My guest this week is Jenny Carr, a leading inflammation expert and international best selling author. We discuss how impactful an anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle can be for families. After surviving a near-death experience due to an autoimmune condition, Jenny is on a mission to aid others in healing through teaching how to implement and maintain an anti-inflammatory lifestyle. Jenny specializes in helping children and parents reverse symptoms from chronic illnesses like autoimmune diseases, behavioral disorders, and physical and mental disorders. All without feeling deprived and overwhelmed.
Jenny provides parents with practical tips on how to help their children identify, address, and engage in treating inflammation. Children on the spectrum, with ADHD, ADD, anxiety and behavioral challenges have seen life-changing effects by the safe elimination of toxic ingredients such as processed sugars while following an anti-inflammatory diet.
What is Inflammation?
►Acute inflammation – when our body reacts with inflammation to support the healing process
- occurs when we break an ankle, sprain a wrist, have a cold or flu
►Chronic inflammation – inflammation that represents ‘toxins’ and shows itself uniquely for each individual whether it be physically or behaviorally
- Appears different for everyone - it targets areas each individual is susceptible to
- Can be linked to symptoms such as chronic stomach pains, digestive issues, bloating, headaches, skin conditions
- Can come from genetic predisposition or overused weakened areas
Chronic Inflammation in Children
►Inflammation is linked to many different behavioral symptoms
- Sensory conditions
- ADHD, ADD
- Chronic anxiety
- Depression
Helping Children Find and Understand Inflammation
►Find ways to help the child understand and identify what is happening with their body. By doing so, the child will feel more invested in making changes to better themselves
- Ex: Draw a stick figure and have the child point or draw an ‘X’ where they notice something hurts or something is wrong
- If of writing age, encourage them to write notes of how they are feeling
What Causes Inflammation?
►Our Diet
- Stray from food-like products and replace with actual whole foods
►Lack of water consumption
►Stress
- Societal pressures continue to rise for both adults and children
- Not getting enough sleep does not allow your body to heal and regenerate the cells needed to help rid the body of toxins
- Emotional wellbeing links directly to stress levels in both children and adults
►Parasites, household cleaning products, personal care products
Top 6 Inflammatory Foods
►Processed sugar – there are over 50 names of processed sugar!
►Alcohol
►Wheat
►Cow Dairy
►GMO (Genetically modified foods )
Where to Begin: The First Step to an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
►Instead of trying to cut all inflammatory foods at once and start with the most harmful of them all – processed sugars
►Cut processed sugars from your diet and swap them with non-inflammatory sugars such as: Pure maple syrup, raw honey, whole, and dried fruits
Sugar Detox
►Addiction to processed sugars and cravings are very intense when removing them from any diet
►Have clean, sweet treats on hand for you and your child that are made with non-inflammatory ingredients to aid with the transition
The Clean Eating Kid Challenge
►Visit thecleaneatingkidchallenge.com to get a FREE copy of Jenny’s advanced reader book where she outlines many helpful tips for parents and children such as:
►Helping you improve chronic symptoms in your children
►Teaching you how to adapt to the anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle
►Walking you through the grocery store aisle and giving you the tools to know what to buy and what to avoid
►Steps on how to stop cravings in their tracks, and so much more!
Where to learn more?
►Jenny’s Website: www.jennycarrhealth.com
►Instagram: @jennycarrhealth
►Twitter: @jennycarrhealth
►Jenny’s Facebook Page
►Jenny Carr’s Books on Amazon
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