Saturday, September 15, 2018

Anti-inflammatory diet linked to lower risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases

CANCER DIGEST – Sept. 15, 2018 – Adhering to an anti-inflammatory diet was associated with lower risk of dying from cancer as well as cardiovascular causes, according to a new study in the Sept. 2018 Journal of Internal Medicine.

The results showed that the more closely the participants followed an anti-inflammatory diet the lower their risk of dying form cancer or cardiovascular causes.

“Our dose-response analysis showed that even partial adherence to the anti-inflammatory diet may provide a health benefit,” said lead author Dr. Joanna Kaluza, an associate professor at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, in Poland.


Anti-inflammatory foods consist of fruits and vegetables, tea, coffee, whole grain bread, breakfast cereal, low-fat cheese, olive and canola oils, nuts, chocolate, and moderate amounts of red wine and beer. An inflammatory diet includes red meat, organ meets, chips, and soft-drinks.

The collaborative study of 68,273 Swedish and Polish men and women ages 45 to 83 years who were followed for 16 years and followed an anti-inflammatory diet. The researchers led by Joanna Kaluza Department of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, found that among participants who most closely followed the diet had an 18 percent lower risk of dying of all causes, a 20 percent lower risk of dying of cardiovascular causes and a 13 percent lower risk of dying of cancer compared to those who did not strictly follow the anti-inflammatory diet.


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