Important Link Between Food & Inflammation

July 17, 2012

Interview with Julie Daniluk, author of the book Meals That Heal Inflammation: Embrace Healthy Living and Eliminate Pain, One Meal at at Time

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Mike Carruthers:
In order to stay healthy it’s important to understand a little bit about inflammation.

Julie Daniluk:
Inflammation is a body’s response to injuries, infections, irritations or any sort of imbalance and it’s part of our immune system.
 

Julie Daniluk, author of the book Meals That Heal Inflammation...

It is the healing response it’s only a problem when it becomes chronic and when it’s chronic that’s when we really see issues like arthritis and heart disease and cancer. And the foods we eat can make a major difference as to whether we become inflamed or whether we really live a long healthy life.

Although people are all a little different there are some foods that seem to help everyone reduce and control inflammation.

And the big ones would have be seafood is very healing and there’s a great study published in the American society for nutrition that really shows how anti-inflammatory it is. Turmeric and ginger have an incredible ability to switch off arachidonic acid which is a major cause of inflammation in the body. And I really think even garlic and onions have powerful anti-inflammatory affect.

Avocado is beneficial and so is broccoli.

Broccoli is loaded with this really cool nutrient called indole 3 carbinol and broccolis in this big family – they all are healing. Indole 3 carbinol is contained in things like kale and cauliflower and cabbage this big family of plants really reduces inflammation.