Bugs are all over and inside us. Trillions of them! They support critical bodily functions and have a potent effect on physical and mental health. They have a role in the development and severity of IBS and anxiety. In fact, with many conditions, anxiety runs alongside them because of this.
A good balance of bugs in our tummies equals better mental and physical health. A good balance of diverse bugs keeps our immune system healthy and chronic inflammation at bay.
They aid digestion and absorption of food. They also defend against pathogens and regulate immune homeostasis.
What Causes IBS and Anxiety?
An imbalance of tummy bacteria contributes to IBS, bloating, digestive issues, anxiety, depression, and a whole array of conditions. The list is endless.
An upset balance of bugs means that there can be more bad guys than good. The balance is easily upset through food, lifestyle choices, stress, medication, sickness, destructive sleep patterns, thoughts, who we live with, etc.
The thing is, the dominant species proliferate. The bad bugs may take over depending on what you eat and how you live. Too many of these affect your physical and mental health immensely.
When an alteration in the normal tummy flora occurs, stomach lining permeability, inflammation, gut motility, and the quality of life change – for the better or worse.
Oftentimes, the existence of IBS contributes to things like stress, inadequate sleep patterns, and malnutrition, and this creates an endless cycle. If you suffer from IBS and anxiety, it is no wonder that you think it will never end.
If you are on medication, this may also contribute to the alteration in your tummy flora because medicine can do that!
It is no wonder that IBS often develops after a bout of gastroenteritis, an extremely stressful event, or any life stressors. People with depression, anxiety, and PTSD often have to deal with irritable bowel syndrome or some digestive issues, too, for a reason.
How Do You Cope with IBS and Anxiety?
When you have IBS, it can take over your life. Your day can be planned around it or changed at the last minute due to flare-ups! You can be in a vicious cycle because how do you stop being stressed about having IBS?
The anxiety and possibly depression about having IBS is not just because of dealing with the effects of having IBS. The gut is connected to the brain!
What goes on in the gut affects the brain, and what goes on in the brain affects the gut.
It is often described as the microbiota-gut-brain axis.
A whole load of physiological processes explains how the brain influences intestinal activities and how bugs in the tummy affect mental health.
The other thing to note is that if your gut is imbalanced, it isn’t producing the neurotransmitters that make us feel good. Read this article: 4 Secrets to Feeling Good.
Also, an imbalance means that essential vitamins needed for neuronal function are not being synthesized. This leads to fatigue, depression, anxiety, low moods, and brain fog!
The constant running to the bathroom will prevent you from absorbing nutrients, causing your tummy bacteria to become unbalanced. This can lead to low iron levels and anemia.
Will IBS and Anxiety Go Away?
I have noticed that many diets recommended for IBS include foods and compounds that exacerbate IBS symptoms. So, if you have tried an IBS diet and have not seen any positive results, this will be why.
This natural treatment for IBS I developed myself, and I suffered from IBS flare-ups for years. It truly works!
Eat Burn Sleep has many members that used to have IBS and anxiety. The great thing is that they got a handle on it early since this IBS diet and lifestyle guide are easy to follow.
Members, access the personalized advice here for the IBS flare dietary protocol, foods to avoid, foods to favor, supplements, and nutritional advice for all symptoms of IBS.
Eat Burn Sleep doesn’t mask symptoms temporarily. It gets to the fundamental reason you have IBS and anxiety, and it assists with improving both until it is no longer happening.
Increased energy, weight loss, reduced bloating and puffiness, glowing skin, better body composition, consistent good sleep, and a better quality of life are often reported side effects. Check the testimonies.
And there is nothing off-limits since this is all about limitation! Although, those tummy bugs are powerful. When balanced perfectly, cravings reduce. It does feel magical.
Hello Everyone! If you are experiencing the early stages of knee osteoarthritis (OA) or have been told to lose weight to qualify for surgery, this post is for you.
Knee osteoarthritis can come with age, excess weight, repetitive movements, and injury. It also accompanies many non-communicable diseases, and the rate of progression differs for everyone. Chronic inflammation is the culprit of so many conditions!
If you catch it early enough, you may be able to stop the progression of knee joint issues (as well as treat your noncommunicable disease). Doctors often recommend lifestyle modifications for the nonsurgical treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Of course, prevention is key.
Here are some ways that may help you prevent knee osteoarthritis, reduce inflammation around your knee joints, and reduce knee pain risk. Protecting your joints as you age and aging beautifully and with ease is possible!
According to The Lancet, their study from 2020 recorded 654 million people over 40 with knee osteoarthritis worldwide.
With the rise in obesity, these figures are set to be exponential.
CRP is elevated in knee osteoarthritis compared to healthy individuals and is correlated with rheumatic disease signs and symptoms, including HAQ (health assessment questionnaire) disability, joint count, and pain. Wolfe (1997).
CRP is C-Reactive Protein.
The liver makes this, and we have low levels in the blood.
When inflammation runs high, your liver releases more CRP into the bloodstream.
High inflammation running in the body is harmful because this is when chronic inflammatory diseases can develop.
The immune system is dysregulated, too.
Inflammatory cytokines are associated with osteoarthritis. Sohn et al. (2012).
Cytokines (proteins that, when released, tell the immune system to do their job), leptin (a hormone made by fat cells), and mechanical forces are all pathogenic factors of knee osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is multi-factorial. Aging and wear and tear on cartilage, old injuries that didn’t heal, genetics, obesity, diabetes, repetitive use of joints, muscle weakness, bone density, and lifestyle all come into play.
Of course, your orthopedic doctor will advise you on your joint pain since they will have your x-rays and medical history but below are some suggestions to reduce inflammation, which will aid in healing your knees.
What Foods Are Best for Osteoarthritis?
Embark on eating anti-inflammatory, nutrient-dense foods and eliminating pro-inflammatory foods.
Keep your gut from dysbiosis, look after your immune cells, and keep chronic inflammation at bay through good tummy bacteria diversity.
This will aid in continued and sustained weight loss, too. Obesity is a consistent main factor in knee osteoarthritis. Blagojevic et al. (2010). It will assist you if you have been advised to lose weight for surgery, too.
Members, follow the food lists and educate yourself by checking out the personalized advice section for personalizing your EBS health plan. You may have a condition that affects your joints, like gout, for instance, or have accompanying depression or migraines. Follow the Osteoarthritis personalized advice here.
The personalized advice will help you keep triggers at bay, for instance. It will advise what foods to enjoy and avoid and supplements and techniques to help your inflammatory condition.
Joints become inflamed with chronic inflammatory conditions and incomplete nutrition. For instance, Synovial Fluid (joint fluid) relies on certain foods, such as antioxidants and EFAs.
Depending on the cause of your osteoarthritis, you can improve knee osteoarthritis.
Ensure that you live an inflammation-reducing lifestyle. This means minimizing inflammation with what you eat, drink, breathe in, and how you move and deal with stress.
It is about good sleep quality and what you think, too. Digestion and exercise reduce inflammation when sleep is good, and good sleep occurs when digestion and exercise work and inflammation are down. When you get the balance right, it all works synergistically together.
Good nutrition and absorption are necessary for health.
An anti-inflammatory lifestyle can’t change an old injury, say, or any bone deformities. Still, it can reduce inflammation around the bones and aid if it is a condition like obesity or Type 2 diabetes.
An anti-inflammatory diet can ‘switch off’ genetics in terms of expression. You can’t change your genetics, but you can support your body with less genetic expression.
How Can You Stop Knee Joint Pain Getting Worse?
Manage your weight by reducing chronic inflammation. Excess weight can have a detrimental effect on joints. Plus, fat cells make proteins that cause inflammation around your joints.
Obesity was a consistent main factor of OE in a study cited above, as is Leptin, an adipose-tissue-derived hormone.
People with obesity have unusually high levels of leptin.
Significant levels of leptin were found in the synovial fluids (a thick, lubricating liquid in joint cavities) of OA joints, which correlated with Body Mass Index. Dumond et al. (2003).
Weight-bearing joints such as knees have to support some of your body weight. That is why so many people with weight issues can struggle with walking. Which does not help reduce the inflammation and can contribute to significant stress on the knees and joint pain.
