Keep joints healthy and recovery
on track with these superfoods.
How
can controlling inflammation lead to better muscle gains and increased fat loss?
While
most of us are done working out at the gym, outdoors, or even at home, we commonly
experience soreness in our muscles afterwards. The soreness can last for
several hours to several days. This is our body’s natural way of informing us
to relax and so that it can repair itself to get bigger and stronger. Portion of this
healing process is inflammation and it can take place all throughout the body.
One
vital mistake that many lifters make is disregarding the inflammation process
and the effects it has on the body. Inflammation is the immune system's
protective mechanism against foreign substances, injury, and infection; it can
be serious or long term. This inflammation is indispensable – we need it to restore
our muscles, so we can come back and do it all over again. Conversely, if we
have too much inflammation, it can be devastating to our body and actually
breakdown the healthy tissues diminishing gains.
So
in lieu of prolonged rest - usually not an option for gym lovers - or an
overuse of anti-inflammatory drugs, what can we do to keep inflammation at bay?
Well, you can eat for it. There are foods that you can and should be consuming
that can keep you build muscle while also lessening your body's inflammatory reaction.
SALMON
Packed
with bulk-building protein and joint-nurturing healthy fats, salmon is one of
the best anti-inflammatory foods that we should be eating. Salmon holds a
healthy amount of
