Food Can Make You Sick and Make You Well

This post comes courtesy of our friend Annie Berryhill of CF South County

That’s pretty obvious. But there is a sneaky side to food that doesn’t at first glance seem like anything good or bad and that is food’s ability to cause inflammation.

I discovered the nasty reality of inflammation this last week in my own science lab-body. Like many Crossfitters, we finished the competition season last weekend (at least here in So Cal). For many of us, we did not move on to the Crossfit Games being held in July. So, I must admit, I let off the “gas” of super clean and balanced eating. It wasn’t that eating clean was a chore, I just missed some foods that I cut out to stay in the best shape I could for my team. Continue reading…