Anti-inflammatory food, lifestyle, and exercises reduce weight and keep it off effortlessly.
What Exercise Is Best for Knee Joint Pain?
Maintain your joints by moving them. Our joints are designed to take load and move, and the cartilage needs load to maintain itself.
Ensure you don’t cause damage by doing exercises that aggravate joints and induce inflammation. Repetitive movements like squats are common risk factors for knee osteoarthritis.
Ensure that you activate your lubricating fluid by easing into your movement routines. Joints also don’t like inactivity. Remember to move regularly.
If you have just joined the platform, go for the Beginner’s movements and the Fascia Stretching, Mobility, Leg, and Vagus Nerve routines. There are also many movements for the glutes, hamstrings, and lower back muscles and for hip pain release. Strengthening different muscles will take the pressure off the joints but go at your own pace.
Members, check out the Pink, Grey, and White Series for different pose guidance to support your anti-inflammatory routine. There are over 160 movements on Eat Burn Sleep, and many will work on the inner-range quadriceps, for instance. This will help develop the neuromuscular function of the knees, which aids in reintroducing good functional movements.
All the exercises support your posture, protecting your joints and knees. The exercises teach you to listen to your body and connect with your mind and muscle. You can save what suits you in Favorites.
Navigating the movements section should be easy but do reach out to the team with any questions. You may be interested in reading: 10 Reasons to Walk.
Yes, fascia stretching aids in reducing inflammation, increasing lymph, blood flow, and mobility, and encouraging body flexibility. As mentioned above, there are plenty of exercises on the platform that will help you stretch out your fascia. Check out the article: Why Is Stretching Your Fascia So Important?
Is It Okay to Keep Taking Painkillers?
Don’t overdo the painkillers. Non-steroid inflammatory drugs are often recommended as first-line therapy, but long-term use is limited.
Be aware that painkillers can cause gut dysbiosis (imbalance of gut flora), which upsets the immune system and invokes chronic inflammation. You may want to read: Rheumatoid Arthritis Diet & Lifestyle.
Non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase inflammation and can cause damage to the cartilage. They can have other side effects, too. This means you create a vicious cycle of pain, brief interludes of ease, but more pain and inflammation ensue.
Of course, I always advise you to run this anti-inflammatory lifestyle by your doctors. It may just be that they are already prescribing it. It is Bupa-Global-approved, after all.
Hello everyone! If you are wondering why you have been feeling moody, irritable, or on edge without any apparent cause (and have had anything serious ruled out by your doctor), this article may help you pinpoint a reason.
Of course, many factors could be contributing to your changing moods. They could also be signs that your brain is not receiving the essential nutrients needed to function.
Brain food is not a new concept, of course, but there’s also food that spoils your brain. And it’s everywhere. Chances are, you may have had some recently.
This post highlights that you may be able to help yourself change your mood swings and irritability.
Now, I talk about good gut health equals good mental and physical health all the time, and it is a fact. Hundreds of studies show that a diverse microbiota in the gut is essential for the brain, hormones, and happiness.
Keeping chronic inflammation at bay is good for the brain. For leveling out emotions and moods and making you less irritable, anxious, depressed, and vulnerable to sickness.
There are bugs in your tummy that make you moody, irritable, and sick. The more that they are fed, the more they contribute to neuroinflammation. You feed them, and they increase, inflammation rises, and anxiety and moodiness stick around. It’s like a vicious cycle.
Also, happy, feel-good neurotransmitters like serotonin are not produced in an unbalanced gut. (95% serotonin is made in a healthy gut, and the rest is produced in the brain stem).
The brain-gut axis is a bidirectional communication system between the gut and the brain.
Low serotonin is linked to low moods!
Check out the articles: 4 Secrets To Feeling Good, Do You Often Feel Like Crying? and Depression Diet & Lifestyle Intervention.
Members, check the Depression & Anxiety Personalized Advice for comprehensive information about brain health.
What is also linked to mood swings, brain fog, and irritability is candida overgrowth, which leads to chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation. Make sure to read: What Kills Candida Fast, Naturally?
How Does Nutrition Affect The Brain?
Nutrition is essential for our brains and nervous system – our network of neurons that communicate and make thousands of connections with cells around the body.
Our thoughts and emotions represent a pattern of activity across this network through the neurotransmitters in the brain.
The brain and neurotransmitters are affected by what you eat and drink.
For instance, serotonin, as I mentioned, affects your mood (as well as so many other functions like sleep) and is made from amino acids. These amino acids need to be obtained from what you eat.
Their production, however, also depends on good micronutrients being present. Simply put, there’s a process that helps build and rebuild the brain and nervous system that involves vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids, for instance.
When you eat nourishing, nutritional food, which promotes a healthy gut and ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitter synthesis, it also reduces inflammation in the brain and supports healthy brain function.
What also happens is that when your gut-brain axis is beautifully synthesized, you have the best quality sleep. Lack of sleep is not good for the brain and can contribute to feelings of irritability and moodiness.
(Poor sleep quality could be something you are experiencing alongside your changing moods and anxiety).
Nutrition, stress-reduction exercises, and non-inflammatory movements assist in a better body core, healthy vagus nerve, better body composition overall, and reducing inflammation in the mind and body.
All this makes for a happier, even-keeled, hormone-balanced, less moody, and stressed you!
Keeping chronic inflammation at bay is also anti-aging. Protecting our bodies and minds can assist in reducing the risk of age-related diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s.
What Food Affects Your Mood?
Any food that causes chronic inflammation is not good for your mood and brain health. Many foods can cause neuroinflammation, and some you may be surprised at because they are promoted as good for you.
I am talking about foods that seem unprocessed. They are listed in the Food Lists on Eat Burn Sleep, Members. All other compounds that cause inflammation are there for your guidance.
These foods do not keep the brain healthy, preserve optimal brain integrity and mental and cognitive function, and can put the brain at a higher risk of neurological disorders.
Does Junk Food Affect Your Mood?
There are also ultra-processed ‘foods’ (UPF), which I talk about often, as members know.
Although ‘food’ is not a good description for UPFs. Food is a substance that enables people, animals, and plants to stay alive.
Food is meant to aid in growing and repairing tissue, providing energy, nourishment, essential nutrients, etc.
Ultra-processed ‘foods’ will be doing the opposite of much of that. In fact, UPFs can contribute to accelerated aging, opening the body up to disease, causing blood sugar to rise and fall rapidly, and turning on any genetic conditions.
They are junk foods that are so processed with salt, chemicals, fats, colors, emulsifiers, and flavor enhancers that you would not recognize them when they started out. Nor, if you saw the process, you would not want to eat them.
UPFs don’t contain nutrients and fiber that are important for the brain and body and contribute to mood swings, irritability, and low energy.
What Do Ultra Processed Foods Do To You?
Your body struggles to metabolize these types of substances. When eaten regularly, they are linked to many chronic inflammation conditions like obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic disorders, and neuroinflammation.
Neuroinflammation includes anxiety, depression, brain fog, memory issues, moodiness, irritability, cognitive impairment, anger outbursts, and behavior changes.
Ultra-processed foods have become everyday food for many people, and the food processing industry does not help. It is contributing to people’s chronic conditions. If UPFs form most of someone’s diet, they miss essential brain nutrients.
Considering the rise in mental health issues in adults and children, UPFs could very well be a significant contributor to this pandemic.
So, if you are moody, irritable, on edge, or under par, consider what you eat. Think about what you eat over time. Then, consider feeling happier, less irritable, calmer, and without anxiety and low moods because it can happen.
The sooner that you can optimally nourish your brain, the better!
Do get in touch with my EBS team with any questions.
Treating Autoimmune and Chronic Inflammation Diseases
Hello Everyone. Inflammation plays a critical part in many chronic diseases, like autoimmune diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases, like multiple sclerosis.
The great news is, as I always say, chronic inflammation can be lowered by manipulating the gut microbiota.
For this post, I will remind you about the power of the bugs inside your tummy and the link with multiple sclerosis. Run it by your neurologist!
Multiple sclerosis is a multi-factorial, complex chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that can be unpredictable. It is an inflammatory CNS (central nervous system) disease. As with many conditions, no two people have the same symptoms.
