I saw a forum topic running recently on what constitutes an anti-inflammatory diet. The answers showed appalling ignorance; most of it was the “me-too” pseudo-expertise of avoiding gluten, grains and manufactured foods.
It sent me Googling and I found that over 97% of websites did not have much idea what an inflammatory food was or what a food allergy was. As I said, most “experts” just quoted other experts.
The appalling ignorance centered around the delusory idea that there is such a thing as an anti-inflammatory diet! It does not exist.
Oh yes, inflammatory foods exist. So why not just avoid them? Because they are different for every single individual. To “avoid grains” is nuts, if your inflammatory food is dairy derivatives. I don’t tolerate wheat very well, for instance; but I am fine with corn and rice; thankfully, since I love Oriental food.
Surely fruit and vegetables are safe? No, not at all. Fruit allergies are quite common, especially to citrus fruits. But I react to apple, which is interesting. It’s only a subtle effect but it speeds up my rate of speaking. How many of the self-imagined “experts” can spot what is going on with this degree of skill? None to few. Bill Rea, Jean Monro, Doris Rapp and a few others I would acknowledge.
But Joe Mercola, Andrew Weil and even amazing Jonathan Wright do not really see the full truth here, which is that: EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE FRIENDLY DIET AND TO STEP OUTSIDE THAT IS TO INVITE AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO FOODS.
Set diets, no matter how many good results are trumpeted, never work universally. For everyone healed by the metabolic type diet or the blood group diet, etc. there are individuals made sick, because they are told to eat “safe” foods and it is WRONG. We are all different. There can be no one-size-fits-all diet. Never.
I have seen individuals made sick by every food you can name (bloody colitis due to lettuce, epilepsy due to carrots, crippling arthritis due to potato, drunken intoxication due to orange, etc.).
See, foods are not really at all friendly! Even the humble carrot has a nerve toxin (caratotoxin) and cabbage would not pass the tests that drugs have to go through, before they are permitted as safe. This comes as a counter-intuitive shock because foods nurture and nourish our bodies, don’t they?
Well, yes and no. We can derive nutrients even from toxic or inflammatory foods. But inflammation is one of the deadliest health scourges of all; it’s what most experts believe is the number one aging health factor. Almost all aging and degenerative diseases are inflammatory in nature, including arthritis, atherosclerosis (heart attack and stroke), Alzheimer’s, diabetes and even cancer has in inflammatory element.
So inflammation is the LAST thing we want going on in our bodies. We have to endure some of it due to hidden pathogens, like Chlamydia and CMV, which may not be a choice. But what you put in your mouth is always a choice and, if you’ll take my advice, spend a few weeks figuring out what foods are safe and what foods cause inflammation in your body.
Once this is done, if you stick to what you find, you will live decades longer than average. That’s a promise. I think the investment of time and trouble in working out your own personal safe diet is one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself.
I wrote a book which will help you do it accurately, quickly and with the minimum of fuss. It’s called “Diet Wise” and now you know why! For $20, it could save you from $100,000s of medical expense bills, or even an untimely death. How much is your life worth? Get a copy from this page
Thank you very much for your input and is well said and spot on. I do read Jonathan Wright, Mercola, Blaylock, Douglass report, Brownstein and others but as you say, we are all much more unique than what their specifications claim even though I do value them as well in general.
Active working lady of 70, 5′ tall & 13 stone (182lbs), who walks 40 miles per week……suffers from Diabetes Type 2 + Tinnitus.
On enquiring about her eating habits she expressed a great love of MALT VINEGAR. She sometimes swigs it from the bottle & invariably swamps her “healthy” meals in it. Has done so all her life ! Otherwise she drinks next to nothing !
Once I had recovered from the shock of this news I tried hard to imagine how such a personal choice could be “good” for her. I of course thought “Ah ! no wonder she has problems….acid/alkaline balance well out of kilter…..but how has she got away with it for so long….and why does she crave vinegar ?”
Expect to hear from her this coming week. Have only spoken on the blower so far & made a couple of suggestions. No tests undertaken to date.
Yours
Andrew Beecroft
Has to be a yeast/Candida problem Andrew!
I shudder at the malt colorings and also that acetic acid.
Hi all I am a Bicom Therapist in Australia, someone who’s work the Prof does not support all together. I do agree with him from my experience that each and every person who enters my door presents with a very specific and individual problem with inflammatory foods, as well as chemicals. One simple thing I feel would help millions of people world wide to eat not only better food, to experience better health is for every single person to write to their congressman, local political representative etc; to demand that all manufacturers must declare not only country of origin as well as a full list of all ingredients both natural and synthetic used in the manufacture of their product. With this information the consumer will be able to make an informed decision as to the products they choose to use, rather than being brainwashed by the advertising spin doctors as to what is a good product. Remember the Marlborough Man as an example of spin.
Not what you mean by doesn’t quite approve of the Bicom, Bob.
I featured it in Virtual Medicine. What more do you want?
I prefer the MORA but surely you are not saying the whole world has to agree with your choice for a bioresonance machine?
(truth to tell, I have a bit of a problem with Hans Bruggeman’s Scientology connection but I wrote about it fairly)
Thanks for taking time to comment.
Prof.
I have your book Diet Wise in print, but just received an eRreader NOOKColor wnich is wifi enabled. I have downloaded several books to read but could not even find yours when searching. Since this reader is not a Kindle, I cannot download anything from Amazon.com, and am having trouble downloading some of my favorite health books and other types of books. Is there an e-version of Diet Wise? The NOOK takes e-pub and pdf files. although epub is preferreed. That is the format used by the public library system in my county. I would be interested in dowloading an e-version of your book into my reader–my own personal library.
Something I’ve been meaning to get around to Lydia, but not done yet.
Patience! Prof
Hey I think Jonathan Wright is a fan of yours, because I think he mention your name in connection to food allergy. I think he will listen to what you have to say about this matter.
I’m new to your site. Is there any connection between OCD and one’s diet? Neurotransmitters/ Serotonin ?? Getting desperate.
Thank you.
Hi Sandy,
It is a tough one.
No BIG correlation, certainly.
I well remember a Scottish girl who did far better off her allergy foods and with big doses of SAMe
But there is always a powerful psychological element too – even if it wasn’t there before the habits start to build up.
Prof.