Inflammation is right up there with sugar in terms of scary wellness words.
You’ve probably heard the laundry list of ailments it’s tied to: acne, sleeping
problems, gut issues, and even life-threatening conditions, like heart
disease.
The good news is that you can eat your way to better health—as
long as you’re filling up on the right foods. Sure, turmeric gets a lot of the glory when it
comes to fighting inflammation, but how many golden
lattes do you need to sip a day for it to actually make a difference? And is
there anything else you can nibble on that works just as well?
Nutritionist Barbara
Mendez, who’s also trained as chemist and a pharmacist, helped to build an
anti-inflammatory food pyramid—with the most beneficial foods at the bottom and
the not-so great ones at the top. (Cough…gluten…cough.)
It’s kind of like the triangle you memorized in elementary school,
only with way more superfoods (and way fewer cartons of milk).
