Does anyone follow an "Anti-inflammatory" diet?

enewsome2
enewsome2 Posts: 355 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I've been looking into Dr Weil's anti-inflammatory diet. My body, for whatever reason, has always been very apt to get infections, and I'm so sick of it! I won't go into detail but I've been under stress a lot lately and have been sleeping at odd hours. I have gotten like 3 different infections in a row. It's so annoying!

Anyway, is anyone on a diet like this? Or know of someone that is?

Has it helped with their skin, hair, nails? Has it helped them to get less infections? Does it help with bloating, etc?

The food sounds delicious and healthy, and ideally, I try to eat like this as much as possible anyway.

Here is a link to the details. I don't see coffee on there, so I would probably switch to green tea.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02995/Dr-Weil-Anti-Inflammatory-Food-Pyramid.html

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  • mensasu
    mensasu Posts: 355 Member
    The diet is healthy enough unless like me you are sensitive to grains.

    My anti-inflammatory diet is the primal diet. By eliminating all grains, legumes and sugar my arthritis has pretty much disappeared. So have a bunch of my allergies and bloating and my skin has cleared. If I ate using the pyramid that Dr Weil advocates I would have severe joint pain.

    I rarely get sick, but I attribute that to omega 3 and vitamin D which I have taken now for a couple of years, I've only been primal for 2 months.

    I'm not saying switch to primal, I'm just telling you what has worked for me.

    Is it infections you are having problems with, or inflammation?

    Some people also have problems with nightshades and salicylates.

    I would also like to hear from people who have followed Dr Weil's diet and have arthritis.
  • Farburnfred
    Farburnfred Posts: 333 Member
    For me the major cause of inflammation is grains..I eat no wheat and occasional oats and my endometriosis, which is an inflammatory disease, virtually disappears :) cutting out most of the sugar also helps stabilise blood sugar. I am veggie so eat legumes but have no side effects that I am aware of.

    Just going to read up on your Linky
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    Bump

    I'm wondering, does it help auto immune diseases?
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    Its based on fruits and veggies, whole grains, legumes and lean protein so it is a very solid plan from a nutritional perspective. Give it a go and see how it works for you. Just make sure you are getting enough protein overall and that you are eating a wide variety of foods within each category to obtain all of the essential amino acids your body needs.
  • enewsome2
    enewsome2 Posts: 355 Member
    Bump

    I'm wondering, does it help auto immune diseases?

    It is supposed to help with autoimmune disease, according to Dr Weil's website. :)
    Its based on fruits and veggies, whole grains, legumes and lean protein so it is a very solid plan from a nutritional perspective. Give it a go and see how it works for you. Just make sure you are getting enough protein overall and that you are eating a wide variety of foods within each category to obtain all of the essential amino acids your body needs.

    That's what I was thinking. :) It should have plenty of protein with the abundance of soy and legumes. Plus, I believe most whole grains contain a little protein? I think brown rice does anyway.
  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    Low carb/Paleo/Primal tend to be the best diets to reduce inflammation and all the related conditions/diseases associated with them. One the keys for my wife (very prone to infections, long bouts with common colds, brittle nails, hair shedding, etc) was giving up grains and specifically wheat. We also eat nearly no sugar and that has helped as well.

    Looking at his food pyramid I'd say his idea is a bit flawed with the suggestion of so many grains, legumes and pasta (processed grains). I'd also personally stay away from soy. As these foods and sugar tend to have noticeable inflammatory effects on people that are prone to inflammation, illness and infections.
  • KavemanKarg
    KavemanKarg Posts: 266 Member
    Low carb/Paleo/Primal tend to be the best diets to reduce inflammation and all the related conditions/diseases associated with them. One the keys for my wife (very prone to infections, long bouts with common colds, brittle nails, hair shedding, etc) was giving up grains and specifically wheat. We also eat nearly no sugar and that has helped as well.

    Agreed

    I do a nutritonal ketosis primal diet, my labs are even online they are so good. No inflammation in this body and I am hard on it.

    http://primalnorth.blogspot.ca/2012/09/august-2012-lab-results.html

    The most inflammatory thing you can do to your body is eat sugars in all their forms, and send your insulin on a rollercoaster ride.
  • enewsome2
    enewsome2 Posts: 355 Member
    I don't think this diet necessarily includes wheat.

    You can eat buckwheat or whole wheat pasta, or you can eat brown rice and rice noodles, soba noodles, etc.

    I think that the paleo is a great diet for a lot of people. I have friends and family with great success.

    However, for ethical and health reasons I am strictly pescatarian. That is a main reason why this diet is appealing to me. :)
  • enewsome2
    enewsome2 Posts: 355 Member
    Low carb/Paleo/Primal tend to be the best diets to reduce inflammation and all the related conditions/diseases associated with them. One the keys for my wife (very prone to infections, long bouts with common colds, brittle nails, hair shedding, etc) was giving up grains and specifically wheat. We also eat nearly no sugar and that has helped as well.

    Agreed

    I do a nutritonal ketosis primal diet, my labs are even online they are so good. No inflammation in this body and I am hard on it.

    http://primalnorth.blogspot.ca/2012/09/august-2012-lab-results.html

    The most inflammatory thing you can do to your body is eat sugars in all their forms, and send your insulin on a rollercoaster ride.

