Anti-inflammatory foods

Hey everyone,

I've been researching anti-inflammatory foods and came accross cayenne pepper. I was surprised as it is so spicy. Does anyone use ceyenne pepper to control/prevent inflammation? What foods so you use?

Yeah. That's weird. I was looking into a natural supplement once (can't remember what but it might have been - Turmeric or Curcumin (maybe)?) and it often included cayenne pepper also because it supposedly made the supplement work much better. I'm not really sure what exactly makes particular foods anti-inflammatory. I wonder what the science is behind a food being anti-inflammatory. It seems that if certain foods were really inflammatory then it would be better if nobody ate them at all, ever. So now we can get rid of meats, gluten, sugars, artificial sugars, salt, caffine, and anti-inflammatory foods. Oops, forgot dairy.

Yes, peppers are nightshades. Potatoes, tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, tamarios, pepinos, pimentos, paprika, and cayenne peppers are classified as nightshade foods. The chemical in chili peppers responsible for the burning sensation is capsaicin.

"Concepts of an anti-inflammatory diet include lots of omega 3, wild alaskan salmon, mackerel, sardines, walnuts, pecans, chia seeds, extra virgin olive oil..."

thanks ster - i was looking for a new smoothie recipe to try -

yummmm !