Anti-inflammatory exercise?

[jbischke]

A common thread running through a lot of my readings (e.g., You on a Diet, Fantastic Voyage, etc.) on health lately has been the problems associated with low-grade chronic inflammation in the body. I'm making a lot of changes in my diet lately to help reduce inflammation. I'm also look at how I want to change my exercise routine. Based on what I've read and people I've talked with so far it seems that exercise is not created equal. From what I've gathered there are better and worse forms of exercises for inflammation.

Better

Yoga
Weightlifting
Walking

Worse

Running

I'm a former marathon runner so reading/hearing that running might not be so good from an inflammatory perspective wasn't great to hear.

I'd love any thoughts here or articles on this issue. If one were look to put together an optimal anti-inflammatory exercise routine what would that look like?

[marktb]

isometrics are great for any past joint/tendon injuries or trauma caused by improper exercise habits. If performed correctly, they can literally melt the fat right off the body while increasing your strength substantially.

Mark

[jbischke]

Hey Mark. I'm actually referring to the chronic low-grade inflammation that is being identified more and more as a common cause of disease and degradation in the body. It's something covered by the Oz guy who is always on Oprah as well as Ray Kurzweil in his terrific book Fantastic Voyage.

My understanding is that certain forms of exercise probably increase inflammation (e.g., running a marathon) while other forms of exercise decrease inflammation. I'd love to hear from anyone here who has studied this in more depth in terms of the impact on health and longevity.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by jbischke

Hey Mark. I'm actually referring to the chronic low-grade inflammation that is being identified more and more as a common cause of disease and degradation in the body. It's something covered by the Oz guy who is always on Oprah as well as Ray Kurzweil in his terrific book Fantastic Voyage.

My understanding is that certain forms of exercise probably increase inflammation (e.g., running a marathon) while other forms of exercise decrease inflammation. I'd love to hear from anyone here who has studied this in more depth in terms of the impact on health and longevity.

I don't know much regarding specific exercises, but the Omega 3 suppliment Flamout offered by T-Nation is suppose to combat these various inflamation issues.

[marktb]

Flameout looks like great stuff.

Personally, I take Krill Oil from Mercola and monitor my diet carefully avoiding wheat and other allergenic foods that produce inflammation.

Mark

[jbischke]

Yeah, good suggestion on Flameout. Looks good and pretty affordable. Omega-3 fatty acids are widely known to help with inflammation. Curcumin is also something that supposedly helps. Curious if y'all have any other suggestions either diet or exercise related?

[TrueBeliever]

Agreed. Balance those fatty acids and you should be good. I love T-nation but Biotest products are overpriced IMO. You can find cheaper fish oil caps with good EPA/DHA ratios. Personally I can't afford 25 bucks every 22 days just for a supplement.

[escapee]

1 ) Cod liver oil has done wonder for my 90 years old grandma's arthritis problem and overall mental health. I believe fish oil ( less vitamin A, D ) should give the same benefits .


2 ) Ionized Alkaline water has approx 5 times more oxygen than the ordinary, distilled and RO water ( it's oxygenated ), has plenty of OH ion that act as an anti-oxidant, rich in essential minerals , has microsize molecular cluster that reaches cellular level and the most important of all, its alkaline property of PH ( 8-10 ) ( RO/distilled/soda is acidic )should be able to help the body neutralizing the acidic waste (such as lactic acid). I believe the ionizer should be the best investment you could make for the inflammation issue and for long term heath.

A search on yahoo for the benefits of Alkaline water

[jbischke]

I ended up getting some fish oil supplements fairly inexpensively through costco.com. $10 for 300 1000 mg capsules with pretty decent EPA/DHA ratios.

As far as alkaline water, I'm still trying to figure out how to best do this. In the book Fantastic Voyage the authors recommend a device that filters out alkaline and acid portions of the water. That seems like a lot of work. I know people have used pH drops but not sure whether that's effective. What I've typically done is the juice from half a lime or lemon in a liter of water. Limes and lemons are acidic but alkaline forming in the body.

Any other suggestions?

[escapee]

I think all you need to do is select your desirable PH value ( 7 - 10 or acidic) on the ionizer, and then the alkaline and acidic water would each come out from different hoses ( there should always add up to 14 by PH tester). Acidic for general cleaning purpose and Alkaline as drinking water.

Japan research has found that the optimal PH value for alkaline water to be 9- 9.5 ( 10 is not as good ). I will post the link to the article when i can find it .