3 Steps to Control Chronic Inflammation (And How to Keep Score On Your Progress)

About this episode

Brad Kearns discusses three steps to control chronic inflammation through lifestyle changes and emphasizes the importance of diet, movement, and sleep.

In this episode, I talk about three simple ways to control chronic inflammation—and how to keep score on your progress instead of chasing expensive supplements. The topic was inspired by a friend who texted me a photo of a pricey bottle of antioxidants and asked if it would help with inflammation, which prompted some classic Brad-splaining. I explain why the biggest drivers of chronic inflammation are everyday lifestyle habits—especially diet—and why heavily processed foods, refined industrial seed oils, refined grains, sugars, and alcohol disrupt metabolic health and promote visceral belly fat, the dangerous fat around your organs that actively releases inflammatory agents into the bloodstream. The goal is shifting toward a protein-centric, nutrient-dense whole foods diet. I also cover the other major pillars: movement and sleep. Sitting too much can promote inflammatory processes, while chronic overtraining can keep the body stuck in a sympathetic stress response—so the goal is regular daily movement paired with a sensible fitness program. Finally, I explain why sleep, rest, recovery, and true downtime are essential for repair and brain health, including…

People in this episode

Host: Brad Kearns

Topics covered

• chronic inflammation
• lifestyle habits
• diet
• movement
• sleep
• metabolic health

Keywords

• chronic inflammation
• diet
• processed foods
• movement
• sleep
• metabolic health
• antioxidants

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Products: antioxidants, processed foods, refined industrial seed oils, refined grains, sugars, alcohol, protein-centric, nutrient-dense whole foods diet

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