Restore Your Health

INFLAMMATION
AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY QUICK GUIDE

FOODS TO AVOID

Grains/Gluten
• Barley
• Breads
• Corn
• Cereals
• Oats
• Quinoa
• Rice
• Rye
• Sorghum
• Wheat

Dairy
Refined Sugar
• Artificial Sweeteners
Inflammation
• Soft Drinks
Chronic inflammation in the body causes many debilitating
Legumes diseases such as multiple sclerosis, lupus, type 1 diabetes,
• Beans rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's disease, and cancer.
• Lentils
• Peanuts When inflammation occurs, like when you get a sliver, your body
• Soy begins to attack the invader to put it back into a healthy state.
Refined Oils
Once chronic inflammation sets in, the body's immune system
• Canola
• Corn becomes overactive. It loses its ability to stop the attack and
• Cottonseed begins attacking its own tissues and cells like the nervous system.
• Safflower
• Sunflower Chronic inflammation even crosses the protective blood-brain
• Soybean
• Peanut
Processed Foods
Refined Carbohydrates

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barrier. Environmental factors such as poor diet, pollution,

smoking, viruses, heavy metals and stress can lead to chronic
inflammation.

To remove the chronic inflammation eat a healthy diet and avoid

processed foods, refined sugar, refined carbohydrates, and
unhealthy fats.

Calm the inflammation

Foods to Eat
Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine.” He was right.
Vegetables Eating a nutrient-dense diet will allow your body to begin healing
and protect it from inflammation and disease.
• Dark Leafy Greens
• Colorful
Fortunately, you can control your lifestyle choices to reduce
• Sulfur
inflammation. Eat a wide variety of seasonal and locally grown
Fruit fruit and vegetables. If possible eat organic or grow your own to
Wild-Caught Fish/Seafood avoid pesticides.

Pasture-Raised Poultry Starchy vegetables are higher in carbohydrates which raises your
• Eggs blood sugar levels more quickly. Bad bacteria and yeast
overgrowth (Candida) feeds on sugar. It’s best to eat these
Grass-fed Beef vegetables in moderation.
• Organ Meats
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Healthy Oils
•
Too many pro-inflammatory toxins and not enough anti-
Avocado
• Coconut inflammatory protection is throwing off the body’s natural
• Flaxseed balance.
• Macadamia
• Olive Consume a nutrient-dense diet, rich in organic fruits, vegetables,
• Walnut healthy fats, meats, poultry, and fish. Get plenty of sleep, reduce
Nuts stress, and keep moving. Together these will protect your body
• Except Peanuts
from inflammation and get you back to being healthy.

Limit Starchy
Vegetables
• Beets
• Carrots
• Parsnips
• Plantain
• Pumpkin
• Squash (acorn, butternut)
• Sweet Potatoes
• Taro
• Yams

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