Unless you really understand inflammation and how it impacts every part of your body, it is hard to be successful with health goals like weight loss and just overall feeling good.
There is actually good inflammation, like when your body responds to a threat or inflection. Then there is chronic inflammation that never heals up because you are constantly stressed, not getting enough sleep, and eating the wrong foods that exacerbate the inflammation within your gut.
Here are 4 Ways Inflammation can wreak havoc on your body.
Inflammation messes up your gut.
When you have an imbalance of good and bad bacteria in your gut it can lead to inflammation. But this can also go in the other direction as well. Over-excited immune system cells can attack the digestive track, damaging the lining of the intestine and cause inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Chron’s and ulcerative colitis.
2. Inflammation makes make it hard to lose a weight.
Have you ever noticed sudden weight gain and bloat? Often times this is directly related to the foods you are eating that create inflammation within your body. If you are not sure what foods may cause inflammation and you continue to eat them, your body will continue to fight those food with inflammation. Also, if you are trying to loose weight, are exercising, and feeling like you are eating the right foods yet you either continue to gain weight or find it very difficult to lose weight, you may need to check again to see if your diet consists of some of these inflammatory foods. More than likely, you may be ingesting inflammatory foods without even realizing it. Remember, not all people have the same reactions to foods, so if one person can eat a specific food with zero reaction, you may have a different reaction and not be able to eat the same foods. The best way to test this is to remove all inflammatory foods from your diet, for at east one week (removing inflammatory foods for testing for 2-3 weeks is better) , then slowly re-introduce them back into your diet. Keep a food journal and write down reactions your body may or may not have (bloating, achy, tired) and how you feel (lethargic, cranky, foggy brain). If you notice that a certain food gives you these types of reactions, then you know it is an inflammatory response and you are better off staying away from that specific food.
3. Inflammation is linked to cancer.
Chronic inflammation has been linked to increased risk of lung, pancreatic, colon, liver and other cancers
4. Believe it or not, inflammation affects your mental health.
Are you feeling down and depressed? Studies have shown that inflammation is linked to depression. There have been more recent studies that show that inflammation in the gut is directly related to brain health!
I hope you can see how your health is all connected to your gut! Inflammation can wreak havoc on so many parts of our bodies, but by replacing your habits with healthy habits, you can eliminate inflammation! If you’d like a list of inflammatory foods to remove from your diet, which can easily lead to a 5-10 pound loss just by removing these foods, click here and I’ll get that list out to you! If you would like to know one of my favorite natural supplements that can heal the gut and inflammation within the body, send me an email and I’ll get that info to you right away.