If you continue to eat incorrectly every day, your immune system may seek vengeance. Inflammation. You’ve undoubtedly heard of this nutrition buzzword. So, before we get into the worst eating habits that cause inflammation and may hasten ageing, let’s define inflammation.

Your body has an immune response that defends against toxins, pathogens, and infections, causing temporary inflammation. Inflammation that persists for a long period of time can be harmful to tissues and joints.

Experts explain that inflammation can cause your skin to age more quickly by breaking down collagen and elastin that keep it healthy and supple.

According to new research, months and years of chronic inflammation can lead to inflammatory diseases like cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, autoimmune disorders, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

These inflammatory diseases and disorders are linked to the ageing process. Eating anti-inflammatory foods is part of a two-pronged approach to avoiding aging-related diseases.

Avoid the following bad eating habits, which can cause inflammation and accelerate ageing:

Consuming insufficient fresh fruits and vegetables

To avoid chronic inflammation, you should break this bad habit. “Experts say Keeping our immune systems healthy and strong for a longer period of time is possible by eating fruits and vegetables that contain vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants”.

Eating AGE foods like French fries

The high temperatures required to fry foods can result in the formation of harmful compounds known as Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), which accumulate in the body as we age.

According to expert, AGEs can be found in foods such as cooked red meat and refined carbs like white bread. As a result of excessive consumption of these foods, cellular damage and inflammation are accelerated, which increases insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes risks. As a result of reduced skin elasticity, wrinkles, puffiness, and acne are symptoms of the inflammatory reaction in the skin.”

Consuming processed junk food

Processed meats such as cold cuts, bacon, and hot dogs, as well as junk foods such as candy bars, cookies, sugary drinks, potato chips, ice cream, and fast foods, are not the healthiest options. According to research, these ultra-processed foods, can disrupt the delicate balance of healthy and unhealthy microbes in the gut, or microbiome.

“When processed foods alter the bacteria that live in our gut, it causes an altered immune response, which leads to chronic inflammation,” explains Age-Defying Dietitian. Several chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and dementia, are associated with chronic inflammation.

Consuming insufficient fibre

Getting more dietary fibre, preferably 25 to 38 grams per day from foods like whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, and legumes, is the key to treating an unhealthy microbiome.

According to an expert, fibre promotes a healthy gut, keeps cholesterol low, and helps the body age gracefully. Every meal and snack should contain 4 to 6 grams of fibre.

Happy hours and a lot of drinking

According to expert, drinking any alcohol may increase inflammation in your body, and excessive alcohol consumption definitely increases your risk of chronic low-grade inflammation, among other health risks.

A health expert advises women to limit their alcohol consumption to less than one drink per day and men to less than two drinks per day.