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August 17, 2009: 02:36 AM EST
Adjusting one’s diet to include, or avoid, certain foods might reduce the chances of damaging inflammation and the risk of diseases triggered by inflammation, scientists are finding. An anti-inflammatory diet would include vegetables, whole grains, nuts, oily fish, ginger, turmeric, and blueberries. At the same time, the diet would avoid certain inflammatory foods: saturated fats, trans fats, refined carbohydrates, sugars, etc. But in the end, some scientists suggest, the simplest way to quiet a haywire immune system is to eat healthy and keep the weight off. "If you lose weight, inflammation is dramatically improved," an obesity specialist says.
Shara Yurkiewicz, "Battling inflammation through food", Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2009, © The Los Angeles Times
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