Share your thoughts This is the 4th and the final episode in the inflammation cycle: stress hijacks your cravings, wrecks your sleep, and pushes you toward quick fixes that make everything worse. Now it's time for the exit. In Part 4 of "Break the Inflammation Cycle," Ashok and Meera break down anti-inflammatory eating—not as a restrictive diet, but as a direction. It's not about perfection. It's about adding the foods that calm your system and crowding out the ones that don't. This epi...
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Share your thoughts This is the 4th and the final episode in the inflammation cycle: stress hijacks your cravings, wrecks your sleep, and pushes you toward quick fixes that make everything worse. Now it's time for the exit. In Part 4 of "Break the Inflammation Cycle," Ashok and Meera break down anti-inflammatory eating—not as a restrictive diet, but as a direction. It's not about perfection. It's about adding the foods that calm your system and crowding out the ones that don't. This epi...
Break the Inflammation Cycle, Part 2: The Fallout — How Stress Wrecks Your Sleep (And What to Eat About It)
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Break the Inflammation Cycle, Part 2: The Fallout — How Stress Wrecks Your Sleep (And What to Eat About It)
Share your thoughts You survived the stressful day. You ate okay. But now it's 2 AM and you're staring at the ceiling, brain running laps. In Part 2 of "Break the Inflammation Cycle," Ashok and Meera explore the stress-sleep connection—and why a bad night sets you up for a worse tomorrow. When cortisol stays elevated, it blocks melatonin production. No melatonin, no quality sleep. And here's the kicker: poor sleep spikes your hunger hormones and tanks your satiety signals. So that exhausted v...
Pay the Farmer, Not the Pharmacy
Share your thoughts This is the 4th and the final episode in the inflammation cycle: stress hijacks your cravings, wrecks your sleep, and pushes you toward quick fixes that make everything worse. Now it's time for the exit. In Part 4 of "Break the Inflammation Cycle," Ashok and Meera break down anti-inflammatory eating—not as a restrictive diet, but as a direction. It's not about perfection. It's about adding the foods that calm your system and crowding out the ones that don't. This epi...