Depending on which part of the central nervous system has been affected will affect symptoms. This nerve damage increases the symptoms of multiple sclerosis over time. Balance, coordination, vision, muscles, memory, and emotions could be affected.
One of my clients was diagnosed with MS at 34, a typical age to be diagnosed with MS. She used to suffer from loss of sensation, tingling in both hands and legs, anxiety attacks, and depression. She couldn’t walk for long without needing to sit down and rest. She felt physically and mentally exhausted before she embarked on Eat Burn Sleep. I know how that feels. It can also take a tremendous emotional toll.
MS can be genetic. Environmental factors like lack of exercise, smoking, unhealthy eating, and microbial and viral infections can all play a part in the development, course, and progression of MS.
Dr. Hafler, a professor at Yale School of Medicine, states: “While it was always clear that MS was an inflammatory autoimmune disease, one of the major surprises in the field of medicine has been the role of inflammation in different diseases, particularly neurodegenerative diseases. We now understand it plays a critical part.”
Dr. Hafler and his researchers discovered that myelin-reactive T-cells were highly inflammatory and likely to cause disease.
Gut Microbiota and Inflammation
The 100 trillion bacteria in your gut (microbiota) undergo many changes throughout your life. What gut bacteria you start out with changes are influenced by environment, diet, and lifestyle factors.
Stresses change your microbiota. Medication changes your bacteria, what you eat and drink, and whether you are exposed to toxins. Plus, who you live with alters your microbiota!
A diverse, balanced gut microbiota also promotes a beautiful, protective, anti-inflammatory environment within the intestines. Here, 70% of our immune cells live (GALT – gut-associated lymphoid tissue).
When balanced, these amazing bugs that live within our tummies can inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria. Pathogenic bacteria cause an inflammatory state, which can cause various diseases.
An inflammatory state means that your immune system becomes dysregulated.
The role of gut microbiota is crucial because of its impact on regulating and maintaining the normal function of the innate immune system.
How Do You Change Your Gut Bacteria?
We all have some bad bugs in our tummy, which are necessary, but we need to promote the good guys, not the bad guys, to keep the environment anti-inflammatory and protective.
Members: the lists of foods and compounds that change the composition of gut bacteria into a pro-inflammatory state are listed in the Red Food Lists.
The nutrients you need to promote anti-inflammatory action to protect yourself and reduce inflammation are listed in the Eating Out Guide and the personalized advice section. (It’s good to keep refreshed for when you are not following the recipes and are away from home because Eat Burn Sleep research is continuous!).
What you feed your gut bacteria may affect your multiple sclerosis. What you expose yourself to affects your gut bacteria.
Gut Bacteria and Multiple Sclerosis
Gut microbiota has been studied extensively in Multiple Sclerosis. There are certain bacteria distinct to multiple sclerosis shown consistently. Which also connects the gut imbalance with a pro-inflammatory state and a regulatory effect in human T cells. Chen et al. (2016), for instance.
Gut microbiota appears to play an essential role in the pathogenesis of MS. It may be involved in modulating the host’s immune system, altering the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, triggering autoimmune demyelination, and interacting directly with different cell types present in the central nervous system – Schepici et al. (2019).
Reduce Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases
It was the continuous word ‘inflammation’ from doctors reading out my test results that became the seed of Eat Burn Sleep over a decade ago.
I had to research and understand everything because the prognosis wasn’t good, and I just felt exasperated.
By modulating my gut health and getting the microbiota balance right, I was able to put my autoimmune diseases into remission. It wasn’t easy because there is more to it than just what you eat.
Believe me, I tried all of the popular diets and suggestions in my desperation to have control over my health and start living happily again. As anyone knows, health challenges can take over your life.
The physical damage I experienced from diets like Keto was hard, but I had to give everything a try in my quest. I thought I had hit on the right one until I experienced that they were temporary measures.
Best Diet for Autoimmune Diseases
Anyway, it took me a long time to research to get the perfect diet and lifestyle to control my autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammation. Bearing in mind that the diet and lifestyle had to be exciting. Health was the most important, of course, but I knew I had to have things to look forward to, eat and drink, and do.
Food is life; it had to be delicious, and there had to be cake, coffee, and a glass of wine (although I am seriously debating whether I like the after-effects the next day, lately!).
Needless to say, I didn’t want a bland, restrictive diet and lifestyle.
Long story short, this anti-inflammatory lifestyle – Eat Burn Sleep was born, which I am very passionate about. I got there in the end and couldn’t keep it to myself.
You may not be able to cure your multiple sclerosis, but you can put it into remission, and you certainly may be able to live well (really well) with it.
As always, I am sending healthy, happy wishes to you all.
Hello Everyone! I am not talking about the odd night of fitful sleeping. I am talking about sleep deficiency, where you regularly sleep poorly.
Sleep deficiency is a severe health condition that can affect you physically, mentally, and emotionally, increasing the risk of disease, accidents, and even ADHD in children.
The good news is that I will tell you how you can address your sleep quite dramatically if sleep deficiency is what you experience!
Yes, you can turn your sleeping patterns around through Eat Burn Sleep. (Sleep is an essential component treated on the Eat Burn Sleep lifestyle).
Gut health, movement, and sleep work synergistically together. Sleep will be less effective without a healthy gut, the correct type of exercise, and stress reduction techniques.
Gut health aids sleep by promoting the production of serotonin and dopamine, which are feel-good neurotransmitters. Gut dysbiosis causes a lack of serotonin in the gut and induces inflammation, thus affecting sleep-wake cycles!
Inflammation is an essential player in the sleep-gut microbiome relationship. Reducing inflammation is critical.
Even if you have been getting by on little sleep for decades or are used to working shifts.
Or have conditions that may cause wakeful cycles, like depression, anxiety, or gastrointestinal disorders. Since reducing inflammation through Eat Burn Sleep aids in treating anxiety, depression, and gastrointestinal diseases, this, in turn, aids in reducing insomnia.
What Happens When You Don’t Sleep Enough?
Sleep deficiency is not really about how little sleep you are getting. Sleep deficiency is more about the quality of sleep you have and whether you are getting the right type of sleep.
Disruptions in the natural circadian rhythm have a negative impact on your body.
Without good quality sleep, your body is more susceptible to disease and can involve health changes to the brain, heart, breast, prostate, uterus, gonads, liver, pancreas, kidney, etc.
Of course, sleep deficiency can lead to cognitive dysfunction, which affects your memory, learning, resolving, reacting, coping, making decisions, and dealing with emotions.
In a child, it can result in hyperactivity symptoms and difficulty focusing and learning.
There are safety issues when you don’t have good quality sleep and are operating machinery or driving, which may cause injury. Lack of quality sleep can make you feel irritable and less sociable and experience mood swings and behavioral changes, even!
Sleep deficiency can make you move slowly, have less energy for exercise, and induce unhealthy cravings, which encourages weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and joint issues.
You may have sleep deficiency if you suffer from any of these or have excessive daytime lethargy.
Not enough sleep can activate the expression of inflammatory genes. Inflammatory activity, in turn, can influence sleep.
What Is Circadian Rhythm?
Your body clock has a 24-hour circadian rhythm, vital in the sleep/wake cycle, including sleep duration and continuity.
Metabolic hormones such as Human Growth Hormone (HGH), leptin, Ghrelin, melatonin, and cortisol rely on good sleep quality and the circadian rhythm.
When the sun rises, cortisol is released in your body, preparing you to wake up and get going!
The circadian rhythm activates many body and brain mechanisms during daylight hours, designed to keep you alert.
When it gets dark, your body starts to deactivate ‘alert’ signals and produces melatonin, which tells your body it is time to prepare for sleep. It increases as the night passes, but the inclusion of artificial light inhibits the process and stops the natural cycle, making it harder to fall asleep.
Throughout the night, HGH, leptin, and Ghrelin continue to do their work. See below for what else happens to your body during good-quality sleep.
What Important Health Functions Happen During Sleep?
Functions that happen during sleep increase longevity and healthier body composition. Without healthy sleep, essential functions become dysregulated, and our bodies become inflamed.
Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is released from the pituitary gland. It helps lower body fat levels and repairs the body, including the turning over of bone, collagen, and muscle. It replenishes the lining of your blood vessels. This process occurs during deep sleep, has a role in puberty, and declines with age. (Exercise also induces HGH).
Leptin and Ghrelin are regulated. They increase and decrease throughout the daytime, signaling the need for calories. Grehlin is responsible for hunger, and leptin is responsible for feeling full. If sleep is not good, Grehlin can increase, and leptin can decrease, which means you can never feel satisfied with what you eat.
It affects how your body cells react to insulin, the hormone that controls blood glucose. Cells repel rather than absorb insulin. Glucose intolerance and insulin resistance can occur without good sleep, which is another connection between obesity and diabetes.
Genes in the brain are regulated.
Resistance to oxidative stress occurs with good sleep. Sleep deficiency alters cellular physiology and can potentially generate free radicals.
The immune system fights infections during sleep. So, lack of sleep means a lack of natural killer cells fighting off pathogens and malignant tumor cells.
You can see why there is a strong link between circadian disruption, lack of sleep, and the development of diseases.
What Happens When You Stay Up Late Regularly?
When you stay up late regularly and reduce your sleep, you can put your body into sleep deficiency.
You may ‘treat’ yourself to a late night after busy days, work late on your laptop, or keep checking your phone apps in bed.
If sleep is a basic human need, like breathing, eating, and drinking, staying up late regularly means taking away critical health matters vital to life.
Reducing sleep on purpose to stay up late watching TV, looking at screens, and being exposed to artificial light, impacting the circadian rhythm, is not a ‘treat’ for your body.
Essential functions for health occur during good quality undisrupted sleep, as mentioned above.
This is why shift workers often have an increased risk of developing chronic heart disease or why they are most likely to suffer depression, cognitive impairment, and obesity.
How Do You Sleep Well?
You can reprogram your sleep, health, mind, and body with Eat Burn Sleep because gut health influences sleep quality. Gut bacteria affect circadian rhythmicity.
Improving gut health reduces inflammation, which treats disease and protects from disease.
This healthy lifestyle protocol ensures you have the best health possible without compromise, restrictions, or disrupting natural body cycles.
Stimulating the vagus nerve, improving core strength and bacteria diversity in your stomach, and reducing tension and inflammation in the body form part of it.
As you reduce inflammation on this protocol, you learn more about how your body works and what is and isn’t good for you mentally and physically.
Because we are all unique, you personalize your anti-inflammatory protocol by incorporating nourishing tailored health advice (from the Personalized Advice section).
Science-backed research and personalized qualified nutritionist advice are simple to follow.
Next-level health will have you sleeping beautifully in no time.
You won’t believe the difference it makes!
Your family, friends, and colleagues will notice, too!
If you have had a virus that resulted in you having oral or intravenous antibiotics, I have no doubt that you will be feeling unhealthy and lethargic. You may have depression, memory lapses, joint pain, and brain fog. Or maybe small signs like dark circles under your eyes, a skin rash, or a white coating on your tongue.
You may be wondering why you are not recovering well from a virus or why you keep getting sick over and over.
You see, there’s a reason for you feeling ill after antibiotics, even if it was months ago that you had them.
I myself just recently have had to have two lots of antibiotics in the last couple of months, and it all stems from emotional shock, which made me sick last year when a loved one was in an accident. If you watch my Lives on Instagram, you will know the story of how emotional shock led to my catching bacterial meningitis, what subsequently happened, and why I didn’t share it at the time.
Chronic inflammation is a dysregulation of the immune system.
Constantly getting sick means that your immunity needs boosting. I advise Eat Burn Sleep’s 6-Week Reset in the Membership section and following the specialized advice within the first three weeks for Long Covid Recovery and the Candida Protocol. It will ensure that getting sick all the time does not happen to you anymore. You will feel incredible afterward, too. See below.
For me, recently, when I am usually robust, my immunity was compromised because I went through a terribly stressful time just last year. (I have two autoimmune diseases that I keep in remission through this anti-inflammatory lifestyle).
A very close family relative had a terrible accident. The shock that lasted some time caused excess cortisol to run through my system, which reduced my immunity and caused hair loss.
Then, further down the line, because of my reduced immunity, I had bacterial meningitis, which is the type of meningitis that can kill you.
On the first visit to the hospital, they didn’t pick up on it. When I went back, I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and sepsis, and they quickly put me on an antibiotic intravenous drip, thankfully.
Afterward, I had to have ten days of antibiotics. This is why I got sick after being treated for the infections.
What Do Antibiotics Do To Your Body?
Well, in many incidences, they clear the virus quite rapidly, and I needed them desperately when I had bacterial meningitis. I am so grateful because I think I may have died.
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives by removing pathogenic viruses.
Ultimately though, oral or intravenous antibiotics damage our gut health by reducing the bacteria that are good for our health, like Bifidobacterium, and increasing the bacteria that aren’t, like antibacterial resistance genes, for instance.
70% of our immune system cells (GALT – gut-associated lymphoid tissue) reside in our guts, so you can realize that your immune health is compromised with an unhealthy gut microbiome. Also, a healthy gut maintains the mucus layer, which will keep pathogens from leaking into the bloodstream.
So, on top of this, with the emotional shock that lowered my immunity, all in all, this flu that I contracted recently wiped me out. Unfortunately, it developed into a lung bacterial infection, and I had to be given antibiotics again.
Of course, gut dysbiosis causes inflammation and triggers.
If you have ever experienced diarrhea or bad stomach ache when taking antibiotics, it is Clostridium difficile that is causing it, for instance, which is increased in the gut in the presence of antibiotics. The bacteria often live harmlessly, under the control of the beneficial gut bacteria, but dysbiosis allows its growth.
So, this is a disaster for anyone with an inflammatory bowel disease, and I know that many of you have experienced similar.
Yes, you can recover from antibiotic damage, and depending on how you go about it will all matter to recovery time and outcome.
You can change your gut microbiota within 24 hours, but there can be a longer-lasting negative effect on the body following antibiotics.
Typically, if you work on being healthy, it can take your microbiome months to return to a good balance of good bacteria after antibiotics, and even then, you can still feel not quite right. Antibiotics can really do a number on your gut and leave you feeling sick for months.
Resetting your microbiome is how we start the Eat Burn Sleep lifestyle, as I mentioned above, and it works after antibiotics, chronic inflammation conditions, autoimmune diseases, and any time you need to reset your health and go forward for the long-term.
We begin with the 6-Week Reset!
This is designed to balance the microbiome to a healthy diversity. So, with Eat Burn Sleep, in as little as 42 days, you could not only be feeling better and healthier but simply fantastic.
Once you have reset your health by balancing your microbiome and cleansing your liver (because all sorts of wonderful things happen to your body when you do the Eat Burn Sleep reset), you can begin the 80/20 balance.
You can enjoy treats but still feel incredible, and as each day passes, you feel even more wonderful than the day before.
Optimize your health, but also live and enjoy life without restrictions. Nobody wants to follow strict regimes all the time (which is why many diets are unsustainable).
The problem for me is that the ratio changed a lot by the end of the year because of the party season, so that is why I got the flu, too, not long ago. I was having way too many treats!
Reducing Bacterial Overgrowth
The problem is that when we have been on antibiotics, we have much higher chances of developing candida overgrowth, and our bodies become inflamed.
Resetting my system was what I needed to do because I felt so ill. So I stuck to Eat Burn Sleep’s green list only and didn’t have wine or my usual treats. The first days were challenging, but I was in such a way that I did not feel good at all physically, and I didn’t want a treat. You know that feeling when you are just too ill to think about treats?
I then implemented the Candida Recovery protocol in the Personalized Advice section, which is under Menu in the Learn section of the app.
I advise going on the 6-Week Reset and, in the first few weeks, implementing the Candida protocol in the Personalized Advice section.
Soon, you will be feeling mentally and physically better than you did before.
The way to see if you have candida is that you have a white coating on your tongue. Recurring nail infections, sinusitis, tiredness, joint pain, and thrush are other signs. There are so many symptoms of candida overgrowth, which, of course, is treated successfully on Eat Burn Sleep.
