Inflammation from processed food

[Mosby]

I have been trying to eat a lot better and healthier these days and I've tried to significantly reduce or eliminate ultra processed foods from my diet. No more bread, hot dogs, brats, candy, pies, chips, cereal, lunch meat etc., I've lost weight in the process but the thing that really surprised me was the significant reduction in stiffness and soreness in my hands, legs, knees and joints. I had a lot of soreness that I thought was age related but it seems like a lot of it was inflammation caused by a lousy diet. I've heard others talk about diet and inflammation but I finally get what they were talking about.

 

[rbutcher1234]

Also look into taking various nightshades out of your diet like bell peppers.

 

[Poser]

It’s real. I eat pretty clean most of the time but I spent a week in Tennessee recently visiting family and ate fried catfish, hush puppies, fried chicken, slug burgers, a mountain of BBQ + all of the sides and all of the desserts for a week straight and, glorious as it was, it absolutely wrecked me. One of my previously injured knees filled up with fluid and, 3 weeks later, it’s still causing me issues

 

[Jbehredt]

Good work! We’ve been convinced to take a few pills to hide symptoms rather than consider what the piles of “food” might be causing.

 

[survivalistd]

Eating healthy should be everyone's goal. Sugar is the devil.

 

[COJoe]

I'm glad you made the change. I did two years ago and feel better than ever at 55. When I eat something processed I feel the effects of it quickly. Keep it up, you'll enjoy the many benefits of it. For sweets, use local raw honey instead of sugar or use date sugar.

 

[Mosby]

I'm glad you made the change. I did two years ago and feel better than ever at 55. When I eat something processed I feel the effects of it quickly. Keep it up, you'll enjoy the many benefits of it. For sweets, use local raw honey instead of sugar or use date sugar.

I have cut out sugar and substitutes too. The hardest was my coffee. I drink a lot of coffee and it usually came with sugar and caramel macchiato creamer or similar but I now drink it with a bit of half & half with no sugar. I do put some raw honey in my tea every now and then. Our vet sells raw local honey and I get it there. Good stuff.

 

[WBT]

I went on the carnivore diet about three years ago. I've eased off the diet and have added back some vegetables, nuts, and berries, but I still avoid most carbs, all added sugars, and seed oils. It's pretty easy to pass on processed foods once you get past the first few weeks.

 

[nm.otter]

I quit 40 years ago. No regrets.

 

[North of 60]

One of the many added benefits of being lean from a whole food/no sugar/no refined carbs lifestyle is much less joint pain from carrying around a very full pack equivalent of adipose (fat).

And @nm.otter, you are way ahead of the curve...i didn't hurt enough until about 10 years ago to get real serious with it.

 

[nm.otter]

I was blessed/cursed with food sensitivities as a kid. In my early 20s, I began to understand the link between what I ate and my health -- both physical and mental.

I like having lots of energy -- both physical and mental -- and am willing to go to a fair amount of trouble to maintain it.

 

[WyldGoose]

Started a few years ago after I ended up with iron deficiency due to an ulcer. It sent me into a strict carnivore diet for about 6 months. I’ve since added back in a few fruits, a little rice, and mac nuts. My wife will occasionally make me home made pasta or tortillas using some imported European flour that has no glyphosate. For me, just avoiding the seed oils, sugar, and processed goyslop has kept any inflammation down. Feels great. Eating clean, real food today takes discipline, almost everything is poisoned.

 

[S.Clancy]

Being a lower bodyweight is way more beneficial than completely removing things. 25 extra lbs whether it's muscle or fat doesn't do your joints any favors.

 

[Caseknife]

A very good book on the subject of food.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=food+rules+michael+pollan&adgrpid=1337007834408326&hvadid=83563265977450&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=111920&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83564026228656%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=22565_13494486&mcid=08acc34df3a5343e9c6981ad1c0f0229&msclkid=01e2078c025a19a19d726e63721df310&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_44yd2jodql_e

 

[Poser]

Being a lower bodyweight is way more beneficial than completely removing things. 25 extra lbs whether it's muscle or fat doesn't do your joints any favors.

As you get stronger, your connective tissue gets stronger as well, albeit at a slower aren't than your muscles adapt. A stronger person also has greater joint stability due to their relatively stronger muscles. Just being lighter isn't necessarily a recipe for or any guarantee of joint health and inflammation is still inflammation whether you weight 250 lbs or 150 lbs.

 

[S.Clancy]

As you get stronger, your connective tissue gets stronger as well, albeit at a slower aren't than your muscles adapt. A stronger person also has greater joint stability due to their relatively stronger muscles. Just being lighter isn't necessarily a recipe for or any guarantee of joint health and inflammation is still inflammation whether you weight 250 lbs or 150 lbs.

Being overweight itself is inflammatory, regardless of what you eat.

I'm not advocating eating garbage, but I'd rather have someone concentrate on dropping to a normal bodyweight than telling a fat person to eat less nightshades....

 

[180ls1]

Being overweight itself is inflammatory, regardless of what you eat.

I'm not advocating eating garbage, but I'd rather have someone concentrate on dropping to a normal bodyweight than telling a fat person to eat less nightshades....

Yup. From what I understand, most of the health benefits from ANY diet come from the weight loss itself, not so much the contents of the food.

 

[Wrench]

I have cut out sugar and substitutes too. The hardest was my coffee. I drink a lot of coffee and it usually came with sugar and caramel macchiato creamer or similar but I now drink it with a bit of half & half with no sugar. I do put some raw honey in my tea every now and then. Our vet sells raw local honey and I get it there. Good stuff.

Salt in coffee is similar to sugar if you get the concentration right. It kills the bitterness.

 

[180ls1]

One of the easier ways to get crap out of your diet is with cookware.

Glass plates/cups - make sure its non-leaded.
Stainless silverware - same on lead
Pots/Pans - stainless or similar

Berkey water filter. A bit more work, (unlike the prior) but very easy once you get used to it.

 

[Poser]

Being overweight itself is inflammatory, regardless of what you eat.

I'm not advocating eating garbage, but I'd rather have someone concentrate on dropping to a normal bodyweight than telling a fat person to eat less nightshades....

Fat person? sure. But you're lumping people carrying, say, more than an average amount of muscle in with fat people.