Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Melt tummy fat and stop stubborn weight Weight Gain
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet aims to reverse the cause of inflammation contributing to many of today's diseases including high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's. My Anti-Inflammatory Diet is designed to reduce the risks of age-related disease. Losing weight on this diet is a side benefit experienced by those who follow my program.
It is not an eating plan to be followed for a limited period of time. It is a "lifestyle change". My Anti-inflammatory Diet promotes the selection and preparation of foods based on scientific knowledge and current research. Some of the additional benefits of following a diet to reduce inflammation are:
- Improved pain and inflammation
- Improved vitality and energy
- Optimized health.
- Optimized nutritional status
Anti- Inflammatory Diet - What is Inflammation?
Inflammation is literally defined by its Latin origin, "inflammatio - to set on fire". This is logical given that the main signs of inflammation are redness, heat, swelling, pain and/or loss of function. Essentially inflammation is like a small biological fire designed to "burn away" an irritation or tissue damage.
Inflammation is your body's response to any harmful agent: something that can cause disease (e.g. bacteria, virus); an allergen or other irritant; or tissue damage anywhere in the body. Inflammation acts as a potent defense system to protect us from foreign pathogens and stimulate tissue healing. The ultimate goal of inflammation is to seal off the area, kill the invaders, remove damaged tissue and cells, and rebuild the area.
Anti- Inflammatory Diet - How Does Inflammation Cause Weight Gain?
Pain is your body's smoke signal that you are in Fat Saving Mode. In fact, inflammation predisposes the body to store fat, and when your body is inflamed, chemicals are released that stimulate the secretion of a hormone called leptin from fat cells. Leptin, in normal amounts, is responsible for helping regulate appetite and energy production.
However, high levels of this hormone are a problem because they further increase inflammation; interfering with the entry of glucose into the cells and with the body's insulin response. This may, in turn, lead to insulin resistance, more fat storage and lowered fertility. When you have an increase in fat storage, this will then heighten the inflammatory response and so the vicious cycle continues.
Furthermore, igniting the inflammatory response is linked to triggering the stress response, both of which are essential to our survival. Stress and inflammation cause rapid and massive alterations in our biochemistry to protect us in times of trauma. Initially, a state of emergency is created, which then goes on to co-ordinate healing, rest and repair, mediated via pain signals and "sickness behaviour", in order to recover and restore health.
Unfortunately, inflammation is not always self-limiting and the smouldering embers of the original fire may linger beyond the healing process to cause chronic tissue damage and disease.
Although inflammation is designed to defend and repair the body, the process is a double-edged sword as it may injure as well as heal. The immune system's ability to launch an adequate inflammatory response is critical to survival; without it wounds and infections would never heal. When the immune system is balanced, inflammation is self limiting and largely beneficial. However, excessive or out-of-control inflammation is an important factor in creating and/or aggravating disease processes and triggering conditions such as:
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Inflammation can produce localised pain with redness, heat and swelling (e.g. as seen in arthritis), but can also be 'silent' and less obvious. If you are trying to lose weight and have some inflammation in your body, this could actually be slowing down your fat burning!
Anti- Inflammatory Diet - understanding the causes of inflammation
We often think of inflammation as a result of injury due to sprains, strains, cuts and grazes, insect bites and stings, which produce localised pain, swelling, redness and heat. However, when inflammation is happening internally it is not so easy to detect. What we do know, though, is that inflammation is a key driver of many chronic, degenerative conditions. Many elements of our modern lifestyles can perpetuate and exacerbate inflammation, including:
- psychological stress
- toxicity
- poor dietary habits
- drug and alcohol abuse
- low levels of physical activity.
These elements may not immediately represent obvious causes for an inflammatory response. However, the body is compelled to try and manage these constant low grade threats by maintaining a smouldering level of inflammation that can ultimately have devastating effects on your health.
You may not even be aware that you are inflamed. You may think that those aches and pains that you feel when you wake up in the morning are a sign of old age. Pain is your body's way of telling you that you are inflamed. Many of those aches and pains that you feel regularly may be a sign of inflammation within your body. Almost all chronic pain is a result of inflammation - including arthritis and other joint, back and muscle problems, digestive disorders like irritable bowel disease and many types of headaches.
Chronic diseases such as dementia, fatigue, heart disease, obesity, arthritis, asthma, depression and autoimmune disease may appear unrelated, but they all share the common underlying state of inflammation.
Pain and inflammation can also be caused by TOXINS and excess HORMONES. These can be seen as foreign objects by your body which sets up an inflammatory response, triggering conditions such as those above.
In fact many symptoms such as fatigue, mood changes and headaches are linked to inflammation, one of the three main drivers of weight gain.
84% of my patients suffer from chronic inflammation and my latest in-clinic research has shown that inflammation is a key driver to many chronic conditions, including weight gain.
This is because inflammation can cause:
- Leptin Resistance
- Insulin Resistance
- Sick Fat and metabolic shut down
To add to this, insulin and leptin resistance cause weight gain. When you gain weight your body becomes even more inflammed. If you don't stop the cycle and REVERSE the causes You Might Never Lose Weight!
Symptoms of Inflammation
Do You Suffer From Any Of These ....
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...are all signs. If any of these apply to you, then you risk gaining weight year after year as they are PROVEN to affect your metabolism. MassAttack is the only Natural System in existence that IDENTIFIES the underlying causes of your unexplained weight gain and teaches you how to quickly REVERSE it.
At MassAttack we offer a full range of Functional Pathology including hormonal, metabolic, inflammatory and Genomic Testing. MassAttack is CLINICALLY PROVEN to work on all types of inflammation. You CAN REVERSE your weight gain starting from NOW!
"After just 1 month on the program in January this year, my fibromyalgia improved and I was able to decrease my medication. The best part is I lost 8 kilos and 15cm off my tummy." KE"
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