by Lorelei Cohen

Created on: January 07, 2010   Last Updated: March 18, 2010

Using alternative means of healing, it is possible to reduce inflammation naturally, and to reduce the amount of prescription drugs that you currently take. Through specific lifestyle, and diet changes, you can effectively reduce the painful inflammation that you suffer from. You just need to discover which alternative therapies are the right ones for you. Inflammation makes its appearance for a multitude of reasons, so there must also be a number of different ways for treating it. This means that it may take a little experimenting to see which alternative therapies are right for you and your illness.

There are many foods which have the ability to increase or to decrease inflammation within the body. There are also allergic reactions by some individuals to specific foods, which then causes that person to suffer from a severe reaction, which can include chronic inflammation.

Removing the offending foods from your diet can dramatically reduce the inflammation within your body, just as introducing specific foods into your diet plan, can have the amazing effect of reducing inflammation.

So which foods are most likely to help you in your battle against inflammation?

There are a number of foods which have natural anti-inflammatory properties within them, so by consuming these foods, you can effectively reduce the amount of inflammation in your body. Foods high in omega-3 fats such as flax seed, walnuts, salmon, tuna, sardine, herring and other oily fish have powerful anti-inflammatory properties. It is believed that diets high in red meat or saturated fats may be a cause of inflammation, and omega-3's are good fats, which counteract the negative effects of these bad fats. For those individuals who's health problems stem from this area, simply balancing out these fats, can stop the inflammatory responses of their body.

Diets that are high in antioxidant rich foods are also likely to reduce inflammation within the body. Pomegranate, blueberries, acai berry, green tea, and spinach are very antioxidant rich foods, but most fruits and vegetables contain their share of antioxidants. Choose to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your daily diet plan. Ginger, turmeric, green tea, manganese, yams, cherries, red grapes, broccoli, garlic and onions are all foods on the DO list for people who are looking for foods with natural anti-inflammatory properties.

The most likely foods to cause an allergic reaction, or inflammatory immune system response, are: dairy products,

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