1. Cheryl Allen Naturopathic Doctor Lavallee Centre
Inflammation and Diet
Cheryl Allen
Naturopathic Doctor
Lavallee Centre

2. Topics for Today Talk about inflammation How does food play a role
Demos

3. So what is inflammation??
What are some signs of inflammation

4. Signs of inflammation
Heat
Swelling
Pain
Redness

5. Good inflammation and Bad inflammation?
Inflammation helps the body heal
Swelling and heat are signs of… ?
Inflammation should be a short term thing
When inflammation continues, then all those symptoms pain, swelling, heat
can cause damage to the body, and unwanted symptoms!

6. Conditions associated with Inflammation
Arthritis and Joint Pain
Skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis
Digestive conditions like Crohn’s and IBS
Chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia
Allergies
Heart disease

7. Are foods inflammatory?
Sugar
Alcohol
Certain foods for certain people?
The idea of food sensitivity
Hypoallergenic diet

8. Can foods reduce inflammation?
Essential Oils
Anti-oxidants (eg. Polyphenols)
Turmeric- curcumin
Ginger
And others…

9. Essential fats... What is so essential?
The body uses different fats for different purposes
Usually the body can make whatever fat it needs
(ie. Make is shorter or make it longer etc)
Essential fats are essential because the body cannot make these and needs to get it from the diet. These are called Omega 3 and Omega 6
Dietary Sources can be summarized as Plants or Fish

10. Omega 3 oils Plant Based (Think Flax Seed) Lazy enzyme
Less anti inflammatory
Plant Based (Think Flax Seed)
Lazy enzyme
More anti inflammatory
EPA (Think Fish Oil)

11. Anti-oxidants What could be the health benefits of this???
Anti-inflammatory; compounds
What could be the health benefits of this???
Are the studies to back up this?
Potential problems with studying diet?

12. Where to find antioxidants?
Found in
Olive Oil** you will taste!
Berries
Green Tea
Spinach
And others…

13. The effect of cooking
We humans like to cook our food… so the question becomes…
Is there any impact on these oils if we heat them?

14. Smoke Point What is a smoke point? Higher smoke point oils:
Lower smoke point oils:
So what are best to cook with???