The Best Way to Recover From a Virus
Oh my goodness, let me tell you how I feel after following the best antibiotic recovery, as described above. I feel incredible. My mental well-being is indescribable, and I feel like I am enjoying life even more because of it.
I have lost 3 or 4 kg of weight, which is probably mainly water, but what is game-changing for me, which is why I am reluctant to have too many treats at the moment, is that my mental well-being has gone through the roof.
It isn’t just my mood that has improved, but my efficiency and productivity with work are insane. My brain is functioning so well. It is so amazing.
I feel stronger physically and mentally, but my mood is better, and I feel like I am enjoying life more and feeling less overwhelmed. It has done me so much good.
Did you know that anxiety, depression, low mood, and brain fog are linked to chronic inflammation, which leads to neuroinflammation (inflamed brain cells)? I don’t experience any of these now, but treating my mind and body to the Eat Burn Sleep 6-Week Reset and Candida Recovery protocol has reduced the inflammation in my body so much that I am hooked on this feeling!
Well, I was in the South of France with my kids in the summer. We were staying with friends, and I think the pH in the pool wasn’t quite right. They do have a pool cleaner, but something happened for the water to change because my son got a terrible ear infection.
His ear infection was so bad, and he had a fever, so we ended up in A&E, seeing an ENT specialist. We canceled the flight home because of the risk of ear popping and the pain that would cause and took a train instead to London from the South of France.
During that time, I felt a little bit of ear pain, and I just presumed that I was picking up on my son’s pain!
Now, I have a high pain threshold, so this should have been a sign of something, but I was so focused on my son that I missed that I had a middle ear infection.
Untreated Ear Infections Can Be Dangerous.
Fast forward a week or so, and I was hearing noises amplified. An ambulance siren sounded even louder, and somebody shouting was too loud, for instance. I found myself putting my fingers in my ears a lot and asking my boys if it was particularly loud, and they told me it wasn’t and that it was me.
So, I decided that I would get my ears checked when they returned to school. This didn’t happen because when I was on the way home from dropping my son off at school, I felt so ill that I stopped by the hospital. They checked for COVID-19 and discharged me.
A couple of weeks later, I was at A&E, and I felt so terrible that I felt like I was dying. I couldn’t sit down, yet I was trying to find three seats so that I could lie down, and I was so thirsty. My friend had to communicate with the doctor because I couldn’t speak. The pain in my stomach was horrendous, and I had the worst headache that I had ever experienced.
I didn’t know that the pain in my stomach was the beginning of sepsis.
The doctor asked if I had recently had a cold or a virus, and of course, I had a middle ear infection, which I dismissed because of my high pain threshold.
They quickly put me on intravenous antibiotics, thank goodness.
What happens is that we have bacteria all over us, and when it travels to the brain membranes (meninges), that is when it can be a killer. Death can occur in little time with bacterial meningitis.
Bacterial Meningitis Recovery
So, there is viral meningitis, which I am vaccinated against, and bacterial meningitis, which I had.
You can’t catch it, but it develops after a cold or flu, untreated ear or sinus infection, or a skull fracture. Which is what it was in my case, and that is how I got bacterial meningitis.
So, knowing that antibiotics can lead to candida overgrowth (and even the pharmacist said to me when he gave me the antibiotics – and steroid spray for my lungs because I was so inflamed – that I may get thrush in my mouth and other places), I knew that I had to reset my body and do the Eat Burn Sleep Candida Reduction protocol that we have on this anti-inflammatory lifestyle.
I had symptoms like tinnitus, too, which is a sign of inflammation, so I needed to follow the EBS recovery method to a tee to reset my gut health, boost my immunity, and sort the ear ringing out! I had to ensure that my cognitive function wouldn’t be affected in the long run, too.
Can You Prevent Bacterial Meningitis?
No, you cannot prevent bacterial meningitis, so I advise that if you are not feeling well, go to the doctor. I wasn’t feeling well, and I had ear pain, and I ignored it. Look what happened!
It is better to be safe than sorry, so visit the doctor with any ailment that you have and get it investigated.
Can You Fully Recover From Bacterial Meningitis?
Bacterial Meningitis is serious. Some people have had to have amputations with Bacterial Meningitis. Thankfully, I just made it, so yes, if you catch it early enough. Bearing in mind that I live an anti-inflammatory lifestyle on an 80/20 ratio usually, which bolsters me. Of course, I have not only recovered, but by following the protocol to recover from viruses, I am feeling better than before!
Best Way to Eliminate Candida
Well, the candida protocol is part of the Eat Burn Sleep lifestyle, so it is an add-on. I advise implementing the candida protocol within around 3 weeks of the 6-Week Reset.
How to Optimize Health
Members explore the platform. When I did my liver detox this summer, I pointed out the Liver Detox personalized advice to follow on top of this lifestyle, and so many members hadn’t seen it.
The lifestyle is easy to follow, and many members have not explored the whole platform yet. It is packed with health education, and members have access to everything.
There is everything you need on this health platform to improve your health.
You may be suffering from multiple symptoms or needing a boost where you need an extra protocol, like for depression and anxiety, fertility, bloating, insomnia, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, healthy weight loss, healthy weight gain, long COVID recovery, acid reflux, Hashimoto’s, and other thyroid issues, hormonal imbalances, gout, psoriasis, or what to eat during Ramadan, say. The list goes on, and it is continually added to.
You may come across some things that you experience, like migraines, as an example. That extra advice in the Specialized Advice section under Learn in the app could give you more results and have you feeling even more incredible.
Knowing how our body works is key to taking care of it.
Because I mentioned France, I must point you to my podcast appearance on Alicetuyet.com. Le podcast est en français!
I have been feeling so good that I thought that I wouldn’t drink again, but the other night, I had a couple of glasses of wine when I went out to dinner.
The next day, I did not like how I felt. Once you get hooked on feeling good, you can’t tolerate not feeling 100%.
This is how members can connect with why Eat Burn Sleep works and is so powerful.
When you feel this good, not only do your brain and microbiota not crave the food and drink you used to have, but you actually don’t want to feel like that again.
Standards rise when you get used to feeling so incredible, and this is how you get hooked on this healthy lifestyle.
Feeling really alive is intoxicating.
This is why so many members state that they are on Eat Burn Sleep for life and love the simple, healthy, delicious recipes like Lebanese Meatballs & Pumpkin Pie.
You feel happier and healthier in your first year on this optimum healthy lifestyle, but it gets better as the years go by. Members (even the ones that had chronic conditions that took over their lives) who are in their second and third years say they have been achieving things beyond their wildest dreams.
Eat Burn Sleep is a way of life that gives even better results as time goes by and gives you more autonomy over your health, which is priceless.
Cancer Protection and Treating Cancer Through Your Gut
Hello Everyone! Gut microbiota plays a crucial role in our mind and body and in inducing and reducing chronic diseases, including cancer. Countless studies link gut microbiota with cancer, and there is reason why.
In this post, I will point out why microbiota impacts disease and how you can reduce the risk of developing cancer and assist your body in the early stages of cancer, through treatment and in remission.
Inflammation has potent effects on the development and spreading of cancer. Inflammation leads the body into a pro-inflammatory state without apparent symptoms over a long period. Still, it causes DNA damage, cell mutation, and proliferation. This leads to chronic diseases like cancer.
Cancer is a multifactorial disease (genetic, lifestyle, immune response, environment, stress, and so on), so it can seem hard to believe that gut microbiota influences cancer prevention and treatment.
Still, you can see the link when you think about how microbiota stimulates immunity, regulates inflammation, and reduces infectious, metabolic, and chronic diseases.
Food, stress, environmental pollutants, bacteria, viruses, lack of exercise, and sleep are some of the factors that increase pro-inflammatory cytokines, inflammatory enzymes, adhesion molecules, chemokines, and so on, which are all linked to chronic inflammation in the body.
A microenvironment of chronic inflammation, which is a dysregulation of the immune system, allows tumor cell survival, proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis (blood vessel growth), metastasis (cells break away from the tumor and travel to form new tumors), chemoresistance (resistant to chemicals) and radioresistance (resistant to radiation).
Why Is Cancer So Common?
The vast majority of cancers are down to genetic and environmental factors. Many environmental factors increase chronic inflammation and the pathways that promote tumor growth.
