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Articles & Books From Artemis Morris
Article / Updated 08-29-2020
The first thing you need to know about inflammation is that it’s not all bad. In fact, inflammation plays an important role in keeping you healthy. Inflammation is the body’s way of protecting itself from harmful bacteria, viruses, and injury. In some cases, though, that system causes the body to turn on itself, attacking healthy cells and organs.
Article / Updated 09-01-2020
Changing your diet to include anti-inflammatory foods, spices, herbs, and beverages is the first and most important step in the battle against inflammation and chronic disease. Getting a lot of good exercise — both heart-pumping cardiovascular workouts and relaxing yoga — is another good step.Finding those supplements — natural herbs and enzymes — that give your new diet that extra boost is an added bonus in the fight against inflammation.
Article / Updated 08-29-2020
You know lowering inflammation can make you feel less bad, but did you know that anti-inflammatory foods can actually make you feel good? Eating right and getting rid of the pain and irritation of inflammation can elevate your mood, which in turn makes you want to move more, socialize more, and just do more.Without achy joints, you may be more willing to take that walk with a friend.
Step by Step / Updated 08-29-2020
You don’t have to go any farther than your kitchen to start your fight against inflammation. Food can be just as powerful as medication in decreasing inflammation and reducing your risk of chronic disease. This list highlights ten of our favorite inflammation-fighting foods. Make them part of an anti-inflammatory diet, and the punch becomes much more powerful.
Article / Updated 04-14-2022
Sticking to a regular high-intensity workout that’s short in duration — about 15 to 30 minutes daily — reduces your risks of obesity and therefore your risks of metabolic syndrome. Physical exercise is also associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular and heart disease and improved cognition and brain function.
Fight inflammation and manage chronic pain and fatigue with this essential guide Arthritis, stroke, chronic respiratory disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes all have roots in chronic inflammation. No book explores the connection in a more accessible and straight-forward fashion. Packed with the latest information that can have a real and immediate impact on your health, the brand-new edition includes: 100 tasty and nourishing recipes Key anti-inflammation foods to incorporate in your diet Inflammatory foods to avoid The latest in anti-inflammatory superfoods Meal plans to fit any lifestyle The latest in lifestyle factors that impact inflammation Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Dummies, 2nd Edition explores the link between inflammation and diseases like stroke, chronic respiratory disease, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-23-2022
Choosing an anti-inflammation diet is one way to control inflammation in your body. For anyone living with chronic inflammation, finding a way to decrease symptoms and, if possible, erase the “bad” inflammation altogether, is a blessing. In many cases, living with inflammation doesn’t have to be permanent — you can treat, prevent, and sometimes even eradicate those inflammatory issues by knowing which foods are triggers for you, which foods are bad for everyone, and how to change your diet accordingly.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
After you discover the link between inflammation and chronic illness — and the important role food has in fighting them both — you need an idea of what foods will help you treat and even prevent inflammation. Here are some ideas to guide your food choices for different meals:
Breakfasts: Turn to natural ingredients in homemade smoothies, such as berries, honey, and Greek or non-dairy yogurt.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
An anti-inflammatory diet begins with choosing the right foods, but it continues with using anti-inflammatory cooking methods to prepare those foods. You can undo a lot of the good in your healthy foods by cooking them the wrong way. Here are some tips on getting the most out of your cooking methods:
Baking: Put your food in the center of a glass or ceramic baking dish, leaving room around the sides to let hot air circulate.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Inflammation contributes to the development and symptoms of chronic illnesses, and understanding that link is the first step in knowing how to change your diet in order to combat inflammation and take better care of yourself. Here are some illnesses linked to inflammation:
Heart disease: Clinical research has linked heart disease — from coronary artery disease to congestive heart failure — to inflammation.