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Building a Diet That Lowers Inflammation
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Source: U.S. NEWS
November 06, 2009
Certain foods reduce inflammation, while others raise it. What to eat, what to avoid Inflammation, normally part of a healthy immune response, is increasingly thought to play a leading role in encouraging a number of major killers, includingcancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, andAlzheimer's. Dangerous chronic inflammation occurs when the immune system stays turned on and starts attacking healthy cells and tissues-triggering, say, cancer-causing genetic mutations or the bursting of artery plaque. What you eat, though, helps determine how much inflammation you produce. Certain foods promote it, while others are inflammation-fighting superstars, says nutritionist and family physician Ann Kulze, author of Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet. Some recommendations:
