The 5 main body systems and some of the ways nutrition impacts each of them
1. The circulatory system - It has three main parts which are the heart, the blood and the
2. The digestive system. - The digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract—also called the digestive tract—and the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. The hollow organs that make up the GI ( gastric intestinal) tract are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine—which includes the rectum—and anus. It turns food and drinks into something that the body can use for nutrition.
3. The Excretory system - The organs of this system include the liver, the lungs, the kidney and the skin. The excretory system is the way the body removes waste products.
4. The nervous system - The main organ of this system is the brain but there are also the spinal cord, the sensory organs and many nervous tissue involved in this system, connecting these organs to the body. The nervous system is divided into two parts: the central nervous system formed by the brain and the spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system. This system is responsible for sensing things, transmitting sensations, controlling movements.
5. The respiratory system - The organs that form this system are the mouth, the nose, the trachea, the lungs and the diaphragm. The respiratory system provides the body's cells with oxygen whilst removes carbon dioxide.
According to Karen Lamphere, MS, CN, most diseases have an underlying etiology involving inflammation. Conditions like arthritis (the musculoskeletal system), inflammatory bowel disease (the digestive system), asthma, allergies, (the respiratory system), heart disease (the circulatory system) , cancer, Alzheimer's (the nervous system), hemorrhoids ( the excretory system) and diabetes can be made worse or better depending on a person's diet. Lamphere, a nutritionist based in Edmonds, Washington, prescribes a diet of anti-inflammatory foods as a way to help her clients with inflammatory diseases heal as well as ensure her healthy clients stay healthy.
The anti-inflammation diet is comprised of healthy, wholesome, unprocessed foods.
Anti-inflammatory fats are a cornerstone of this diet. Lamphere recommends foods high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as wild salmon, sardines, herring, anchovies, flaxseed, hempseed and walnuts. In addition, other anti-inflammatory fats include extra-virgin olive oil, avocado oil, flaxseed oil, hempseed oil and walnut oil.