Most people ignore the signs of inflammation because they don’t know what it is caused by or what to look for. Inflammation is the root cause of many diseases that may go undiagnosed. Many times, people label how they are feeling as just getting older or working too much or even having allergies, but inflammation is generally the issue. If you understand what causes inflammation to occur, you will be able to avoid those activities or foods. Understanding what your body is trying to tell you will help you live a healthier life. Consider hiring a holistic health coach Reno to teach you everything you need to know about inflammation and your body. And attend the upcoming class about inflammation to learn more.
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Are You Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices?
Lifestyle choices encompass anything you can do for your body to either be healthy or not. Making these decisions can be difficult, but they have a huge impact on your health and how you feel. These choices include:
- Food Selections
- Alcohol Consumption
- Amount of Sleep
- Mindset
- Use of NSAIDs
The use of NSAIDs choice is an interesting subject. NSAID stands for Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug, but the overuse of them can actually have the opposite effect. These drugs were designed to reduce inflammation for various reason when taken properly. Overusing NSAIDs can be detrimental to your body and actually cause harmful inflammation.
Water: The Essence of Life
Drinking plenty of water is essential to living a healthy life and should be a big part of your day-to-day. When you do not give your body enough water, a bunch of different things can happen. If the cells in your body don’t receive the necessary nutrients, cellular function slows down. In turn, your metabolism slows and all parts of your body are affected. As all of this occurs, inflammation makes it’s way into your body. You can avoid dehydration and inflammation by drinking at least half of your body weight in ounces of water each day.
Lack of Sleep
Along with drinking enough water, getting the minimum amount of sleep each night is one of the most important things you can do for your body. It is recommended that the average adult get at least 7 hours of sleep each night to support a healthy life. Lack of sleep leads to a myriad of problems such as weight gain, trouble concentrating, weakened immune system, and inflammation. When you don’t sleep enough, your body secretes more inflammatory cytokines, which in turn causes inflammation.
How Does Stress Affect You?
There are many different forms of stress, but they all have a different effect on your body. Chronic psychological stress is correlated with the body losing the ability to regulate inflammatory response. One hormone that helps to regulate inflammation is cortisol, the stress hormone. If cortisol is not able to perform this function, inflammation has the potential to get out of control. Therefore, increased stress leads to higher rates of inflammation and ultimately to lasting health issues. Hire a holistic health coach in Reno to help you learn to manage this stress.
Toxins: How They Affect Your Health
Environmental toxins significantly impact our health because they are bad for our bodies and are inescapable. Everything you breathe in, drink in your water, eat in your food, and put on your body has the potential to contain environmental toxins. Because these chemicals and additives are not meant to go into our bodies, your body has to try to protect itself. The defense system uses inflammation. Although you can’t avoid all environmental toxins, you can try by avoiding processed foods and drinking water from a filter.
Learning to reduce inflammation will do wonders for your health and for how you feel every day. Sign up for one of my workshops today to learn more about what causes inflammation and ways to avoid it.
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