Beat Inflammation: 30+ Surprising Ways to Feel Better Fast

Inflammation is the body's natural response to injury, illness, or stress. While this process is essential for healing, chronic inflammation can lead to a range of health problems, including joint pain, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune conditions, high cholesterol, diabetes, and hormone imbalances like low testosterone or estrogen dominance.

Pharmaceuticals often focus on managing inflammation as a symptom, providing temporary relief without addressing the underlying causes. For many, this approach feels insufficient, highlighting the need for solutions that promote long-term health and balance.

Fortunately, there are practical and novel approaches you can take to combat inflammation and support your overall health. In this post, we’ll explore effective methods across exercise, lifestyle, nutrition, and supplementation that can help you tackle inflammation and feel your best.

Move It: How to Get More Activity in Your Day

It is common (but definitely not normal) that we find ourselves more sedentary than we’d like to be. There are moments where it becomes more obvious:

Maybe your doctor has told you to move more. Or maybe you want to lose weight. Or maybe, if you have ADHD like me, you want to jump out of your skin after sitting still for a while and you know moving around makes you feel better. BTW, if you have ADHD or are on the autism spectrum this feeling is pretty normal (although still annoying).

According to a study published in 2023, high step count populations (>8,763 steps a day) have a 60% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to low step populations (<2k steps a day) and a 51% lower risk of developing Cardiovascular disease. Even small amounts make a big difference. Participants who got 2500-2800 steps per day decrease risk of CVD by 11% and death by 8%. What this means is that moving more makes you healthier, feel better, and less likely to die for any reason.

5 Reasons Why Sleep Is the Best Health Hack

“Coffee: because I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” said the smiling Don Draper-looking man, gesturing carelessly with his mug of black coffee, which caused a little to splash out. This was on a magnet at a coffee shop I worked at when I was younger. Funny, yes. True, also yes.

Sleep is one of the most important things a person can do to live linger, get better results in the gym, be more productive, and be happier all around. It’s also my favorite way to be healthier! As a personal trainer and nutrition coach, I recommend it to literally every single client I work with.

Recover Better to Max Out Your Workouts (And Your Life)

You know that phrase “less is more?” It’s kind of a metaphor for recovery activities. You can go balls-to-the-wall in your workouts, but if you aren’t recovering optimally, your efforts in the gym might be wasted — or at least diminished.

How I Lowered My High Cholesterol Without Meds - 10 Key Factors Your Doctor May Not Tell You

I was 33 when my doctor’s office called and told me that I had high cholesterol, and they were calling me in a prescription for statins.

“Sometimes it’s just genetic,“ they said, but I knew the side effects of statin medications were not something I wanted. So if going on Lipitor was something that could be prevented with diet and exercise, that’s what I wanted to do.

To be fair, most patients aren’t willing to make the lifestyle changes necessary to control their cholesterol naturally, so I’m not going to go down the path of blaming the doctors and big pharma. There’s a time and a place for what they do. But not for me, an otherwise healthy adult male.

All About Stress

Most people's idea about stress is a little one-dimensional. "Yup, it's bad," we think to ourselves, and move on. Often, we only think of stress as a thing that happens in traffic, at work or in an argument. But stress doesn't just come from a last-minute deadline, it can be way more subtle. Exercise, a hectic but fun vacation, or an exciting action movie all activate the body's stress response.

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