Cancers are also linked to unhealthy foods, chemicals, and additives that we eat and drink, obesity, other inflammatory conditions, and autoimmune diseases. Did you read Why Is Aspartame Linked to Cancer?
Cancers are linked to infections like H.pylori and hepatitis and inhaling pollutants like asbestos and cigarette smoke.
Some cancers are linked to our jobs, reproductive and sexual behavior, industrial products, and even ionizing radiation like X-rays.
Considering that millions of new chemicals are amongst us, in our air, water, and foods, in the space of a couple of generations, you can see why cancer has increased over that time.
Many causes and links to cancer put our bodies into a pro-inflammatory state.
Chronic inflammation switches on our genes. Although we can’t switch off our genetic makeup, we can lessen inflammation’s expression with what we can control. I always advise making your body less inflammatory, even if you do not have any symptoms or apparent conditions or if you have non-communicable diseases that run in your family.
What Foods Affect Cancer?
Of course, many complex transformations and processes occur in the body during cancer development. Still, when damaging chronic inflammation exists, it supports the growth and proliferation of cancer cells and cancels out the immune response to fighting infections, for instance.
Since the factors that contribute to cancer affect and are affected by chronic inflammation, and chronic inflammation is affected by our gut microbiota, it is no surprise that there is a bidirectional link between cancer and gut microbiota.
When gut microbiota is disturbed and dysbiosis occurs, the physiological changes lead to disease development.
The fascinating thing, and crucial to health, is that gut microbiota is easily manipulated into a better environment to promote optimum health and fight disease.
When changed to a healthier diversity, your microbiota will crave more nutrition rather than the foods and drinks that cause dysbiosis. They are that powerful.
The more you stick to an anti-inflammatory diet, the more you feed microbiota, which lets your brain know that it wants more of those nutrients. By going with what your mind and body (brain-gut axis) tell you and feeding your body with that good bacteria, you begin healing yourself.
This goes for both good and bad bacteria.
How Does Gut Bacteria Prevent Cancer?
Suppose you have a diet that contains more processed and less nutritious foods; the more likely that pathogenic bacteria like Bacteroides will be craving more.
They make your body inflamed through gut dysbiosis, dysregulating the immune system and making you susceptible to disease. This means that you are less likely to be able to fight disease, too.
You can aid your body in cancer protection and treatment success through your gut microbiota.
Extensive studies on microbiota show that in as little as 24 hours, microbiome composition can change dramatically. This is why EBS members feel the benefits rather quickly, which gets better and better.
This is all down to the essential components in various foods when eaten predominantly, which you will find recipes for on Eat Burn Sleep. A wide variety of the proper nutrients work synergistically to prevent cellular stress, boost immunity, and reduce fat cell composition; for instance, they inhibit inflammatory states and promote optimum health.
A comprehensive range of techniques to reduce stress, change habits, and be kinder to yourself contribute to good gut health, reducing the risk of cancer development.
Reducing inflammation through eating, drinking, moving, breathing, thinking, sleeping, and generally looking after ourselves is key.
Chronic inflammation is modulated by how we live and mentally deal with disease and recovery.
What Helps Reduce the Effects of Chemotherapy?
Following this protocol will minimize the effects of chemotherapy and optimize your results.
Eat Burn Sleep has its own 6-Week Reset Liver Detox and Microbiota-Balancing Program, which brings incredible results and kicks off your journey to good health.
So, if you have cancer and are undergoing treatment, I advise that you do the 6-week Reset and follow the specialized advice on cancer protection and treatment. It will guide you on what to eat and avoid, supplements, powerful neuroplasticity exercises, meditations and relaxation techniques, and movement.
Liver health is essential for everyone and takes a lot of strain during cancer treatment and any medication. You can read more about that here: Detox Your Liver Naturally.
Gut Microbiota and Cancer
Many diets and lifestyles reduce beneficial bacteria and increase unhealthy bacteria and gut dysbiosis.
If you look at the typical Western diet, with high omega-6 fats, processed foods, chemical additives, and high glycemic loads, an array of events occur in the body to put it into a less-than-healthy state.
So, suppose you are eating this way every day. In that case, a whole complex interplay occurs in your body. You will increase unhealthy bacteria like Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, and Clostridia and reduce good bacteria like Bifidobacteria and Eubacteria.
All of these unhealthy bacteria in the gut activate an inflammatory state through an over-reacting immune response, leading to tissue degeneration, a compromised gut barrier, and the development of tumors, for instance.
Manipulating the microbiome with good bacteria and essential nutrients that also suppress inflammation inhibits the effects of harmful bacteria. This will regulate the immune system and reduce inflammation and cancer risk.
As I mentioned above, gut microbiota changes in no time. Health is improved dramatically, even with the occasional lapse. Small changes often lead to one significant change over some time. Now is always a good time to start protecting yourself from disease and reducing systemic inflammation (which allows the perfect environment for the growth of the disease).
It is not just what we eat and drink that changes our microbiota, though, as I always say.
Maintaining a pro-oxidative/anti-oxidative balance along with an inflammation-reducing microbiota-balancing diet and lifestyle will assist with de-stressing your mind and body. It will correct immune system alterations, protect from free-radical damage, and reduce chronic non-communicable diseases.
Inspirational Cancer Stories
As Karin Greenberg says in one of our podcasts, thoughts are intensely important to protect you when you have cancer and chronic disease. After the initial shock and denial of cancer diagnosis, she took on a positive mindset.
She planned, dreamed, and visualized the party that she would have when it was all over.
Karen’s story is inspirational for dealing with cancer; it gave me goosebumps! Head on over there to hear her talk about surviving breast cancer.
If you are undergoing cancer treatment, be with people who love and support you! There’s no time or energy for less-than-positive people that drain you at the best times, so ensure you have the best people around you.
Hello Everyone! Did you know that we have never been alone? Since the second we were born, we inherited and acquired trillions of bugs all over and inside us, called microorganisms, which should be good for us. They support critical functions in our bodies, which has allowed us to evolve.
In return, they extract what they need to survive from us!
These trillions of microorganisms (and their genes) are collectively called our microbiome.
Our guts have around 4-5lb of these microorganisms, consisting of protozoa, viruses, fungi, and bacteria, which are paramount to our health.
For this post, I will tell you how gut health impacts arthritis and how you can influence its development, protection from, and symptom reduction.
Do share with anyone who suffers from joint inflammation, chronic inflammatory conditions, non-communicable disease, and autoimmune disease. It may just make their day and give them hope for the future because help to reduce joint pain and inflammation is here!
So, this is where gut health assists with reducing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Gastrointestinal microbiota has a powerful effect on physical and mental health. Depending on what microbes exist in your gut leads to pathogenic or beneficial effects on your overall health and inflammation.
Generally, microbial diversity is associated with good health.
Eliminating pathogens while maintaining self-tolerance to avoid autoimmunity is imperative for our body’s health.
Our gut microbiota not only regulates the immune system that resides in our gut but also has a powerful effect on systemic immune responses. 70% of gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) resides in the gut.
Gut microbiota can regulate immune homeostasis or can cause immune dysregulation.
Gut dysbiosis (unbalanced gut microbiota), which can occur due to the factors mentioned below, causes autoimmune mechanisms linked to rheumatoid arthritis (and other autoimmune diseases).
How Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Develop?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting the joints, immune system, lungs, and heart. It is a multifactorial disease. You can be born with the genes of or acquire a weaker immune system. This is where the immune system mistakenly attacks and disables healthy tissues, cells, and organs.
Many factors can worsen the disease and increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, which is why some suffer more than others. These include our genes, hormones, gender, and age!
Factors include diet (high saturated fat, highly processed, additives, insufficient nutrition, calorie-controlled). What we don’t eat (good food, inflammation-reducing) significantly affects rheumatoid arthritis. There’s pollution and toxin exposure, like smoking.
Changes in the immune system and hormonal changes as we age are linked to the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Lack of exercise or the wrong exercise can aggravate symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Stress, hygiene practices, medication, antibiotics, infections, vaccinations, lack of sleep, drinking the wrong types of drinks, generally not taking good care of ourselves, and not having good nutrition can cause rheumatoid arthritis flares.
