Well, yes it is and it all does relate. You’ll just have to be a bit patient and all will be revealed, grasshopper. But first, what do we mean by inflammation? You’re familiar with it on your skin, you get a splinter or a cut and then that gets kind of reddish, maybe a little swelled and warm to the touch. That’s inflammation. Not to be confused with infection which is a separate thing. Infection is caused by an external pathogen while inflammation is the result of the body reacting to something irritating the cells.

And it’s not just your skin that can be inflamed. That’s certainly the easiest to see but there are others. Hay fever is a kind of inflammation. As is rheumatoid arthritis, asthma or IBD.

Your heart can be affected as well. Inflammation of the coronary arteries can elevate your risk of heart attack. Dr. Eric Topol, Department Chairman, Cleveland Clinic Heart Center states the new information about inflammation will, “change everything we do in heart disease.”

The risk of stroke is effected as well. Increased inflammation is associated with strokes.

And last but certainly not least, a subject near and dear to me, Type 2 diabetes. Studies have proven that obesity without inflammation does not result in insulin resistance. Now not all Type 2 diabetes are fat, I’m not for instance, but there are a significant number who are, most likely including my father. It stands to reason that their insulin resistance would be improved if their overall level of inflammation could be reduced.

And that brings us full circle. What can we do to reduce the inflammation present in our bodies? It turns out a lot of the low carb, vegan foods we like to eat actually can reduce the levels of inflammation we have. Things like vegetables, healthy fats and whole soy products are beneficial in this area as well as others. Avoiding things like sugars, high GI fruits and processed foods also fit well into a low carb, vegan diet.

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