Eating Against Inflammation

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. DOCTORS SAY TAKING AN ACTIVE APPROACH TO YOUR HEALTH CAN ALSO HELP YOUR BODY DEAL WITH INFLAMMATION INFLAMMATION IS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM'S NATURAL DEFENSE AGAINST INJURY INSPECTION OR TOXINS? A STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE REPORTS. YOUR DIET CAN BE KEY IN LOWERING INFLAMMATION ADDING FOLATE AND VITAMIN C AS WELL AS OTHER NUTRIENTS COULD HELP YOU LIMIT CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. FOR MORE ON WAYS TO COMBAT INFLAMMATION. WE ARE NOW JOINED BY DOCTOR ART MAIN U.S. PROFESSOR AND VICE CHAIR FOR RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND FAMILY MEDICINE AT UF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. >> THANKS, NATASHA. >> AND YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN ALL THINGS REGARDING INFLAMMATION IN OUR BODIES. CAN YOU TOUCH ON WHY INFLAMMATION IS SUCH A PROBLEM FOR US? >> WELL, INFORMATION, I THINK THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS INFORMATION ISN'T ON US ON CALLS. ALWAYS BAD, OK? INFLAMMATION WE GET SORT OF ACUTE INFORMATION. IT ACTUALLY ISN'T IMMUNE SYSTEM TO HELP US HEAL. WHERE IT IS PROBLEMATIC IS WE HAVE CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OVER TIME IS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATION IS RELATED DEVELOPMENT OF OF WHOLE HOST OF DISEASES, CHRONIC DISEASES, OR YOU THINK OF THINGS LIKE DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CHRONIC, KIDNEY DISEASE, EVEN CANCER. THAT'S WHERE INFORMATION COME SAID. AND SO. WE HAVE DONE MANY, MANY STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT INFORMATION IS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE. AND WE SHOW MANY STUDIES THE SHOW'S THINGS THAT RELATE TO INFLAMMATION. WHERE WE TEND TO FALL OFF IS HOW TO COMBAT INFORMATION. >> WHAT CAUSES IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? >> WELL, IT COULD BE A VARIETY OF THINGS. A LOT OF THINGS LIKE I SAID, WE'VE DONE MANY STUDIES THAT LOOK AT INFORMATION. IT COULD BE STRESS COULD BE SMOKING. IT COULD BE A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE OR OBESITY. IT COULD BE TOXIC CHEMICALS THERE. A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND AND LEA SAID THEY CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE THAT CAN LEAD TO CANCER. THEY CAN LEAD TO HEART DISEASE AND STROKES, DIABETES. >> HOW CAN WE CHANGE OUR DIET AND OUR ENVIRONMENT TO HELP REDUCE INFLATION INFLAMMATION IN OUR BODIES. >> WELL, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE >> A LOT OF THE DIETARY THINGS AND YOU CAN FIND AND YOU CAN FIND THEM ON ONLINE. THIS IS AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET. OR IS THE ANY CLAIM OR FREE FOOD? A LOT OF THOSE A LOT OF THOSE STATEMENTS ARE MADE OFF OF WHAT WE CALL BIOLOGICAL PLAUSIBILITY. SO YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, THIS FOOD HAS THIS SORT OF INGREDIENT OR THIS IN ZION OR SOMETHING IN IT, THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE A PLANET, HENRI, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK LIKE THAT WAY. SO YOU A VERY QUICK EXAMPLE. AND SO LET ME START OUT. I LOVE BLUEBERRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE BLUEBERRIES, AROUSAL. THE BLUEBERRIES ARE ONE THAT YOU'LL SEE A LOT SAYING THAT'S AN AD PLAY. BUT WE FOOD. AND THAT'S A BIOLOGICAL PLAUSIBILITY. IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE AREAS HAVE OF SOME INGREDIENTS THAT ARE ANTIOXIDANTS AND AI CENTRAL. A TOXIC STRESS KNOCKS A STRESS RELATED INFORMATION, BUT ACTUALLY WIN IT. WE HAD DONE TRIALS AND NOT JUST ME, BUT SO THE OTHER SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 10 TRIALS THAT WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE BLUEBERRIES AS THE BLUE BERRIES. IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE THEIR LEVEL OF INFLAMMATION. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A T INFLAMMATORY. IT SHOULD BE, BUT IT IS SO WHAT CAN WE DO? THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN DO. SO IN A IN A RECENT STUDY THAT WE DID WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDED DAILY VALUES OF NUTRIENTS. THIS COMES FROM THE, YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AND THOSE LEVELS WERE SENT BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. AND THOSE ARE SPOKE BEFORE HEALTH. THAT'S WHERE THOSE THINGS COME FROM. AND SO WE SPECIFICALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE BECAUSE SOME TROOPS HAVE MULTIPLE OF THOSE NUTRIENTS AND SO WAS 8 WHEN THEY SET THOSE THIS IS WHAT YOU ALREADY EAT. THIS IS HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO EAT. