7 anti-inflammatory foods and recipes
Anti-inflammatory all-stars
Inflammation may sound all bad, but it’s not. As the body’s natural response to injury or illness, inflammation signals your systems to send nutrients and immunity boosters to whatever area needs them.
But problems arise when the body experiences ongoing inflammation, the kind you don’t necessarily feel but that wreaks havoc on otherwise healthy tissues. Mounting research points to this kind of chronic inflammation—caused by genes, toxins, stress, infections, and, yes, diet—as a key factor in heart disease, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and diabetes, to name a few.
Prioritizing certain foods and avoiding others can help. Start with these anti-inflammatory all-stars.