Inflammation and Diabetes Risk

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Inflammation is when body cells experience redness, swelling, heat, and pain in response to toxins, infections, or injury.?This process takes place in order for the body to heal itself.?The two categories of inflammation are acute or short-term and chronic or long-term.?

Short-term inflammation tends to be high grade and it occurs in response to sudden danger such as an injury or a severe infection.?This form of inflammation is considered to be good as it leads to healing.?

Long-term inflammation, on the other hand, is on the low-grade side and it happens due to continuous exposure to low amounts of toxins and other foreign invaders.?This type of inflammation is usually spread throughout the body and is known to be harmful to health, particularly long-term health.?Unhealthy lifestyle habits such as poor diet, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise substantially contribute to chronic inflammation.?

Chronic inflammation is a disorder that creates a perfect setting for the formation and progression of type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, different autoimmune conditions, and so many more diseases.?In other words, chronic inflammation is a sickness we suffer from prior to having diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, lupus, or any chronic condition.?

How to control inflammation

Limit meat intake

Studies have linked eating too much meat to early death and this is because high consumption of meat is a major contributor to chronic inflammation which leads to diabetes, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, and other conditions known to be top causes of premature death.??

Eat foods rich in antioxidants

Antioxidants are compounds known to neutralize harmful radicals that injure body cells and cause inflammation.?Since whole plant foods are the greatest known sources of antioxidants, filling your diet with a wide range of such foods is key for maintaining a high intake of antioxidants and controlling inflammation.?For optimal consumption of antioxidants, eat the rainbow, or foods of different colors.???

Add some turmeric to your food

Turmeric has powerful anti-inflammatory properties that demonstrate the important role unprocessed plant foods play in controlling inflammation.?However, turmeric on its own is not easily absorbed by the body, you have to add black pepper to improve absorption.?

?Get some probiotics

Probiotics control inflammation by keeping the gut or digestive tract in good health, they are found in fermented foods such as miso, natto, kombucha tea, tempeh, kimchi, and sauerkraut.?

Get moving

Staying fit is highly beneficial for controlling inflammation. Come up with an exercise routine you can stick to as consistency is key when it comes to exercise.?In order to see results, you need to exercise habitually.?

What’s in the next issue?

In the next issue, we will continue to discuss inflammation and its connection to diabetes.?

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