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, A FAT. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THIS SECONDARY ANALYSIS, THE STUDY THAT YOU COMPLETED RECENTLY? >> YEAH. SO I WAS JUST >> SORT OF REFERRING TO THIS STUDY, BUT IT'S VERY USEFUL BECAUSE >> BECAUSE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOES A VERY LARGE SURVEY AND IT'S CALLED THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY AND IT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOK AT THAT. SO IT REPRESENTS THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. OKAY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THIS AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS THEY TOOK WHAT PEOPLE ATE AND THEN THEY COMPUTED THE ACTUAL NUTRIENTS OF ALL OF THESE NUTRIENTS THAT THE AMOUNT THEY DID. HOW MANY MILLIGRAMS OR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF WHAT THEY ATE. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THAT AND SO WE WOULD HAVE SAY. ANYBODY NEED AND USE THAT WILL. HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH DID YOU EAT YESTERDAY OF PROTEIN OR WERE MAGNESIUM OR VITAMINS? C AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THAT. AND WE COULD RELATE THAT TO A LOT OF THINGS. WELL, WE WERE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WAS INFLAMATION. WE MEASURE INFORMATION THROUGH A VERY COMMON MEASURE OF INFLAMMATION CALLED C REACTIVE PROTEIN. AND THAT'S A PROTEIN IS MADE IN THE LIVER THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE INFLAMMATION. OKAY. AND IT IS A VERY COMMON ONE IN ITS RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY AND OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT TO LOAD FOR INFLAMMATION CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAID, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ATE IN TERMS OF THEIR NEW TREE TAKES. AND LET'S LOOK AT IT INDIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW MUCH INFLATION THEY HAVE NOT COULD BE INFORMATION COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE. LET'S LOOK AT IT DIRECTLY IT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. AND SO WE FOUND. WE USE SPECIFICALLY SO SAY WE FOUND SOME VERY IMPORTANT FACTS RELATED TO THE THE RECOMMENDED DAILY VALUES. AND SO SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE BELIEVE OR HAVE BEEN IN THE LITERATURE THAT SHOULD BE ANY INFLAMMATORY WORDS. SOME WORE SOME HAD TO BE AT LEVELS HIGHER. THEN WHAT THEN? WHAT THE RECOMMENDED THE GUYS ARE NOW WHERE THE WRECK OF A DAILY VALUES ART DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR INFORMATION, THEREFORE, HEALTH. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT INFLAMMATION PLAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SO MANY DISEASES. >> SO WHAT'S THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM YOUR LATEST ANALYSIS OF THIS? >> WELL, I THINK THE BIG TAKEAWAY >> OF THIS WHERE WE LOOK AT DIET AND INFORMATION IS THAT. THE RECOMMENDED DAILY VALUES IS PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD. GUY FOR YOU. IT WAS SET FOR THAT IS PRETTY GOOD GUY. BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE IN VITAMIN D, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS TO BE IN IN A DOSES WERE AMOUNTS HIGHER THAN WHAT IS RECOMMENDED. SOME LIKE MAGNESIUM AND FIBER DO FINE. AND SO, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE PROTEIN. MAXING IN FIBER, MAX, SEEING IN THINGS LIKE THAT. WE GET INTO THIS IDEA THAT IF ONE'S GOOD FIVE'S BETTER AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY TO GO BACK TO WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY BY THE USDA FOR US TO EAT. SO IF EVERY TIME YOU PICK UP A BOX AND HAS THOSE THOSE PROPORTIONS ON THEM. THEN THIS GIVES YOU A GENERAL GUIDE. SO THAT'S THE TAKE-HOME MESSAGE IS FOLLOW THOSE THINGS. I THINK YOU'LL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. >> WELL, THANK YOU, DOCTOR MANUS FOR JOINING US TODAY AND EXPLAINING THIS. THIS LATEST STUDY. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> HERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT BIT OF INFORMATION FROM THE WGCU NEWSROOM. ACCORDING TO THE CLEVELAND CLINIC WHEN YOUR BODY IS RESPONDING TO AN INJURY OR PATHOGEN, THERE ARE 5 CARDINAL SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION HEAT, PAIN, REDNESS, SWELLING, AND LOSS OF FUNCTION, ACUTE INFLAMMATION MAY LAST FOR A FEW HOURS OR EVEN UP TO A FEW DAYS. IF YOUR SYMPTOMS LAST ANY LONGER, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU CONTACT A HEALTH PROVIDER.