How Does Nutrition Change Your Tissue

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Does your nutrition cause changes in your tissue? Yes, and I will provide a couple of examples. If you eat trans fat it will change the quality of your cell membranes causing them to become hard and less pliable. When I perform body fat measurements on clients I can tell if they have been eating trans fats because their tissue is extremely hard and sometimes I am not even able to pinch their tissue. Fish oil on the other hand, has the opposite effect. Fish oil improves the health of your cell membranes and makes taking body fat measurements much easier.

The other thing that causes changes in your tissue is sugar. Sugar causes inflammation in the body which causes changes in your soft tissue. Sugar is sticky and it binds to proteins in the body which accelerates the aging process. Excess sugar also causes people to become less flexible because of the binding that occurs.

Another other source of problems for many people is food sensitivities. Food sensitivities cause an inflammatory response in the body which changes the quality of your tissues. If you are having problems with chronic pain, adhesion's, or trigger points then I would suggest you try to eliminate all possible sources of allergens. The most common food sensitivities are wheat, soy, dairy, and eggs.

Having taken quite a few body fat measurements in the last couple of years I can tell you that the diet that you eat definitely changes how your tissue feels. It is very easy to tell just by taking skin fold measurements on someone if their tissue is healthy or not. Often times I have seen dramatic changes in clients tissue within in a couple of weeks of nothing but dietary changes.