I eat an anti-inflammatory breakfast every single morning to save my face.

I eat an anti-inflammatory breakfast every single morning to save my face. Read further…you might be a victim.

Inflammation is an under-the-radar deviant trouble-maker, wreaking havoc on everything from your arteries to your skin. It has been linked to various chronic diseases: heart disease, many cancers and even Alzheimer’s.

Inflammation is normal and appropriate when it is an acute response to infection and trauma, but turns negative when inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses are out of whack. This chronic low-grade inflammation response lingers slowly destroying the body.

Your appearance can be devastated by inflammation. When blood sugar (a highly inflammatory agent) goes up rapidly, sugar can attach itself to collagen making the skin stiff and inflexible. Losing this elastic resilience of young skin will give you deep wrinkles and make you look old.

I got your attention now.

Its effects accelerate the aging of the skin by increasing fine-line development and wrinkles, enlarging pores, increasing puffiness, sagging, blotchiness and redness.

Major inflammatory offenders are highly refined carbohydrates such as sugary and starchy processed foods, pollution and smoke, UV rays, partially hydrogenated oils and trans fats along with chronic stress and a lack of sleep.

1) Fight back against inflammation’s attacks by getting more omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty-fish (salmon), ground flaxseed, walnuts or fish oil supplement.

2) Phytonutrients in fruits and vegetables.

3) Exercise keeps inflammation in check.

4) Other anti-inflammatory agents are topical: vitamin C and E, mushroom extract, ginger, cinnamon, ginseng, coenzyme Q-10 and/or alpha lipoic acid.

5) Taking a daily probiotic can boost the immune system.


My anti-inflammatory breakfast:

Oatmeal with cinnamon, flaxseed, cut up green apple and walnuts sprinkled with a few raisins. A probiotic supplement, two fish oil capsules and off to the gym!