Top Ten Foods for Inflammation

Daily Health News reports on the ten best and worst foods for bodily inflammation.

10 BEST ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS

Wild salmon, mackerel and other omega-3-fatty-acid-rich fish.
Berries.
Green, leafy vegetables (e.g., spinach and kale).
Cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, etc.).
Deeply pigmented produce, such as sweet potatoes, eggplant and pomegranate... along with carrots, plums, oranges, peppers, peas and red grapes.
Nuts.
Whole grains.
Tea -- specifically black, green and white teas.
Cold-pressed fresh oils, including avocado, flaxseed and olive oils in particular.
Spices (specifically, garlic, ginger, turmeric, saffron).

10 WORST INFLAMMATORY FOODS

Desserts made with lots of sugar (cookies, candy, ice cream and so on).
Sweetened cereals.
"White" carbohydrates (white bread, white rice, white potatoes, English muffins, etc.).
Non-diet soft drinks.
Anything containing high-fructose corn syrup.
Processed meats (bologna, salami, hotdogs, sausage and others made with preservatives and additives).
French fries, potato chips and other fried snack foods.
Fast foods, most specifically the ones that are high-fat, high-calorie, high simple carbohydrate -- which describes most of the inexpensive offerings at quick-serve restaurants.
Margarine, because it contains processed sterols called stanols that have been implicated in both atherosclerosis and various fatty-deposit diseases.
Organ meats such as liver, because these often contain undesirable products including antibiotics, fertilizer and other unwanted residues.