"Inflammation Factor" in foods....

[GRardB]

Anyone watch out for that kind of stuff? I was checking out Nutritiondata and I noticed Kale was strongly anti-inflammatory. I decided to check out other foods I ate, and it seemed like almost every other food that I ate was inflammatory (bananas, prunes, apricots, oats, bread [wheat], potatoes, yams, brown rice, etc.)

 

Foods that I eat that are anti-inflammatory:

Kale

Carrots

Onions

Bell peppers

Tomatoes

Probably others, but I figured this was enough research

 

The problem is that many of the inflammatory foods are either "moderately" or "highly" inflammatory, and most of the anti-inflammatory foods are "moderately" or "mildly" anti-inflammatory. Also, I tend to eat the inflammatory foods in larger amounts (as I'm sure many others do).

 

Is this something to worry about, or is it a non-issue as long as you're eating healthy foods?

 

Thanks,

Gerard

[veganmomma]

Ginger

[beforewisdom]

DV made some very interesting posts about this and a book on the subject a while back. If you use the search feature of this forum you should be able to find it.

[chrisjs]

DV made some very interesting posts about this and a book on the subject a while back. If you use the search feature of this forum you should be able to find it.

Here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10693

[GRardB]

DV made some very interesting posts about this and a book on the subject a while back. If you use the search feature of this forum you should be able to find it.

 

Yeah, I checked it out before. Looks like I should start getting some powdered ginger in my green smoothies

[vegnchick]

Cook with tumeric