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A Harvard Gut Doctor Avoids These 4 Popular Foods at All Costs to Beat Inflammation

5 min readFeb 23, 2024

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Inflammation is necessary as it protects your body from infections and aids rapid healing of wounds and scabs.

But excess chronic inflammation is a critical condition as it can be life-threatening because it can cause cancer and diabetes.

Chronic Inflammation can damage tissues and organs and can even change the DNA of a healthy cell. It can change the brain structure and can make you more susceptible to depression.

Dr. Jacqueline Wolf, a Harvard professor of Medicine and a gastroenterologist knows that we can’t control inflammation in its entirety.

However, she acknowledges the research that has proven that your diet is a major factor for inflammation. Here are the four foods that she avoids at all costs to keep inflammation in check.

1. A Mis-Guided Belief That’ll Wreck Your Gut

A diet high in saturated fat is the root cause of many lifestyle diseases. And much awareness has been raised about its ill effect on the body and mind.

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Khyati Jain
Khyati Jain

Written by Khyati Jain

10x Top Writer| Certified Yoga Trainer| I write about health, fitness, lifestyle, and more. Open to writing gigs. Contact:- khyatijainwrites01@gmail.com

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