Oddbean new post about login | logout Also take note that the stuff that causes the highest types of inflammation are actually the worst types of food. Processed foods and refined sugars. This could be a total coincidence of course but i think that's a highly unlikely scenario.
I think the hypothesis that these "bad foods" cause inflammation is a good one. But there are counter examples where pro-inflammatory foods are known to be long-term healthy. Unfortunately humans are just way too complex to get good clear answers on sweeping generalizations like this.
Yes exactly. There is too much money to be made in this business which opens the doors to the same problems we see in the pharmaceutical industry.