Top Anti-Inflammatory Foods and Supplements

Inflammation is a key contributor to nearly all chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and obesity

Marine-based omega-3 fats found in fatty cold-water fish that are low in environmental toxins—such as wild Alaskan salmon are important anti-inflammatories. Shift Drive/Shutterstock

Chronic inflammation is a hallmark of virtually all disease. While inflammation is a perfectly normal and beneficial process that occurs when your body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect you from foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses, it leads to trouble when the inflammatory response gets out of hand and continues indefinitely.

Think of inflammation as a fire used against invaders. When that fire keeps burning, or lights up incorrectly, it’s the body that gets burned.