One is that they often provoke a lot of food sensitivities, so they are all three very high-FI foods. The other is that each of them is inflammatory—tending to create inflammation. I know I’ve thrown a lot of health concepts at you throughout this book, but if you only remember one, inflammation is the one I want you to keep in mind. The reason the Virgin Diet works so quickly and so well is because we pull the foods that are most likely to set off inflammation. Gluten sets off inflammation by triggering leaky gut. Soy worsens inflammation by messing with your hormones and your thyroid. Dairy also messes with your hormones and is highly reactive, setting you up for leaky gut and inflammation as well. In this chapter, we’ll look at three of the most pro-inflammatory foods I know: eggs, corn and peanuts. We’ll also take a closer look at inflammation itself. The fastest way to lose 7 pounds and look years younger is to pull inflammatory foods out of your diet and load up with healing foods and supplements.
