Re: infection and inflammation diet

[Guest guest]

If you want an excellent diet that has what is in my opinion the right

elements of an anti-inflamitory diet try reading and practicing the

Fat Flush Plan by Ann Louise Gittleman. The diet is essentially is an

elimination diet initially where dairy, wheat and other simple

carbohydrates are eliminated and added back slowly one at a time after

a few weeks. At which time you can monitor your body's response to

adding them back, seeing how your body responds. Animal protein

portions are limited and the diet eliminates all added fat except flax

seed oil which is omega 3 and GLA. If you can skew the omega 6 /

omega 3 ratio towards omega 3, you will drive the production of

ecosanoids towards PGE 1 and PGE3 and away from PGE2 which is the

inflamitory prostaglandin. The other benefits of the diet are some

detox elements such as drinking unsweetened cranberry juice, ample

water, lemon juice and hot water, ground flax seeds, no caffine or

alcohol. After the initial shock to your system for the first week,

you'll start to feel much better. After a month of so of this diet,

you will have reset your insulin and leptin levels and you will look

and feel much better. An added benefit is of course is loosing weight

which is the premise of the diet in the first place.

Tom Brown

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> hi there, I am new, but know some of you from jaw gtoup.

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> could someone post a llink or summary of inflammation and infection

> diet.

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> what is the feeling has anyone had luck wiht it or heard of any

success?

> thanks, amy

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[Guest guest]

Amy, I don't know with certaintly of an effective inflammation and

infection diet. You could search arthritis and RA diets, etc. Also, I

remember at one time, people were searching for and posted some

possible alternatives to angiotensin II receptor blockers and ace

inhibitors, although they didn't seem to have nearly the same

beneficial effects.

Many people report anti-inflammatory results from fish oil and

increasing omega 3 fatty acids.

Also, Ken Lassesen and others are showing vitamin D to be helpful in

dealing with pain which are a symptom of inflammation.

Opinions are diverse and contradictory. For example, protein-only

diets were big for a while, but Blasi's Recuperation drink for

FMS/fatigue (getting high marks in Ken's survey) has sugar/carbs in

it, to help with our inability to properly convert regular food

sources to energy. I find the anti-carb diets dont' work well for me

at all, especially when my fatigue is high.

I'm also finding that the analgesic effects of guaifenesen definitely

reduces pain, and apparently guai may potentiate vitamin D, as well as

thin the blood. But it doesn't seem to work for everyone.

It's probably going to be a matter of trial and error, to find what

reduces inflammation for you. But fish oil seems to be pretty accepted

across the board (also, some vitamin D is in the form of fish oil).

penny

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> hi there, I am new, but know some of you from jaw gtoup.

>

> could someone post a llink or summary of inflammation and infection

> diet.

>

> what is the feeling has anyone had luck wiht it or heard of any

success?

> thanks, amy

>