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Hi friend!

I would be very interested in hearing what foods you know of that reduces inflammation for you. Myself I have been very impressed recently, learning from Zark here at KickAs, that brussel sprouts reduce inflammation. And it really works for me So whenever inflammation gets out of control I cook myself some brussel sprouts.

I think it would be a good idea to together collect experiences like this here...

All the best
Andreas

Brussel-Sprouts eh? OK. Well, I like brussels-sprouts, problem, can be somewhat reactive to em... But happy to give it a go. Tell you, when you've cooked the sprouts it s quite nice to sprinkle chopped nuts over em and stir in a knob of (real) butter. I use walnuts. Otherwise, sweet chesnuts are delicious, but the c'nuts do need to be cooked first (big bore).

Cooking Chestnuts: Wash em. Slice skin. Place in hot water, bring to the boil, boil for about 7mins. Strain, cool slightly, peel. Chop. Sprinkle over (whatever). Or you could you roast em.

Remember though, that c'nuts are most likely a bit starchy!!

Molly
Keeping on Keeping on (doffing cooks' hat!)

Remember though, that c'nuts are most likely a bit starchy!!

30% starch.

Thanks Bilko - yes, heard big clanging alarum bells...'Starch'! 30%, phew, high. Good to have that clarification. (I like c'nuts, but they are such a fag to prepare...keeps me away from em, so that is good )

Molly

Hi,
I found a book called The Inflammation Free Diet Plan by Monica Reinagel. It says on the cover "The scientific way to lose weight, banish pain, prevent disease and slow aging." I have found the book interesting as it gives 1500 foods a rating for inflammation. I am totally NSD. I am so sensitive to starch. I've even gone totally off fruit because it all contained starch so I gave up. It caused me lower back pain. Most fruit in this book has a negative rating, most vegetables positive. The idea is to have a positive total by the end of the day. Grains are negative so are legumes, most dairy, egg yolk (not the white), chicken, most lamb, fatty pork. Lean beef was good and fish. Lots of the foods we already don't eat because of NSD, but some surprised me. I've eaten raisins, but thought that they weren't just quite right for me. In the book they have a negative rating of -789 for a cup. Meaning that they are quite inflammatory according to this book. There are a few things that I've eaten and wondered about and in this book are negative. Anyway I thought it was interesting and could perhaps help those people that are NSD but not quite there regarding pain freeness (?)
Kim

Wow. What an interesting question. I have no idea. I just try not to get inflamed by not eating starchy foods. But now that I know brussel sprouts would counter act...............don't give me any ideas! I wanted a salty tortilla chip so bad tonight, for about 30 seconds, but I coundn't do it. I'm not in the mood for pain, I'm enjoying my new water aerobics class too much, I don't want to have to miss it for 2 days over a few chips.

Well, in my opinion everyone has to figure out for themselves what food is bad /good for you. Reading a book on the "general theory" can just serve as inspiration.
One thing is to avoid getting inflammation by avoiding starch, but on the individual level there is many other things which can cause inflammtion. This weekend I learned the hard way that pepper is really bad for me. Anyone else have trouble with pepper out there? (Yes I know it is starchy as well...)
The other thing is: when inflammation comes, how to cure it? This is my question here, and one useful trick I have learned from Zark is brussel sprouts:
http://zarkme.blog.com/AS_Food_List/

Cheers
Andreas

Hi Kim!

All that sounds very interesting!
Could you please tell me what foods your diet consists of?
I think I'm also sensitive to fruits and maybe even tomatoes. And I think that also chicken and raisins might be causing me problems.

Thanks, Kaisa

Hi,

I am using this site which provides excellent nutritional data, inflammation index and glycemic load for a big variety of foods. Most of data comes from USDA National Nutrient Database SR18 which can be downloaded for offline reference from USDA site.

And best of all it's free

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Dinger

Two foods I have some inkling that directly helped... ginger root and cherries. Ginger root I noticed a definite help... cherries not as much, but I do believe provided some help.

Tim