The Real Anti-inflammatory Diet

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Wendy Zukerman (Host) 0:01
Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to Science Faces. This is the show that pits facts against the fire inside your body. Today on the show, inflammation. Everyone is talking about it.
Unknown Speaker 0:20
If you're not feeling well, you most likely have inflammation. The number one health trend of 2024 is reducing inflammation.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 0:30
Reducing inflammation that we hear so much about these days. If you're feeling crappy in basically any way, people say that it is inflammation that's to blame.
Unknown Speaker 0:40
You're typically bloated and maybe you have headaches and you're having problems sleeping at night or you're fatigued during the day.
Dr. Caroline Ménard 0:45
Inflammation is really dangerous in a lot of ways because it just triggers bad things in your body.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 0:51
Not only is it triggering bad things in your body, but people say that inflammation can ravage your mind. Yeah, struggling with your mental health? Apparently, it's inflammation.
Dr. Caroline Ménard 1:03
Inflammation in our brains can cause all kinds of problems, including anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue.
Unknown Speaker 1:07
Inflammation gets in the way of your brain neurons talking to each other.
Dr. Rosa Casas 1:11
You're feeling a little more anxious, have a bit of depression. This is a huge sign of chronic inflammation.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 1:17
Never fear, though. The internet also has solutions. There are all these tips online about what you have to do to rid your body of inflammation. Like you need to avoid certain kinds of exercise.
Unknown Speaker 1:31
Overexercising can cause a lot of inflammation, especially in the gut.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 1:36
And the biggie is to change your diet. You can read countless books about anti-inflammatory diets. And it feels like everyone's got advice about what to eat or not to eat to lower your inflammation. Question, what are some good anti-inflammatory foods?
Unknown Speaker 1:53
Blackberries, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries. Anti-inflammation juice. Celery, ginger. And if you can get turmeric, absolutely add the turmeric.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 2:04
Turmeric is the one when it comes to fighting inflammation.
Unknown Speaker 2:07
Let's talk about nightshades. Tomatoes and nightshades are going to kill you.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 2:14
Did you catch that? Tomatoes and nightshades are going to kill you. If you missed it, catch up. But curiously, it's not just health fluences that are obsessed with inflammation these days. Scientists are too. In fact, there has been this explosion of research in this space. In the past year, there were over 60,000 new scientific papers written about inflammation. 60,000! And we read some of them to find out what is the groundbreaking research on inflammation? What is it doing to our bodies and our brains? And if this is a problem for you, how can you tamp down that inflammation? When it comes to our health, a lot of us have been wondering if we... Most likely have inflammation. But then there's science. Science vs. Inflammation is coming up just after the break.
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Wendy Zukerman (Host) 4:18
Welcome back. Today we are looking at inflammation. How big of a problem is this? What can we do to tamp it down? Beryl Horde, senior producer at Science Versus. Hi, Wendy. Are you worried about your inflammation?
Unknown Speaker 4:32
I kind of am now. I wasn't before doing this episode, but now I'm like, uh, this might be real.
Wendy Zukerman (Host) 4:40
So, yeah, it's been a journey. Well, let's start that journey at... mental health, because I'm hearing a lot about how chronic inflammation is affecting our brain and our mental health. So what do we know here?

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