Reduce inflammation
Chronic inflammation can cause not only physical illness, but mental illness. It is increasingly linked to mental health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc…
Reducing inflammation is crucial to addressing mental health symptoms. The following guidelines can help you to reduce inflammation.
One of the key ways to reduce inflammation is to correct your nutrition and supplement. Read more about how to correct your nutrition and supplement by clicking on the links below.
Toxicity can greatly increase inflammation, and reducing your exposure to toxins, and optimising your detoxification can help to reduce inflammation.
Read more about how to detoxify to reduce inflammation by clicking on the links below.
- Detoxify your environment
- Optimise your detoxification
- Detoxify from medication
- Detoxify from substances and behaviours
Too little or too much exercise can cause an inflammatory response. However the right exercise, adapted to your physiological needs, can help to reduce inflammation.
Meditation can help calm the nervous system and promote the relaxation response, which in turn can reduce inflammation. Dusek, J. A., Out, H. H., Wohlhueter, A. L., Bhasin, M., Zerbini, L. F., Joseph, M. G., Benson, H. and Libermann, T. A. (2008). Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response. [online] PLoS One, 3 (7), e2576. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18596974 [accessed 27 Nov. 2017].
Mind body therapies can calm the nervous system, and balance hormones and neurotransmitters. As such, it can help reduce inflammation.
One of the most effective ways of reducing inflammation is to heal your gut. Indeed, gut issues such as leaky gut, gut dysbiosis, etc… can lead to inflammation, and in turn, inflammation can exacerbate gut issues. Taking steps to heal your gut can help to reduce inflammation.
Connecting with nature and natural light can balance hormones and neurotransmitters, and calm the nervous system, as well as help with detoxification. As such, getting regular exposure to nature and natural light can help reduce inflammation.
Practicing the relaxation response helps to calm the nervous system and balance hormones and neurotransmitters, thereby helping to reduce inflammation. Dusek, J. A., Out, H. H., Wohlhueter, A. L., Bhasin, M., Zerbini, L. F., Joseph, M. G., Benson, H. and Libermann, T. A. (2008). Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response. [online] PLoS One, 3 (7), e2576. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18596974 [accessed 27 Nov. 2017].
Poor sleep can cause inflammation, and conversely, getting enough sleep, at least 7 to 8 hours a night, can help balance hormones and neurotransmitters, and reduce inflammation.
Mental therapy can help to reduce perceived stress, and help us to feel supported and understood. By promoting feelings of greater calm, control and empowerment with regards to our situation, thoughts and feelings, it can help to reduce the stress response, and therefore inflammation.
Having a sense of purpose can help to balance our nervous system, helping us to feel meaningful, supported, connected, useful and less stressed, which in turn, will help to reduce inflammation.
Healthy breathing can help calm our nervous system, and rebalance our biochemistry which in turn can help us regulate inflammation.