What is an anti inflammatory diet?
The anti inflammatory diet is typically:
- Mostly plant based
- Plus fish
- High intake of colorful fruits and vegetables (eat the rainbow daily)
- High dietary fiber
- High carotenoid rich foods such as red, yellow and orange foods
- Weight also loss lowers inflammation
- Avoiding dairy if you have a dairy intolerance lowers inflammation
- Avoiding gluten if you have a gluten intolerance lower inflammation
- Minimize seed oils such as safflower, sunflower, soybean, cottonseeds among others which may turn on inflammatory pathways in the body.
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