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Dairy/"inflammatory foods"?
I see a chiropractor once a week for a ongoing back issues. He has been following my running and knows that I am in training for a 1/2 marathon in June. He mentioned during my last adjustment that it would be helpful to limit "inflammatory foods" like dairy. I usually take the chiro's dietary advice with a grain of salt, but if cutting back on it is going to help my body during training then it's worth investigating. Also, what other foods are inflammatory?
Opinions please.
Re: Dairy/"inflammatory foods"?
Many chiros have a strong interest in nutrition and holistic healing... They do actually know things.
Inflammatory foods: generally whatever people are commonly allergic to:
Gluten
Dairy
Legumes
Sugar
Preservatives
Huh. As I'm recovering from two kidney infections with lingering bouts of cystitis, I was told to eat dairy as a way to relieve the inflammation in my bladder (along with reducing my intake of caffiene, alcohol and other acidic foods).
I have no idea if what is inflammatory to the bladder is not inflammatory elsewhere. But, I do know most foods I was told to avoid were acidic and those that are supposed to soothe are basic (like milk).
So, um... I got nothing.
I'm super SUPER skeptical of chiros. More specifically, I think they're largely quacks.
What exactly does "inflammatory" mean? Is there an actual, detectable inflammatory response - as in, increase in circulating inflammatory cytokines, increase in white cell response, etc? There is certainly evidence that food allergies exist; some people are allergic to dairy and mount an inflammatory response. But most people are unaffected by it entirely.
If you are concerned that certain foods might be triggering a allergic or inflammatory reaction, you should be tested for actual physiological evidence of it.
Bottom line, if you feel lousy after eating a certain food, don't eat it. But if you feel fine, in 99.99% of cases, you are fine.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
These are the things I limit/avoid based on inflammatory/ill effects or anti-nutrient properties. From a joint and autoimmune perspective, some people have issues with foods in the nightshade family too (although I don't appear to have any and don't avoid them). We eat primal/paleo. You can find out more about it by reading Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson.
I fail to see how Dairy and Legumes (like green beans) are anti-nutrient? These foods are packed with vitamins (legumes) and protein (dairy).
Obviously, if you are truly allergic to a particular food, don't eat it. If you are allergic to gluten or gluten-intolerant, don't eat it. If you are lactose intolerant, don't drink/eat dairy. I'm with mdd on this one. I fail to see how foods are anti-nutrient. ALL foods have some kind of nutrients, even candy.
Southeastern Cycling
My Nest Bio and Cycling Advice
Here are a couple of specific blog posts from MDA.
An explanation of inflammation (acute vs. chronic/systemic):
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-is-inflammation/#axzz1po9qJt4F
And ways to reduce it:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/naturally-reduce-inflammation/#axzz1po9qJt4F
Diet may play a role but it's not the only factor that mediates this process in our bodies. Even if this stuff is hypothetical at this point, it's hard to go wrong with getting adequate rest, reducing stress, exercising and eating things like fish & a variety of veggies.
Wikipedia has a brief entry on antinutrients. Basically, they are compounds that interfere with nutrient absorption. A "healthy whole grain" cereal with milk may be rich in mineral content but will you absorb those minerals, including the calcium if it ends up bound with phytic acid (the antinutrient common to most grains)?
People used to soak, sprout and/or ferment grains before cooking and eating them to reduce this effect but that's no longer a common practice in the US despite our heavy reliance on grains.
OTOH, some antinutrients have protective effects. It's probably smart to look into which you'd want to be consuming and which you should avoid or prepare differently to avoid the mineral binding effects, for example.
Really? Just curious what kind of nutrients candy could have?
Chocolate has anti-oxidants.
Southeastern Cycling
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I also avoid wheat, preservatives, sugar and limit dairy in hopes of continuing to reduce inflammation. I read alot about it in The Anti Cancer book. It talks in detail about inflammatory foods.