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Three Steps Toward an Anti-Inflammatory Diet

A good friend of mine recently asked me to point her in the right direction to get information on anti-inflammatory diets. It turns out that her recent bout with thyroid cancer was worsened by Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which is closely related to rheumatoid arthritis (both autoimmune in nature).

I told her that for an anti-inflammatory diet, it seems important to emphasize omega-3 fatty acids (from fish like salmon and from certain plants foods like canola oil, ground flaxseed, walnuts, etc.) and to deemphasize omega-6s, which are in corn oil and things made with corn oil (like mayonnaise) and in grapeseed oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, sunflower seeds and oil, and peanuts.

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