What increases TNF?

• Oxidative stress – TNF activity is dependent on the generation of ROS(R).
• Lectins – For people who are lectin sensitive (perhaps a quarter of the population)
• Sun – Both UVA and UVB, which are emitted by the sun, acutely increase TNF-alpha (R, R2, R3). I still support sun exposure.
• Excessive exercise/Marathons (R)
• Sleep deprivation (R)
• Chronic insomnia – in the day time (R).
• Obesity (R)
• High glucose levels (R) – usually because of high glycemic index foods (R).
• A lack of exercise (R)
• A lack of resistant starch (R)
• Circadian disruption (R)
• Excess alcohol (R)
• Smoking (R)
• A high-fat diet (especially palmitic acid (R) – this doesn’t mean to eat a low fat diet) (R).
• A lack of foods like fruits and vegetables, which contain phytochemicals that inhibit TNF and other kinds of inflammation (R, R2).
• Heavy metals (R)
• Some toxins (R)
• Magnesium deficiency (R)
• Zinc deficiency (R)
• Vitamin D deficiency (R, R2, R3)
• Chromium deficiency (R)
• Choline Deficiency (R) – People who consumed more than 360 mg per a day had a 12% lower concentrations of TNF than those who consumed less.
• Coffee – Coffee drinkers had an average of 28% higher TNF, but maybe people with high TNF are tired, so they’re more likely to drink coffee. I got inflammation from it.
• Goji Berries (R), Aloe – (in cancer cells) (R), Reishi (R) – decreases if high (R), Andrographis (R), Apismin – found in honey and royal jelly(R). (I once took 20X the dosage of royal jelly and got fever from it). Arabinogalactan – (R).
• Vasopressin (R), IGF-1 (R), Angiotensin II (R).

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