In our last article, we explored the consequences of letting a body’s inflammatory response run wild. Inflammation causes chronic pain and exacerbates chronic illnesses. It’s a good thing to avoid but avoiding it and controlling your body’s response to inflame is no easy thing. While we’ve already discovered the sorts of food that make our systems go haywire and cause inflammation where it’s not needed. But how do we find foods to offer balance to this system. If inflammatory foods are bad, what foods would a good anti-inflammatory diet favor? Let’s take a look. Good Foods Like we mentioned last time, there’s not necessarily a reason to cut out all inflammatory foods. Indeed, everything in moderation is always a good motto to follow. You just can’t be eating Goldfish crackers every day and using them as a nutritional crutch, as they’re famously nutritiously lacking. That goes for all foods that … [ read more ]