Inflammation (Immune System III) | AAI Smoothie Healing and Optimizing

May 10, 2016
AAI Rejuvenation Clinic Blog, AAI Smoothie Healing & Optimizing

Diminish Inflammation Through Smart Smoothie Making
(AAI Smoothie Healing and Optimizing)

Diminish inflammation using food as medicine. There are foods strong enough to reduce inflammation better than some prescription drugs. This is very important information to understand. See, a very impacting fact that most people don’t commonly know about is the following: at the root of every single disease, is inflammation. Heart disease, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, cancer, even AD-HD; all of these maladies can be linked by inflammation. It’s also thought to be the culprit behind the visible signs of aging. If we can diminish inflammationin the body it will help us to look and feel younger and, more importantly, keep chronic disease at bay.

Click here to read the initial portion of this immune boosting smoothie series where we discuss the immune system as a whole and its many components and possible issues.

Inflammation is part of our natural immune response. When the body is harmed, it sends lymph and white blood cells through the lymphatic system to flood the area of concern. This fluid uses chemical reactions to separate and remove harmful substances, restoring the cells back to their normal state.

While brief periods of inflammation, known as acute inflammation, work to heal the body, inflammation that extends for long periods of time (chronic inflammation) puts a strain on the circulatory and immune system, damages body tissues and destroys cells. Chronic inflammation can be attributed to a diet high in processed foods and/or to food sensitivities and allergies. Chronic inflammation makes the body more prone to contracting other illnesses and may even cause autoimmune disease: health problems that occur when the immune system attacks healthy tissue in the body.

Autoimmune diseases include:

Celiac (Gluten) Disease
Cirrhosis of the Liver
Crohn’s Disease
Lupus
Anemia
Psoriasis
Arthritis
Type I Diabetes

…among others.

Eating properly can drastically reduce and reverse chronic inflammation, while eating processed foods will do the opposite and cause its development. If you truly want to diminish inflammation in your body, the very first step is to stop eating fast food. Period.

Best Nutriment to Help Diminish Inflammation

Spinach, blueberries, blackberries, cherries

These foods contain high levels of flavonoids: compounds known to reduce inflammation. They also contain high antioxidant levels.

Avocado, cold-water fish, walnuts

All contain omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to disrupt the cell signals that trigger inflammation; a great foundation to implement in our search to diminish inflammation.

Pineapple, papaya

Both fruits belong to the bromeliad family, and as such, contain the enzyme bromelain, which has been shown to reduce inflammatory responses.

Turmeric

Renowned for its inflammatory properties, this spice contains curcumin: a compound known to interfere with chemicals that cause inflammation. It is helpful both when ingested and when applied topically to skin conditions or injuries.

TIP: Turmeric is not bioavailable when you consume it fresh and raw. Sadly a lot of people don’t know this and they end up using it in their smoothies for no purpose other than to add a pungent flavor to their beverage with zero nutritional benefit. To fix this, you have to spice things up! Just add ¼ teaspoon of ground black pepper to your smoothie (you wont taste such a small amount). Just that little bit is sufficient to create a process in the liver that occupies and slows it down enough to allow the turmeric (curcumin) to be absorbed by the body. This is probably our strongest, natural contender in our quest to diminish inflammation.

If you scroll further down you will see all our delicious and effective science based inflammation-reducing smoothies. However, before we get into any further nutritional aspects of guarding against inflammation, we want to point out another interesting

and very strong anti-inflammatory component that is so unbelievably misunderstood and misappropriated. Testosterone. In the current edition of the scientific journal FASEB Journalthere is a report on a recent study on testosterone, which proved that testosterone contributed significantly to the suppression of inflammation. Men are usually more muscular than women. They have deeper voices and more body hair and – men are less susceptible to inflammatory diseases and allergies than women. “It is mostly women who are affected by diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis or asthma [all of which stem from persistent inflammation]”, Professor Dr. Oliver Werz from the Jena University explains. This is specifically due to the male sex hormones.

If you have not checked your testosterone levels, we can help you do that. We have inexpensive at-home testing kits that we can send to your home or office. If you’d rather go to a clinic to have your testosterone levels checked, we can organize that testing near your home. Just fill out our Medical History Form or call us directly.

Testosterone therapy can efficiently assist you with many areas of your life that you wouldn’t typically even think of. Many confuse testosterone as being just a “sex” hormone, inciting excessive energy levels and promoting muscle growth. This couldn’t be further from the truth. For both men and women testosterone is essential for a normally functioning, healthy body and immune system. At AAI Rejuvenation Clinic we help both men and women understand their hormone and testosterone levels. We are experts in treating both men and women and appropriating the exact protocol in a testosterone therapy to aid them in bringing their levels back to healthy ones. Call us. Let us help you find out what your testosterone levels look like. Then, if you are ready and interested, we will be able to explain the exact, individualized testosterone therapy protocol and its incorporated medications so you can ultimately decide if this is the path for you.