Nutrition and Soft Tissue Health

Everyone is aware of the importance foam rolling and stretching for soft tissue health, but few people are aware of the impact of nutrition. I challenge anyone with multiple chronic adhesions, trigger points, or tendonitis to give up all wheat (gluten), corn, legumes, and dairy products for a week. Eat as many whole meats and veggies as you like and make rice-based foods your only source of starchy carbs. See if your tissues don’t feel better.

Our consumption of Agricultural era foods is still relatively new for humans. We can’t fully digest and assimilate many of the proteins, lectins, and other components of these foods unless they are processed and cooked beforehand. If a food has to be highly processed and cooked before we can eat it, it’s logical that it might not fully agree with us. Thus, many of us will have some degree of sub clinical inflammatory reaction to these foods. These reactions are generally “hidden” allergies that cause symptoms like muscle pain, joint pain, tendonitis, fatigue, gas, and moodiness. If you eliminate the aforementioned foods and feel like crap with hardcore cravings for the first few days, you’re on the right track (note how many people literally feel sick when going from a standard “eat whatever ain’t nailed down” powerlifting diet to a clean diet). The withdrawal symptoms prove that you are “food addicted.” Ninety percent of the time an addictive food is a reactive food. Fortunately, the craving will pass after a few days and you’ll feel much better.

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