Elimination Diet Part 2: Adults Benefit Too
Whether you have read Part 1 to this series or not, perhaps you aren’t needing to know about children’s elimination diets, I want to share with you the overall reasons to seek out an elimination diet for yourself.We live in a world full of chronic illness, excess weight, sleep troubles, anger issues, focus problems, and so many other ailments that seem to affect most to all of the adult population. While so many adults choose to berate the younger generation, or even friends and family over choices to lead healthier lifestyles by stating, “We turned out fine! You are being absurd,” there is so much these adults don’t consider when saying this. The truth is that most adults battle known or unknown autoimmune issues, are on medications, struggle with ailments that they fail to include when they tell everyone how “fine” they turned out.Our bodies are not meant to consume the processed food items that have become our daily indulgences. We are exposed to toxins through the air and water. We don’t sleep enough. We are over-worked, over-stressed, and under-exercised. Our bodies are inflamed, and inflammation is the trigger to a list of ailments to long to completely list. However, the following problems are a few of the most commonly experienced:
- Depression
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Bowel Disorders
- Skin Problems
- Brain Fog
- Joint Pain
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Obesity
- Bone Health
Recent research has revealed that most, if not all, age-related diseases are linked to inflammation. This is a huge red flag. This means that we can aid our own bodies in battling against the ailments that most struggle with as they enter and live through retirement. No, an elimination diet will not prevent you from being diagnosed with cancer in the future; however, properly completing a thorough elimination diet will open your eyes to what impacts your body. This gives you the power to reduce inflammation and lead a healthier lifestyle with fewer chronic problems.
What is an Elimination Diet?
A diet that takes out foods from your typical diet. Generally, all chosen foods are eliminated together and left out until the person begins to feel/act/achieve a ‘normal’ state for a period of time. Once this occurs, foods are very slowly reintroduced, taking extreme note on behaviors, sleep, moods, skin appearance, and overall health. Through the reintroduction stage, you will discover what foods ‘trigger’ or intensify your ailments, symptoms, and disorders.An elimination diet is not a diet to be followed forever. It lasts as long as needed to establish a baseline, and after reintroduction, an adaption then becomes the new lifestyle. For example, if dairy is a trigger, you may choose to remove it permanently from your life, or you may strictly limit it. The elimination diet is hard to complete, but the information is beyond valuable, and your health is worth improving.
What Else Will I Experience?
During an elimination diet you will not only help lessen the inflammation within your gut and body as a whole, but you can expect the following:Begin the Journey of Healing the Gut.There is no ‘quick fix’ to healing the gut. This is a great start, and with further research, you will be able to continue feeling the benefits.Find Food IntolerancesEveryone has food intolerances. Not everyone has the same intolerances. You will learn what foods bother you, trigger ailments, or stir up issues you didn’t even know that you had.Learn Boosting FoodsAfter noticing what foods bother you, you will notice that some actually give you more energy, help you sleep easier, and boost your mood.Increase Your EnergyWithout foods that inflame your gut, the body works easier and more comfortably. This impacts your energy level positively.Motivation to Balance your Lifestyle Good habits generally trigger more good habits. When you start feeling better, you should be drawn toward including more exercise, less alcohol, and more sleep in your life!https://www.news-medical.net/news/20171103/New-study-shows-link-between-gut-bacteria-and-age-related-chronic-inflammation.aspxhttp://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62227-1/abstracthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425030/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171102091105.htmhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641835/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170119163442.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170119163442.htmhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/gut-fungi-might-be-linked-obesity-and-inflammatory-bowel-disorders