The brain remains a mystery, but we know how our memory declines as we age. In order to remember information, neurons must communicate. One sends a message to another, the receiver receives the message and that connection builds bridges of information that you can use and remember.
If you don’t regularly send and receive messages, your neural connections wither. External elements also affect them. For example, the wrong kind of food (think refined and processed) acts like severe weather shaking the girders of a bridge; As a result, inflammation destroys the bridges and makes it harder for information to travel from neuron to neuron.
The right foods act as bridge builders, cleansers (helps eliminate rust inflammation), and protectors. The time of eating can also make a difference: in epidemiological studies, eating early is associated with less cognitive decline, and in animal studies, time-restricted feeding has been shown to prevent it.
One of the main effects of excess weight and waist inches is the development of type 2 diabetes, the disease that causes high blood glucose levels due to greater insulin resistance. About four million Spaniards suffer from this disease, and about 386,000 new cases are registered every year, according to a study by di@bet.es. This condition (one of the leading causes of death in the United States) has many problems, including damage to the eyes, nerves, and kidneys. But it’s also scary because of the increased risk of heart and brain problems.
The way to prevent diabetes comes from eating healthier and moving your body. Reducing your waistline and losing weight can help reduce insulin. Eating better quality foods means you can reduce the excess sugar and saturated fats your body has to process. That includes avoiding red meat, processed meat, and all processed foods, especially those full of sugar.
Physical activity can also help you lose weight by making your muscles work harder, improving their ability to use insulin and absorb glucose. Managing stress can also help; You are less likely to seek comfort in excess calories or poor quality calories.
Even if you don’t think about your lungs much (except maybe after climbing eight flights of stairs), you know how important they are. The lungs have an important immune function, because they protect the body from the outside world, especially through small brushes located in tubes called cilia, which clean the pollutants we inhale. But they can also be damaged by smoke, for example, making them less effective in protecting the lungs in the long term.
Undoubtedly, following the lifestyle of saying no to tobacco and yes to exercise is important for healthy lung function and prevention of lung diseases. Food helps support its function. For starters, cut out fried foods and maintain a healthy weight. Excess belly fat can prevent you from breathing deeply and can put too much pressure on your lungs, forcing them to work harder with each breath.
Another tip: mix your food, because it helps reduce inflammation and improve lung function. Wash everything down with plenty of water, which helps blood flow to and from the lungs and allows the mucus that has accumulated there to move freely.
For many people, inflammation is like quantum physics: It sounds important, but what does it really mean? However, inflammation in its most frequent form is one of the most important health concepts you should know. This is because, unlike the discomfort caused by a sore throat or headache, inflammation can be chronic, persistent and can attack the body daily.
Initially, inflammation is a positive process for the body; shows that there is a fight that shouldn’t be there. This is the case of a cold, an allergy, or a stubbed toe (or even a reaction to an inhaled poison, such as those found in many cleaning products). The body knows how to recognize an injury, then sounds the anatomical alarm to send immune cells to the area to repair it. In the healing process, immune cells become involved with invading cells. The result of this struggle (the debris, the shrapnel, the chaos) is inflammation.
Apply the same reasoning to constantly blowing your cells if they are constantly under attack. This is the case when there is too much sugar circulating in the blood or too much saturated fat or animal protein is consumed. Your body is sending signals that it needs help, so call for reinforcements. Now it’s in constant fight mode and constant inflammation mode.
The result: more inflammation, which puts your body at risk of perpetuating a vicious cycle that contributes to more inflammation. And in the long term, it puts you at a higher risk of developing heart disease, stroke, cancer, arthritis, memory problems, pain, hormonal problems, organ damage, and more.
Among the things you can do to calm the inflammation there is a large number of restrictions. So high on the list is not smoking, eating processed foods or meat.
You can also do a lot to calm inflammation by eating foods that help calm the immune response and eating at the right times. When you move, your body can stop the inflammation. When you are resting, sparks are more likely to fly. That’s why it’s not good to eat inflammatory foods (processed or with added sugar) at night. Fruits and vegetables, as well as healthy fats from fish and nuts, are considered one of the most powerful nutritional weapons in the fight against inflammation.
