Reduce Inflammation 1 PRIME TIME HEALTH Series Class 4

Reduce Inflammation

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PRIME TIME HEALTH

Series Class 4

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Fight Inflammation

Can a High Fat Diet be Healthy?

FACTEskimos in Greenland eat high-fat diets (around 60% of their daily calories come from fat – double the percentage recommended by the AHA) yet have one of the lowest incidences of

heart disease, arthritis and diabetes in the world!

Why is this?

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The quality of fat is very important!

Inflammation

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The term “inflammation” means the body’s immune system is “on fire!”

Inflammation

Disable joints

(arthritis)

Wrinkled skin and

dermatitisPainful

gut (gastritis)

Burrito = Artery

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Cause of Inflammation

• Too much sticky stuff in the blood deposits too much sticky stuff in the tissues

• The body “fights” the inflammation which causes pain

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Are you an iBod?

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Workbook page XX Take the iBod Quiz

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• High fructose corn syrup• Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils,

trans fats• Number symbols (e.g. red #40)

• Flavor enhancers, especially MSG• Artificial sweeteners: aspartame, sucralose• Chemical preservatives (see the Dirtiest Dozen, page 76)

Avoid “old words” on food labels

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Give yourself an oil change!

This is some of the newest nutritional research in healthy aging.

Eat LESS “old oils”

Eat MORE “young oils.”

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Eat MORE Eat less Eat noneFish oilFlax oil

Olive oilNut oil

Corn oilCottonseed oilPalm kernel oilSunflower oilSoybean oilCoconut oil

“Hydrogenated” or “Partially

hydrogenated” oils

Trans-fats - added to foods

Give yourself an oil change!

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Go fish! Eat more seafood

than meat

Go plant-based diet Minimum of 9

servings per day

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Increase Healthy Fats

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Eat the Four S’s

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Seafood Salads

Smoothies Spices

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Keep your Prime Time Pharmacy open

Practice the Pills and Skills model of health

Make health your hobby

Graze on good foods

Reduce your waist

Move More!

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Break and Snack

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Keep your Prime Time Pharmacy open

Practice the Pills and Skills model of health

Make health your hobby

Graze on good foods

Reduce your waist

Move More!

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Just eat real foods

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Just eat real foods

made by Mother Nature

eaten very close to the way they grow on the farm or in the ocean

Eat pure, eat fresh!

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The REAL FOOD diet

Just eat real foods

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Why we age:

Sticky Stuff

Our garbage-disposal system weakens

We accumulate too much sticky stuff in our bodies

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Keep your Prime Time Pharmacy open Practice the Pills and Skills model of health

Make health your hobby Graze on good foods

Reduce your waist Move More!

Reduce Inflammation Just eat real foods

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

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Antioxidants Bodies make less Eat more foods that

contain them

Oxidation = Rust

Oxidants (free-radicals) Damage cells and tissues

Immune System

Young = powerful

immune system

Older = weakened

immune system

Sticky stuff builds up and

we age

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Prime-Time Health1. Keeping the sticky stuff out

of your body2. Strengthening your immune

system

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Real foods don’t build up sticky stuff in your body;

fake foods do.

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Eating for Prime-Time Health

are real foods are nutrient-dense

give you good-gut feelings

don’t cause sticky stuff to build up in your bloodstream

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Choose foods that:

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What foods have all of these characteristics?

The 16 Super foods!

Pg. 179-227 (pictures of these foods)

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The brain and eyes are the organs most affected, for better or worse, by nutrition

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Reshape your tastes

Listen to the wisdom of the

body

Avoid “bad words” on food labels

Make an “instead of…”

listGo fish! Food synergy

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Mind over gutRepeatedly eat your “less-than-favorite” foods

Brain tells your taste buds you

like it

You begin to crave these

foods

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Reshape your tastes

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Wisdom of the body

Inner cravings for good foods

Not liking bad foods

Good gut feelings

Losing our “wisdom of the body”

Lost by defying it for long

periods of time

Rediscover it with the REAL

FOOD Diet

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High fructose corn syrup

Hydrogenated oils

Foods with dyes and numbers (e.g. red #40) on the ingredients list

Flavor enhancers (e.g. MSG and its aliases)

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Avoid “bad words” on food labels

Artificial sweeteners

(aspartame, sucralose)

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Make an “instead-of” list

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Instead of this . . . Eat this . . .

CHIPS POPCORN

CANDYBAR TRAIL MIX

ICE CREAM YOGURT

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Pink color = astazanthin• Benefits the brain• Benefits the vision

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Science says: Go Fish!

• Seafood lowers the “highs”• Seafood raises the “lows”• Seafood keeps sticky stuff out of your body• Seafood is anti-inflammatory• Seafood is brain food.

Dr. Bill’s Prescription:Wild Pacific salmon, 6 oz, three times a week.

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Food Synergy

Mixing and eating super foods helps them work better

in the body

Examples on page 226

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Eating for Prime-Time Health

• Salmon • Multi-veggie salads

• Fruit and yogurt smoothies

• Spices (turmeric, black pepper, ginger, rosemary, cinnamon, garlic)

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Dr. Bills Four Food Groups

Don’t Worry Be Happy

Stress

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Don’t Worry Be Happy

Stress management program• Helper’s high (pg. 251)

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Check for Understanding

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Q & A

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