The Anti-Inflammatory Diet – by Dale Pinnock

We previously reviewed this author’s “The Medicinal Chef”, which focus on a “eat this to improve that” approach on a system-by-system basis through the body. This time, it’s purely about fighting inflammation.

This is important, because inflammation is a root cause of many diseases, and the diseases it doesn’t outright cause, it makes nearly all of them worse.

Thus, Pinnock takes us through a simple explanation of the biology of inflammation, the impact of chronic inflammation on health, and non-dietary lifestyle drivers of such, plus the all-important gut-inflammation connection.

Thereafter, he presents dietary solutions: being aware of foods that “fuel the fire” of inflammation, to avoid or at least minimize those, and then how to “power your plate” with actively anti-inflammatory foods that stand a tier above the “well, at least they don’t make it worse” middle-range foods, to instead give your body everything it needs to dial down inflammation the most effectively. And yes, there are recipes (80 of them).

For those who like step-by-step “do this, do that” plans, that’s what the “6 simple steps” mentioned in the subtitle are (it’s a 6-week plan), and this is toward the end of the book, to bring together everything learned over the course of the book, and integrate those learnings into one’s kitchen and life.

The style is the lightest of light pop-science, which is what one might expect from a TV chef who isn’t a scientist or doctor, but the scientific content is nevertheless sound, and well-referenced.

Bottom line: if you’d like to reduce your inflammation in an easy, step-by-step fashion, this book can definitely help with that.

Click here to check out The Anti-Inflammatory Diet, and dial down your inflammation!