods high in sugar and refined starch your blood sugar responses by spiking and this can lead to blood sugar instability and inflammatory responses like headache, fatigue, crankiness, pain etc. 2. Cooking Oils Cooking oils such as soy, corn, cottonseed, and sunflower contain ingredients that increase inflammatory responses in the body. (2) These oils are long chain triglycerides which take longer for the body to break down and they are also packed with omega 6-fatty acids. Instead cook with coconut oil. Coconut oil is amazing. I use it on my face, in my hair, with my foods, and I even blend a tablespoon in my juices. Coconut oil is packed with medium chain triglycerides. They are easier for the body to breakdown and research has shown that MCT’s can help prevent dementia and other aliments. Click here to read more about the benefits of coconut oil
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:36:21 +0000
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