Inflammation is a critical factor in many chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and endometriosis (obviously), and research has shown that diet can play a major role in regulating inflammation in the body. The DII is a tool that has been developed to measure the inflammatory potential of an individual's diet. The Best Diet for Endometriosis: The Dietary Inflammatory Index The cool thing? The DII lines up exquisitely with the recommended food protocol of Heal Endo, and research has already shown there’s a clinically significant association between endometriosis and the DII.Ĭurious? Read on! This blog will explore the science behind the DII, its association with endometriosis, and how you can use it to make more informed food choices. The DII takes into account a wide range of nutrients and foods and provides a score that can be used to guide dietary choices.
Together they created the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII). To do so, she and her team set out to identify the level of inflammation that certain foods may cause inflammation and the degree to which some foods may reduce inflammation-all based on clinical research to limit personal biases. In a world of nutritional biases, she wanted a ranking system that looked beyond personal preferences (or lobbyist money) of what “anti-inflammatory food” is, but in an easier-to-understand format. Suzanne Judd, a nutritional epidemiologist, had the same question about which foods to recommend for similar reasons. It’s a reasonable approach to health that allows for a diet rich in antioxidants and nutrients to combat oxidative stress, balance hormones, regulates the immune system, and heal the gut, all without being overly dogmatic. As far as foods to avoid? In general, anything that spikes blood sugar (added sugars or too much starch, even if in the form of grains or starchy veggies), as well as alcohol and vegetable oils.
There’s lots of research behind this recommendation, but that’s the simple jist of it. Here I delve into the research-based who, what, where, when, and why we should focus on brightly colored veggies, fruit, quality protein, and ancestral fats. I personally wrote a book on the topic, Heal Endo: An Anti-inflammatory Approach to Healing from Endometriosis.
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