    I agree! Sugar is satan.

    I have read that many doctors say that most infections thrive on sugar. Which is nuts to me! I just don't know how to quit... there is sugar in so many things.
  • JaceyMarieS
    JaceyMarieS Posts: 692 Member
    The diet is healthy enough unless like me you are sensitive to grains.

    My anti-inflammatory diet is the primal diet. By eliminating all grains, legumes and sugar my arthritis has pretty much disappeared. So have a bunch of my allergies and bloating and my skin has cleared. If I ate using the pyramid that Dr Weil advocates I would have severe joint pain.

    I'm another for whom Dr Weil's approach wouldn't work. I've eliminated all grains and have legumes very rarely (1/4 cup once every couple of months) Arthritis flares rarely and my blood glucose levels are in the normal range.
  • enewsome2
    enewsome2 Posts: 355 Member
    The diet is healthy enough unless like me you are sensitive to grains.

    My anti-inflammatory diet is the primal diet. By eliminating all grains, legumes and sugar my arthritis has pretty much disappeared. So have a bunch of my allergies and bloating and my skin has cleared. If I ate using the pyramid that Dr Weil advocates I would have severe joint pain.

    I'm another for whom Dr Weil's approach wouldn't work. I've eliminated all grains and have legumes very rarely (1/4 cup once every couple of months) Arthritis flares rarely and my blood glucose levels are in the normal range.

    This is very interesting information. Do you think that going without grains mostly applies to you? Or the general population?

    I'm just curious as to what is best... :)

    I personally don't do well without grains. I get really pale and moody :/ but that just may be me.
  • mensasu
    mensasu Posts: 355 Member
    There are very polar opinions on this. If you are interesting in seeing the primal/paleo side to the argument then look up marksdailyapple.com
  • enewsome2
    enewsome2 Posts: 355 Member
    There are very polar opinions on this. If you are interesting in seeing the primal/paleo side to the argument then look up marksdailyapple.com

    Okay, thank you. I will research a bit on both.

    I wouldn't want to cause a fight... :/
  • WhatDoesLisa
    WhatDoesLisa Posts: 214 Member
    My landlord has some really rare form of arthritis and he follows this diet. Here is a link to the book:

    http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-552-the-ph-miracle-revised-and-updated.aspx

    I am in no way saying this is right for you, just offering a different perspective. It is about balancing acid/alkaline foods. My landlord has a travel schedule that is pretty much as heavy as President Obama's and he feels it really helps in addition to exercise and the medication he has to take.

    Food for thought!
  • englandr1
    englandr1 Posts: 3 Member
    My Naturopath put me on her own custom anti-inflammatory diet. One of the reasons was for an auto-immune disease, which caused inflammation, but also for high blood pressure, etc. It does not allow any bread of any type. Some cooked grains are allowed, but wheat is not one of them.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    I've been looking into Dr Weil's anti-inflammatory diet. My body, for whatever reason, has always been very apt to get infections, and I'm so sick of it! I won't go into detail but I've been under stress a lot lately and have been sleeping at odd hours. I have gotten like 3 different infections in a row. It's so annoying!

    Anyway, is anyone on a diet like this? Or know of someone that is?

    Has it helped with their skin, hair, nails? Has it helped them to get less infections? Does it help with bloating, etc?

    The food sounds delicious and healthy, and ideally, I try to eat like this as much as possible anyway.

    Here is a link to the details. I don't see coffee on there, so I would probably switch to green tea.

    http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02995/Dr-Weil-Anti-Inflammatory-Food-Pyramid.html
    For those wanting to view both sides of the issue, there is quite a bit about Dr. Andrew Weil written at Quackwatch:

    http://www.quackwatch.com/11Ind/weil.html

    http://www.quackwatch.com
  • DMW914
    DMW914 Posts: 368 Member
    I have not been diagnosed w/any auto-immune diseases but I have HBP & I've already started a low carb diet & am considering going gluten free as well. I stumbled on an interesting website while searching for Induction Friendly recipe's & found this one called Maria's Nutritious and Delicious, the web link: mariahealth.blogspot.com/. There are recipes galore but also a wealth of other info. that may be specific to your post as well. Hope you feel better soon & that this helps. :flowerforyou:
  • JaceyMarieS
    JaceyMarieS Posts: 692 Member
    This is very interesting information. Do you think that going without grains mostly applies to you? Or the general population?



    I personally don't do well without grains. I get really pale and moody :/ but that just may be me.

    I only speak for myself :-) I have intolerances to wheat, soy and corn - so those are out. I am diabetic...too many carbs raise my blood glucose to unacceptable levels...so all the other grains are out as well. it was a pretty easy transition for me. I feel MUCH better getting my carbs from vegetables and berries...not 100% better but MUCH better.
  • Danied13
    Danied13 Posts: 117 Member
    I went grain free/legume free to fight systemic inflammation. I'm also thinking of giving up nightshades. I know I should try to be dairy free (at least try it) but the cheese....the cheese is my friend!
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