I recently read a magazine/book (it's like a hybrid) by Dr. Andrew Weil where he puts foward an "anti-inflammatory" diet. It balances well with EFI but since it's designed for healthy people he allows a little dairy (but would prefer most protein come from plant sources) and obviously whole grain everything. However, aside from that there is a lot of common ground.
Anyway, and this question is for the camp on this site that are looking into the role of low level inflammation in IBS. I have often felt that though all my tests for IBD came back negative, that there was some inflammation involved, as bIBS (before IBS) I never ever had any body temp regulation problems and aIBS (after IBS) I generally get dizzy or have a hot flush type thing in my head/ears about once or twice a week.
So, would adopting an anti-inflammatory diet (or at least incorporating the elements from it that jive with the EFI diet while still not leaving the confines overall of the EFI diet) potentially benefit this particular side effect, or my IBS as a whole?
Obviously there are different types of inflammation, but I just wanted to get a survey of opinions.
Thanks!
For more info, from what I can remember, he creates his own food pyramid and has veggies (all colors) on the bottom, with plant protein, healthy oils, fish, whole grain pasta/bread, asian mushrooms, healthy spices. I'm sure there are more but that's the gist.
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Anti-Inflammatory Diet?
