There are many ways to put out a fire. Smother it with a blanket. Douse it with a fire extinguisher. In most cases, though, you’d reach for water. It’s the simplest solution.
For conditions like chronic inflammation, your first line of defense is nutrition.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine looked at whether daily intake of nutrients purported to be anti-inflammatory indeed reduced inflammation.
“We’ve been focusing on inflammation for a long time,” said Arch G. Mainous III, Ph.D., the study’s lead author and a professor in the UF College of Medicine.
Read more about Inflammation’s Worst Enemy: Your Diet.
