#266 - How and why to eat an anti-inflammatory diet | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

Inflammation is an essential process in the body to help with healing and illness recovery. However, many people have chronic inflammation, which accelerates aging and drives disease processes. We can help control inflammation through diet. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss environmental and dietary sources of chronic inflammation as well as the foods that are anti-inflammatory.

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🎙 What Robert Lustig, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:04) — Inflammation is essential

(05:04) — What causes chronic inflammation?

(08:14) — Processed seed oils drive inflammation

(09:40) — Sugar drives inflammation

(11:00) — Fiber is an anti-inflammatory food

(12:18) — Omega-3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory

(13:27) — Vitamin D is anti-inflammatory

(14:52) — Controlling inflammation helps combat aging processes

(15:37) — The Western diet causes inflammation

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