Dairy products
Put down the milk and cookies if you want to avoid inflammation. ‘When ingested, [dairy products] cause disruption and irritation to the cells of the gut,’ says Danielle O’Connor, ND, a naturopathic doctor in Ontario. This irritation can allow allergens to leak through into the bloodstream and cause inflammatory symptoms, she warns. These symptoms can include headaches, fatigue, joint pain, and skin rashes.
Fried foods
It’s no surprise that French fries aren’t the healthiest choice, but they could be doing more harm than you realize. ‘Research has shown that individuals who eat a diet high in deep-fried foods show a higher prevalence of inflammatory markers,’ says Obianuju Helen Okoye, MD, MBA, a public health physician and healthcare executive in St. Louis, MO.