All the factors that influence rheumatoid arthritis impact your gut microbiota. Some bacteria in your gut may grow depending on what you are exposed to and what you eat. Others may disappear or shrink, which influences the immune system in the gut and our adaptive immune system.
How Is a Leaky Gut Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis?
If the gut becomes unbalanced (dysbiosis), through any of the factors I mentioned, the inflammation that arises leads to chronic diseases and can compromise gut lining and cause ‘leaky gut syndrome.’
Leaky gut syndrome isn’t a medical term. It is known as ‘increased intestinal permeability.’
Inside our stomachs, we have an extensive intestinal lining. Like a tight net, this lining forms a barrier and filters what gets absorbed into the bloodstream. When it is damaged and malfunctioning, a barrier doesn’t exist, and it may have cracks and holes in it and become too permeable.
These holes allow larger, partially digested food, harmful bacteria, and other toxins to penetrate the tissues beneath it and escape into the systemic circulation. The immune system detects these as foreign bodies, causing an immune system reaction.
When the immune system is activated, it produces antibodies that travel in the bloodstream and create an inflammatory response, leading to joint swelling and arthritic pain.
Plus, when inflammation is present, microbiota changes, leading to various chronic conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, digestive issues, depression, etc.
This is why many autoimmune diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, which have increased intestinal permeability, also present joint pain symptoms.
What Helps Arthritis Go Away?
Pain and inflammation reduction are absolutely possible and can be kept at bay. Early diagnosis, prompt treatment, and an intervention lifestyle (which Eat Burn Sleep encapsulates) are essential to preventing severe joint damage, inflammation, and pain. If joint damage already exists, you can reduce the inflammation and pain.
I always advise running Eat Burn Sleep by your doctor, who may combine this anti-inflammatory lifestyle with medication. They can then monitor your progress before reducing medication. They have your medical history records and will know what is the best route for you. I am a firm believer in combining holistic and allopathic medicine.
Reduce as many factors that exacerbate rheumatoid arthritis as possible by embracing an anti-inflammatory lifestyle focusing on gut health, giving you all the necessary knowledge.
Gut barrier integrity is restored, fixing leaky gut syndrome.
Rebuilding the gut lining will promote positive changes in the microbiota. Promoting good gut bacteria aids healing and reduces inflammation.
Thankfully, gut microbiota can be manipulated into a healthy environment that aids overall health, including mental and physical health. A healthy gut allows for maximum nutrition absorption. So when nutritious needs are met, with prebiotics, omega-3 oils, vitamin D, minerals, and folic acid – for rheumatoid arthritis, they are utilized efficiently and absorbed, maximizing their benefits.
I do webinars for NHS patients who have rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, and numerous people have embarked on this lifestyle with outstanding results after struggling with the condition for years. It’s lovely to hear what people say when they have tried everything.
Many members with rheumatoid arthritis and joint pain say that they no longer struggle with morning stiffness or flares throughout the day and have lost weight, gained energy, and a zest for life again.
Putting rheumatoid arthritis into remission is possible.
Check the testimonials and how Eat Burn Sleep clears up the many symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
All the tools you need to put your rheumatoid arthritis into remission are here.
What’s a Good Home Remedy for Arthritis?
If you haven’t tried the turmeric shot recipe yet, click here. It is affordable and natural, and it will help you.
Turmeric contains potent volatile oils with properties that reduce inflammation. They have a medicinal effect that relieves conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and protects the body from chronic diseases.
Of course, everything Eat Burn Sleep is a good home remedy for reducing inflammation.
Everything I do to keep my autoimmune diseases at bay, I share with you.
My continual anti-inflammatory research, recipes, tips, hacks, thoughts, meditations, movements, neuroplasticity exercises, and so on are all accessible from home.
Many exercises could aggravate arthritis, as could not enough proper exercise. Inflammation-reducing activities are performed regularly to maintain joint mobility for rheumatoid arthritis.
The proper movement for rheumatoid arthritis, done regularly, includes ones that do not cause joint trauma and strengthen the muscles around them, for instance. Of course, exercises get easier when the inflammation is under control, and you will know your limitations.
What Can Cause Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares?
Creating symbiosis, rather than dysbiosis, in your gut is paramount to good health.
Gut bacteria are essential for gut and systemic immune system homeostasis.
We are all unique. Some triggers you know about or may not know about can exacerbate your rheumatoid arthritis condition.
That is why following the specialized advice for your symptoms and the traffic light system we have on Eat Burn Sleep helps tremendously with symptom and inflammation reduction at a systemic level.
Many ingredients or compounds in what you may be eating can cause inflammation, even in new ‘healthy alternative’ foods, like almond milk. The food industry has a lot to answer for!
If you missed my Lives on Instagram or podcasts with Dr. Dawn Sherling discussing additives, their effects on the microbiome, and inflammation, make sure to catch up on them.
Those ‘healthy’ packaged foods you eat that you paid a lot of money for could trigger your rheumatic flares!
If you don’t understand what is on the label, use that as a rule of thumb!
Explore the platform to further educate yourself on gut health, autoimmune disease, and chronic inflammation.
If you haven’t joined, I urge you to take charge of your health today.
Your mind and body need inflammation kept at bay. Whether you have a known condition or not. Inflammation can be silent.
We cannot change our genes, but we can alter gene expression.
With or without a hereditary disease, we can inflame our bodies with our food, minds, and whole lifestyles.
Having more autonomy over your health starts here!
The Intricate Connection Between Gut Inflammation and Weight Gain
In the pursuit of optimal health and effective weight management, understanding the intricate relationship between gut inflammation and weight gain is crucial. This article explores the impact of chronic inflammation on the gut, its association with weight-related issues, and how adopting a healthy lifestyle, supported by anti-inflammatory practices, can contribute to weight loss and overall well-being. At Eatburnsleep, our method involves more than just what you eat.
The Gut, Inflammation, and Weight
Chronic inflammation in the gut is increasingly recognized as a factor linked to weight-related problems. Research, including studies on mice, published on PubMed and NIH, highlights the role of inflammation in weight gain and obesity. The gut, a complex system of microbes and cells, plays a pivotal role in the body’s response to inflammation.
The Gut Microbiome and Obesity
The gut microbiome, comprising various bacteria, has been identified as a key player in the regulation of body weight. Disturbances in the balance of gut bacteria, often associated with a diet high in inflammatory foods and chronic stress, can lead to weight gain. Obesity has been linked to changes in the gut microbiota, affecting the body’s metabolic processes.
Inflammatory Foods and Weight Management
The foods we consume play a significant role in either promoting or reducing inflammation. Diets rich in sugar and processed foods have been shown to contribute to chronic inflammation, potentially leading to weight gain. Choosing anti-inflammatory foods can help manage inflammation, supporting healthy weight loss.
Gut Inflammation and Insulin Resistance
Chronic inflammation in the gut is closely associated with insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to diabetes and increased fat storage. Understanding the link between inflammation and insulin resistance is essential in addressing the root causes of weight-related issues.
The Role of Stress in Gut Inflammation
Stress, both acute and chronic, has a profound impact on gut health and inflammation. Elevated stress levels can lead to gut disturbances, causing inflammation and potentially contributing to weight gain. Managing stress is a crucial aspect of a holistic approach to weight management.
Sleep, Gut Health, and Weight
Quality sleep is integral to overall health and plays a vital role in regulating inflammation. Disrupted sleep patterns can contribute to gut inflammation, potentially influencing weight gain. Prioritizing good sleep hygiene is essential for those seeking effective weight management.
Gut Inflammation as a Contributor to Disease
Beyond weight gain, chronic gut inflammation has been associated with various diseases. Research published in reputable journals like NIH and other authoritative sources highlights the potential link between gut inflammation and conditions such as cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disorders.
Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle for Weight Loss
Adopting an anti-inflammatory lifestyle is key to addressing gut inflammation and promoting weight loss. This includes incorporating a healthy diet, managing stress, ensuring sufficient sleep, and engaging in regular physical activity. These lifestyle changes can positively impact gut health, leading to weight loss and improved overall well-being.
