Are You Inflammed with Passion? Or Disease?
If it’s disease, cool the heat with healing foods.
Inflammation can be a friend or a foe, depending upon whether it is acute or chronic.
- Acute inflammation is a useful, short-lived defense and repair mechanism used by the body to heal damage from injury and infection.
- Chronic inflammation, on the other hand, is long-term inflammation, and can lead to damaged tissues and impede the body’s ability to repair itself.
Unchecked inflammation can lead to chronic, debilitating diseases (check the conditions below that apply to you 
)
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Asthma
- Psoriasis
- Prostatitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Irritable Bowel, Crohns Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, etc.)
- Heart Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Altzheimers Disease
- Parkinsons Disease
- Many other diseases
The best foods and supplements to cool inflammation are:
- Fish Oil - the omega-3 fats in fish oil (EPA and DHA) are powerful anti-inflammatories. Recommended Dosage: EPA/DHA supplement of 1000-2000 mg/day or better yet, 4 ounces of wild-caught, cold water fish per day (salmon, mackerel, herring, blue fin tuna, and whitefish).
- Probiotics – are the good bacteria that line our gut and are critical to healthy immune system function. Two helpful probiotics are Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria. Recommended Dosage: 5-100 billion units/day from high quality fermented foods like: yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi or supplements.
- Curcumin – a component of the spice turmeric, curcumin provides the distinctive orange-yellow color and powerful anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric. Turmeric is one of the 20 spices in curry powder. Recommended Dosage: 1000-3000 mg/day of dried powdered turmeric spice or 600-1200 mg/day of curcumin in supplement form.
- Green Tea - ECGC (epigallocatechin and epicatechin gallate) and polyphenols in green tea provide anticancer and antioxidant effects. About 3 cups of green tea per day will provide 240-320 mg of polyphenols.
- Ginger - gingerols and shogoals in ginger can decrease both pain and swelling. Recommended Dosage: 30 mg/day ginger extract or 1000 mg/day dried powdered ginger. This would be equivalent to 1/3 ounce of fresh ginger root or about a 1″ slice each day.
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