Truth About Inflammation

“Inflammation” is one of those health and wellness buzzwords that gets talked about a lot. But it has become somewhat overused and perhaps even a little misused too. How so? Well, certainly you can point to a sore knee joint or a headache and say that there is inflammation there… the area is inflamed. This is what most people, and medical professionals too, think of when they think "inflammation". But according to Anthony William, The Medical Medium, inflammation occurs for one of two reasons: injury or invader.

2 Reasons for Inflammation

Physical injury is the inflammation that many of us are most familiar with, but inflammation can also occur because of pathogens lurking about.

Injury

If you lead an active lifestyle, you have no doubt experienced injury-related inflammation at some point. The common remedy is R-I-C-E (rest, ice, compression, elevation). But this inflammation doesn’t just result from a long run or too many bicep curls. A deep dental cleaning, slipping on ice, cutting your finger, or spraining your ankle will also cause injury-related inflammation.

Invaders

There are many different types of pathogens that can wreak all kinds of havoc on your unsuspecting body. Rashes, stomach issues, and unexplained body aches and pains are examples of the other kind of inflammation. These are reactions. This inflammation is the product of how your unique body, with all its bacteria and pathogens (good and bad), reacts to stimuli from the world it is living in.

Maybe you know someone who can eat anything they lay eyes on. But lately, almost anything you eat causes stomach upset. There is a possibility that you’ve got an invader creating issues in your gut, and the food you’re eating is triggering those pesky invaders.

Types of Inflammation

Now that we know there are two different causes of inflammation, it’s important to see how many of those are invader-related. In fact, anything that isn’t exercise-related (or repetitive stress), is thought to be invader-related.

Brain inflammation

Many people suffer varying levels of brain inflammation. Nerves that connect to the brain run throughout the entire body, branching out into every nook and cranny. When those nerves become inflamed in some way, neurological inflammation can occur. Because we are talking about literally every part of your body, numerous pathogens can play a part in this kind of inflammation, since they can lurk almost anywhere too.

Liver inflammation

This is extremely common in people. Because the liver is an organ that filters everything that we put into our bodies, it is an easy place for pathogens to set up camp. These invaders can cause a host of problems. If enough damage is seen on an MRI or CT scan, a hepatitis C diagnosis may be on the horizon, even if that isn’t the real culprit.

Sinus inflammation

This is another very common ailment, which can occur for a very common reason: bacteria known as streptococcus, living inside the sinus linings. It can hang out in there for years, creating persistent mystery sinus inflammation.

The Effect of Food

Some health practitioners believe that certain foods, such as wheat, cause inflammation in certain individuals. But the emerging school of thought is that gluten itself doesn’t inflame the body. It feeds the invading pathogens in your gut, and that is what causes the inflammation.

As the Medical Medium puts it: “There’s a tremendous amount of misinformation surrounding celiac disease. Celiac isn’t hereditary. It’s an inflammatory illness where pathogens in the body are feverishly feeding on any gluten that’s consumed. Fueling these pathogens can lead to a host of negative reactions in the body, but the gluten isn’t directly responsible.”

Supportive Foods

If your aim is to reduce inflammation, the more anti-inflammatory foods you add to your diet the better. Anti-inflammatory foods help kill off the pathogens responsible for so much inflammation.

• Garlic is an excellent anti-inflammatory food and helps kill pathogens too.
• Figs are a wonderful anti-inflammatory food. Go easy with them; they can produce a strong detox response!
• Kiwi fruit helps destroy pathogens in the gut.
• Lemons and limes both offer powerful anti-pathogenic properties. Squeeze in water, on salads, and anywhere a hit of citrus sounds good.
• Pears have loads of beneficial anti-inflammatory attributes.
• Papaya, particularly the seeds, can be a powerful remedy for gut inflammation.
• Peaches, plums, nectarines, melons, mangos, and cherries are delicious anti-inflammatory options.
• Herbs, including rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregano, are anti-inflammatory and destroy pathogens.

Foods to Avoid

Look out for these foods, which are known to create problems in people who are trying to heal from inflammation:

• Wheat
• Gluten
• Dairy
• Eggs
• Pork
• Corn

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Source:

https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/truth-about-inflammation