INFLAMMATORY TYPES OF FOOD TO WATCH OUT FOR

SEED OILS:

These are industrial oils made from seeds (sunflower, safflower, canola, grapeseed, soya, and corn). Vegetable oils are in snacks, ‘health’ food, margarine, mayonnaise, crackers, bread, biscuits, sauces, chips and takeaway meals. They are also loaded with trans fats that inflame and clog arteries.

SUGAR:

This ubiquitous poison seems to lurk in all processed food. Sodas, snack food, sweets, confectionery and beverages are almost always packed with sugar.

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS:

These are inflammatory and disrupt the ecology of gut flora by decreasing levels of a strain of good bacteria, bacteroides, that release helpful anti-inflammatory compounds.

REFINED FLOUR/GRAINS:

Grains, especially refined ones, quickly turn to glucose in the bloodstream, spiking insulin levels. They’re in everything: bread, pizza, pasta, thickeners, coatings, batter and breakfast cereals.

DAIRY:

Milk, in particular, is very complex and the combination of proteins and lactose can stimulate excessive insulin secretion. Casein, a protein in milk, is also inflammatory. The only dairy exception is butter as it is mostly fat. Dairy is a common allergen, which causes respiratory and joint inflammation, and may adversely affect the microbiome.

HIDDEN DANGERS:

Other traps include soya, deep-fried food, ‘roasted’ nuts (usually deepfried in soya oil), GMO food, and meat from feedlot animals fed hormones and steroids. If man has ‘refined’ it or interfered with it, it’s not going to do you any good.