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Lincolnwood Chiropractic Nutrition Expert 60712 Provides An Anti-Inflammatory Diet-PART ONE

Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 4:07 PM.




I am Dr Cynthia Seaman, a progressive chiropractic nutrition expert practicing for 25 years in Lincolnwood and the surrounding vicinity.What if you could decrease pain with an anti-inflammatory diet ? Anything that amplifies the inflammation process will increase your pain. Maybe if celebrities like Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, Kathleen Turner, and Anna Nicole Smith worked with their diet, they may not have gotten addicted to pain killers.
Foods to Avoid
*Grains and rice (white and wheat bread, rye, barley, etc.)
*Refined oils (cooking oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, etc.)
*Refined sugar (this is the white sugar you purchase at the supermarket, high fructose corn syrup in numerous products and other products with sugar listed as its primary ingredient.)
*Salt (in prepared foods and table salt)
*Fast foods

Reasons to Avoid These Foods
All of the above foods trigger inflammatory reactions in your body. In other words, when these foods are digested they stimulate our immune cells to release chemicals that cause inflammation.
1. Inflammation normally occurs in response to tissue damage and is characterized by its ability to cause pain, swelling, increase of temperature and affected tissues lose their functional capacities.
2. Inflammation is usually a healthy process because it walls off the damaged tissue and directs a fresh blood supply to the area to encourage repair and clean up. But inflammation occurring in the absence of tissue damage, such as through a poor diet, is not a healthy process because it can actually lead to progressive tissue damage. Inflammatory chemicals stimulate pain nerve fibers leading to pain.

  • Refined grains, especially white bread or white rice contain a lot of carbohydrates, or sugar with little or no fiber to slow absorption of the sugar. When this bread is digested it increases blood sugar levels, which in turn stimulates the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream (insulin is responsible for gathering up sugar in the blood and transporting it into cells). Consistently high blood insulin levels are believed to desensitize insulin receptors on cells (i.e. they become unresponsive). This in turn prevents the entrance of sugar into these cells where they are broken down for energy. If sugar is unable to enter cells, it remains in the bloodstream and prevents these cells from receiving much needed energy.
  • This can ultimately lead to a condition called diabetes mellitus where the blood sugar levels become so high that it begins to spill over into the urine (diabetes mellitus means “sugar urine”). Refined grains interfere with nutrient absorption and can lead to headaches, back pain, abdominal pain, fatigue and in some cases, depression.
  • Refined sugar (i.e. sugar purchased at the supermarket, sugar in soda, candy and other products containing high fructose corn syrup) can trigger the same mechanisms as above. In addition, sugar also stimulates cholesterol production via increased insulin levels.

  • High fructose corn syrup (liquid sugar) inhibits satiety centers in the brain (in other words, you do not feel as “satisfied”/full when eating products sweetened with high fructose and, consequently, consume more calories than you should).

  • High salt products, consumed on a daily basis, can increase blood pressure.

    • If getting healthier is important to you, get advice from a Chicago chiropractic nutrition expert call 773-545-2233 today to begin a life of wellness. I can help you.


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