Can a Vegan Diet Be Anti-Inflammatory?
In the Nutrition Hotline column of the latest issue of Vegan Journal, Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, answers the question Can a Vegan Diet Be Anti-Inflammatory? Read how she comes to this conclusion: A vegan diet emphasizing whole foods and with little to no highly processed foods fits with this dietary pattern described as being associated with a lower risk of chronic inflammation. Thus, a whole foods vegan diet can be considered an anti-inflammatory diet. Studies that have found that a vegan diet is associated with lower blood concentrations of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, support this conclusion.
Read the entire column here: https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2026issue1/2026_issue1_nutrition_hotline.php
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