What (and how) you eat can help lower systemic inflammation for long-term health.
Acute, short-term inflammation is totally normal and your body’s natural way of fighting infection and injury.
In fact,chronic inflammatory diseasesare the most significant cause of death in the world.
What Exactly Is an Anti-inflammatory Diet?
Even spices, specifically turmeric, which contains the protective compound curcumin, have been shown to reduce inflammation.
Many of theseanti-inflammatory foodsare alsohigh in antioxidants.
Why Choose an Anti-inflammatory Diet?
Research shows that everything from alcohol to refined carbs to sugar in heavy amounts can be a culprit.
Plus,chronic inflammationcan seriously reduce your quality of life.
And that means one less health concern to consider.
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