I see lots of foods listed as anti inflammatory but what exactly is inflamed? Are human bodies regularly inflamed? I’m just worried that it’s a pseudoscientific term.
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Inflammation refers to hot swelling caused by some form of irritation.
The body creates this inflammation as part of the immune response, flooding an infected area with white blood cells that work overtime to kill the infection. The extra cells cause swelling as they crowd into the area and the excess work causes localized heating. Because viruses and bacteria can’t usually stand heat.
Sometimes, however, the body just gets inflamed. There could be a latent infection or an irritant or your body just overreacted. That’s when you need to take medicine to tamp down the swelling.
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