DE- STRESS: While our emphasis on weight loss often centers around diet and exercise, it’s crucial to recognize the significance of mental and psychological well-being. Persistent high stress levels contribute to ongoing low-grade inflammation, making it essential to address stress for holistic health. Engaging in activities like yoga, meditation, or a brief daily walk can offer swift psychological relief and induce anti-inflammatory effects physiologically. Effectively managing and coping with stress on a daily basis is paramount to prevent the initiation of new inflammation or the exacerbation of existing inflammatory conditions.
The Impact of Gut Inflammation on Food Choices
Gut inflammation can influence food choices and eating habits. Understanding the connection between the gut and the brain, particularly the role of neurotransmitters produced in the gut, sheds light on how inflammation may lead to cravings for unhealthy foods, contributing to weight gain.
Symptoms of Gut Inflammation and Weight-Related Issues
Recognizing the symptoms of gut inflammation, such as digestive issues, bloating, and discomfort, is essential for proactive weight management. Addressing these symptoms through dietary changes and lifestyle modifications can be instrumental in achieving weight loss goals.
In conclusion, the complex interplay between gut inflammation and weight gain underscores the importance of adopting a holistic and anti-inflammatory approach to health. By making informed dietary choices, managing stress, prioritizing quality sleep, and embracing a healthy lifestyle, individuals can address chronic inflammation in the gut, leading to weight loss and improved overall well-being. The journey to optimal health involves understanding the role of the gut in inflammation and leveraging this knowledge for sustainable weight management. At Eatburnsleep we are not aiming for perfection but we encourage setting realistic goals.
By Yalda Alaoui
Yalda is a qualified Naturopathic Nutritionist (with a foundation in Biomedicine) who studied with the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London. She has spent over a decade performing groundbreaking research in chronic inflammation and gut health.
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The anti-inflammatory diet operates under the premise that specific foods either contribute to or can alleviate chronic inflammation. In the body, inflammation serves as a natural response to stress or injury.
While short-term inflammation is often a crucial part of the body’s healing process after injuries or illnesses, prolonged or chronic inflammation can pose a threat to one’s health. Persistent inflammation over time is linked to severe diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer.
Consuming anti-inflammatory foods, those that combat inflammation, can effectively diminish inflammation, thwart the onset of chronic diseases, and foster overall health and well-being. To help stave off inflammation, consider incorporating more of certain foods and reducing the intake of others.
Unraveling the Connection: Exploring the Impact of Anti-Inflammatory Diets on Weight Loss and Overall Health
In the ever-evolving landscape of health and wellness, the concept of an anti-inflammatory diet has gained substantial attention. This article seeks to unravel the intricate relationship between anti-inflammatory diets and weight loss. By delving into key terms such as diet, inflammation, and health, we aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of how dietary choices can impact not only our weight but also our overall well-being.
The Essence of Anti-Inflammatory Diets
Before we explore the link between anti-inflammatory diets and weight loss, it’s essential to grasp the fundamental principles behind such dietary approaches. An anti-inflammatory diet extends beyond mere food choices; it encompasses a holistic lifestyle targeting chronic inflammation, a precursor to various health issues. As we navigate this exploration, terms like Mediterranean diet, fatty acids, and inflammatory potential will play a crucial role in understanding the broader context.
What’s an Anti-Inflammatory Diet?
An anti-inflammatory diet is a lot like the Mediterranean Diet – both are about eating fresh and healthy foods. This diet includes lots of antioxidants from fresh fruits and veggies and avoids foods that can cause inflammation, like processed or fried foods, and fast foods.
The cool thing about an anti-inflammatory diet is that you don’t have to worry about counting calories. Instead, it focuses on balancing the three main nutrients: carbs, protein, and fats. For this diet, aim for 40 to 50 percent of your calories from protein, 30 percent from fats, and 20 to 30 percent from good carbohydrates. Each recipe on the app gives you all the nutritional information you need if you want to track them yourself.
What Foods Should I Steer Clear of on an Anti-Inflammatory Diet?
Just as it’s essential to include foods that fight inflammation, it’s equally crucial to cut back on those that might trigger inflammation in your body. Here are some guidelines to help you remove potentially inflammatory foods from your diet:
Say No to Highly Processed Foods: Avoid foods made with white flour and sugar, such as white bread, packaged snacks, and baked goods.
Limit Saturated Fat: Cut down on saturated fat by consuming less full-fat dairy. Be mindful of fatty meats and products made with palm oil.
Food Lists: Follow the Eat Burn Sleep Food Lists for complete guides on foods to avoid and foods to favor.
Scientific Insights and Studies
To substantiate the claims surrounding anti-inflammatory diets, we turn to scientific studies and research. Organizations like the U.S. National Institutes of Health (https://www.nih.gov/) and Tufts University have delved into the impact of these diets on chronic inflammation, cardiovascular health, and weight management. Examining the results of these studies sheds light on the tangible benefits of incorporating anti-inflammatory foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and omega fatty acids, into our daily intake.
Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Health
One of the focal points of this exploration is the intersection between anti-inflammatory diets and weight loss. The Mediterranean diet emerges as a noteworthy player in this context, emphasizing not only the reduction of inflammation but also the promotion of heart health. As we dissect the relationships between fatty acids, processed foods, and cardiovascular disease risk, a clearer picture of the impact of dietary choices on weight and heart health begins to emerge.
Does It Produce Results?
A substantial body of research indicates that a diet rich in unhealthy foods—such as saturated fats, trans fats, fried foods, and refined carbohydrates—can trigger inflammation, potentially leading to serious diseases. Conversely, numerous studies highlight the positive impacts of anti-inflammatory foods, such as fruits, vegetables, good quality animal protein, and those high in omega-3 fats.
It’s crucial to note that the anti-inflammatory diet wasn’t designed with weight loss as its primary goal. Still, adopting a diet abundant in low-calorie, nutrient-dense foods like fruits, vegetables, and good quality animal protein, while minimizing processed foods and added sugars, may likely result in weight loss. It’s essential to be aware that even though beneficial, high-fat foods like avocados and nuts are also calorically dense. Portion control is key when incorporating these foods into your diet.
Preventing Disease and Optimizing Health
Beyond weight loss, the discussion extends to the prevention of diseases associated with chronic inflammation, such as rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes. An anti-inflammatory diet is portrayed not just as a tool for shedding excess weight but as a proactive approach to optimizing health and reducing the risk of developing various ailments.
Practical Considerations and Dietary Guidance
Implementing an anti-inflammatory diet requires practical considerations, including dietary adjustments and mindful eating habits. High blood pressure, low-grade inflammation, and inflammatory bowel disease are among the health concerns that can be positively influenced by adopting an anti-inflammatory eating pattern. The role of specific foods, such as olive oil, in reducing inflammation will be explored, providing readers with tangible steps towards a healthier lifestyle.
Personal Experiences and Expert Insights
As we navigate this exploration, it’s crucial to weave in personal experiences and insights from experts. Yalda Alaoui’s Eat Burn Sleep (EBS) approach, rooted in a holistic anti-inflammatory lifestyle, serves as a beacon of practical wisdom. Expert voices from institutions like the Cleveland Clinic and the American Heart Association provide additional perspectives on the significance of anti-inflammatory diets in the broader landscape of health.
Should You Give It a Go?
In general, adopting an anti-inflammatory diet aligns with EatBurnSleep’s nutritional principles, emphasizing a healthy way of eating. This diet reinforces the fundamental understanding that a nutritious diet comprises fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats. Steering clear of excessive processed, fried, refined, and sugary foods is a wise choice for promoting a healthier diet, as an excess of these items may contribute to the onset of chronic diseases. Embracing this diet is likely to boost your intake of vitamins, minerals, and fiber, potentially enhancing your overall well-being and aiding in weight loss.
In conclusion, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that an anti-inflammatory diet is indeed beneficial for weight loss and, more importantly, for overall health. The interconnected web of terms explored in this article showcases the complexity of dietary choices and their profound impact on our bodies. As we wrap up this exploration, the invitation is extended to delve deeper into the wealth of information offered by platforms like EBS, supported by entities such as the Academy of Nutrition and the American College of Cardiology. By embracing an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, individuals can embark on a transformative journey towards holistic well-being.
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