inflammation

Let’s clear one thing up first: no food scrubs your lungs clean. Your lungs already do that themselves, with tiny hair-like cilia and a layer of mucus that trap particles …

Your gut does best on variety. The most consistent finding in microbiome science is a simple one: people who eat a wider range of plants tend to host a more …

No food cures an infection. What the right foods can do is give your immune system the raw materials it runs on, and in a few cases, shave a little …

The most useful thing you can do for your heart at the grocery store is also the least exciting: buy more of a few specific foods, and eat them often …

Foods that cause cancer get discussed as if a single bite could flip a switch. That is not how cancer risk works. One meal does not decide your future, and …

The best foods for healthy arteries aren’t exotic “artery cleansers” — they’re everyday plants and unsaturated fats that lower the things which damage blood vessels over time: high LDL cholesterol, …