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'If someone experiences gut issues, has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, or has had unexplained chronic symptoms that put them on the path to an autoimmune disease or another serious diagnosis, then going gluten-free will likely help,' says Jenny Levine Finke, a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach, and author of Dear Gluten, It's Not Me, It's You. Although many people digest gluten without issue, people who are sensitive to gluten (a condition called nonceliac gluten sensitivity) experience a different type of immune response that causes an inflammatory effect, according to a 2020 study in Gastroenterology. Gluten is a protein found in wheat and other grains, which means it shows up in bread, pizza crust, pasta, baked goods, and cereals. Rene Armenta, a surgeon with Renew Bariatrics.

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'You may even notice that your skin ages faster when you're constantly inflamed as inflammation can break down collagen and elastin, which are responsible for keeping your skin looking young and supple,' says Dr. This type of long-term, low-grade inflammation can damage tissues and joints. The dark side of inflammation is when it becomes chronic and simmers in the background, the swelling and heat never abating because your body keeps sending out inflammatory cells to fight even when there's no invader. Whether you're stung by a bee or burn your hand on the stove, your body has an immune response that fends off toxins, pathogens, and infections, causing short-term inflammation in the process. So, before getting into the worst eating habits that cause inflammation and may speed up aging, let's get solid on what inflammation really is. And like a lot of folks, you may not fully understand what it means or why it's such a hot topic.

You've no doubt come across this nutrition buzzword. 17, at Sessions Music Hall Lounge $15 advance, $15, 21+.Inflammation. Hand Habits performs with Gregory Uhlmann 8 pm Thursday, Feb.

“I try and just follow it and let it come out.” “Most of the time when I sit down with lyrics - I’m not being mystical and I’m not being evasive - but I feel that I’m not in charge,” Duffy says. Determining what a song will be should first and foremost be the song itself. Some people are secure in their identity, while still others are always searching. Writing music, they say, “starts with a feeling, or a reaction to a feeling, that I’m trying to work out.” On Fun House, Duffy says, “I really wanted to take up more space as a songwriter,” pointing toward album track “Aquamarine,” which started out as a dark Leonard Cohen-style ballad but is now opened up with electronics and breakbeats. But in that minimalist approach to songwriting and performance, it’s easy to lose sight of what can exist in between. “As a guitar player I can shy away from overdoing it,” the musician continues. “I just like the way my body feels and my spirit feels when I play guitar.

“I’ve had the same guitar since I started playing,” Duffy explains. Raised in New York state, Duffy studied guitar performance in college, but demurs when asked if they’re a “gearhead.”

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“I wanted to be pushed creatively.”ĭuffy mentions Fleetwood Mac guitarist and songwriter Lindsey Buckingham as an influence the proficiency Buckingham shows with his instrument, but also his willingness to stay subservient to the song: tasteful, intentional, not afraid to take a solo but also in the moment.ĭuffy holds themself to those standards, too. On Fun House, Duffy adds, “I wanted to get outside of that fear a little bit,” and to be more ambitious with tempos, instrumentation and arrangements. With the gently rhythmic Fun House track “Just to Hear You,” alongside Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius, Duffy repeats in a circling harmony, “I don’t need anything.” It’s a statement of purpose, with an edge of thrilling release. It’s hard to break out of patterns that we’ve made for ourselves.” Over the phone from their home in California, Duffy tells Eugene Weekly, “I spent so much of my life identifying as a guitar player, not as a songwriter. Duffy now finds joy in their own songwriting, which fits nicely alongside recent classic heartland rock updates from bands like Big Thief and the immaculately understated quality of groups like Fleetwood Mac in its ’70s heyday. 17 at Sessions Music Hall Lounge, where they supported Andy Shauf in the main hall in September.Īs a guitarist, Duffy has toured, performed and collaborated with some of today’s most intriguing indie musicians, such as Weyes Blood, The War on Drugs, Kevin Morby and Perfume Genius. The songwriter and guitarist’s third studio album is out now on Saddle Creek Records.

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When songwriter and guitarist Meg Duffy, who performs as Hand Habits, recorded their latest full-length album, Fun House, Duffy wanted to break free from the narratives we all tell ourselves about our own lives, and specifically to reject the orthodoxy of what they thought they could do as a musician.

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