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I know that natural foods are good for the body, but today I still reach for sweet processed foods.

Delivery food is also full of greasy foods with high saturated fat content. Since I order delivery food frequently, the menu is always similar.

I remember the home-cooked meals my grandmother used to make. A diet that has moved away from nature... Could it be the reason for the increased inflammation, which was rare in the past?

Significantly increase visceral fat… What foods cause inflammation?

Eating too much sweet food is bad for your body.

Consuming excessive amounts of simple sugars, a type of carbohydrate, significantly increases visceral fat and causes inflammation.

If you hardly exercise, the unused sugar is converted into fat and accumulates in your body.

It also causes belly fat. Meat fat, which is high in saturated fats, enters the bloodstream.

Elevated triglycerides and cholesterol can increase vascular inflammation.

Consuming a lot of refined carbohydrates is not good for preventing vascular diseases and obesity.

1) Sweet pumpkin = A seasonal food these days. Its methionine content helps reduce toxins in the body and has an anti-inflammatory effect. It promotes diuresis, helping to reduce body swelling. The beta-carotene component slows aging, contributes to bronchial health, maintains eyesight, enhances skin beauty, and prevents constipation.

2) Green chili peppers = Capsaicin, the spicy component, is the key substance. It affects the cells of blood vessel walls, increasing prostaglandin substances that suppress gastritis. It helps prevent oxidation of brain cell membranes, which are prone to harmful reactive oxygen species, and aids in preventing inflammation of cells.

3) Broccoli = Its disadvantage is that it has a less appealing taste, but it contains more vitamin C than lemon, which acts as an antioxidant to reduce body oxidation (damage-aging). It also contains a lot of potassium (307 mg per 100g), which helps regulate blood pressure and contributes to the excretion of salty components (sodium) in the body. As a very low-calorie and low-fat food, even a small amount provides a feeling of fullness, and its antioxidant properties also help prevent cancer.

4) Tomatoes and cherry tomatoes are representative foods that are good for preventing inflammation. Lycopene, which gives tomatoes their red color, helps reduce inflammation in the body through its powerful antioxidant effects. In particular, cooking tomatoes and cherry tomatoes enhances the activation of lycopene. The citrulline component helps alleviate symptoms of inflammation, swelling, nephritis, cystitis, and urethritis.

5) Onion, garlic = The quercetin component in onions inhibits the accumulation of fat and cholesterol in blood vessels. It prevents cells from being attacked by harmful reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxides, contributing to inflammation prevention. The chromium component is a trace mineral that maintains homeostasis in glucose (carbohydrate) metabolism. It promotes insulin action and helps regulate blood sugar levels.

The allicin compound, which is the source of the spiciness of garlic, has a powerful sterilizing and antibacterial effect, reducing food poisoning bacteria and even killing Helicobacter pylori bacteria that cause stomach ulcers and stomach cancer (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences data).

It also boosts immunity and lowers cholesterol levels.

Helps lower blood sugar to prevent and control diabetes, and dissolves blood clots, contributing to the prevention of vascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis.