Hi everybody this is Monica Reinagel the nutrition diva here with your quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous

Before we dig into today's show which is all about foods that fight

inflammation and why everyone should care about this.

Meredith asked me to do a show on foods that fight chronic inflammation.

Now you might be thinking to yourself,

I don't have arthritis, so unless I sprain my ankle,

why would I need foods that fight inflammation?

Actually, chronic low-level inflammation

affects a lot more people than you might think,

and although you may not feel it, this type of inflammation can increase your risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis,

and just about everything else that tends to go wrong with your body as you

get older.

So don't touch that dial.

Almost everyone can benefit from eating foods that fight inflammation. So why is it that inflammation is such a common problem these days?

Well, there are several things that contribute to chronic inflammation,

being overweight, being sedentary, smoking, being too stressed, not getting enough sleep.

Is any of this sounding familiar?

Well, all of these things can contribute to low-level inflammation,

and this speeds up the aging process and increases

your risk of many diseases. But what you eat is also a huge factor and can either make chronic

inflammation worse or help fight it. The relationship between diet and

inflammation is fairly complex. I mean you could write a whole book about it.

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