May2015_WEIGHT GAIN IS A CHEMICAL RESPONSE TO CERTAIN FOODS

Weight gain is nothing more that your body’s chemical reaction to certain foods.  You eat something that is reactive for you, an inflammatory response is triggered, your digestion is impaired and suddenly you’re up 500gms – 1kilo. 

The mistake would be in stopping there and saying that the particular food causes the weight gain.  It’s never the food itself that causes weight gain.  It’s the chemical response it triggers in your body that makes the number on the scale tick upward and awakens latent health issues.

The hidden culprit behind all of this is inflammation.  Countless studies have linked chronic low grade inflammation to many diseases along with premature aging and obesity.

In its primary function, inflammation is a good thing.  It’s the body’s immunologic response to injury or illness that allows us to fight off infection.  We want our inflammatory response to kick in when we injure ourselves, to speed the healing process and help protect our tissues.  The problems occur when the inflammation doesn’t subside and becomes chronic in our system.  When the body is rife with inflammatory chemicals, our latent health issues get triggered, we age prematurely and yes – we gain weight.

Foods that you choose can actually hasten or reverse the inflammatory process.  These foods might be healthy in a vacuum, but when combined with our body’s unique chemistry they can be quite toxic.  When we eat any of these trigger foods, our bodies, being the brilliant machines they are, sense that something toxic has been introduced into our system.  The body goes on high alert, thinking it is under attack and it floods the tissues with water, trying to keep that toxic substance away from the brain and other vital tissues – enter swelling, rashes itching, and tissue damage.  As the body continues to divert all its energy to the problem, other body systems start to slow down as a result, including digestion, circulation, and cognitive function. – hello weight gain, joint pain and depression. 

Leanne Laing, Your Body by Design

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