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Skip Navigation Born and raised Nara, Japan, Michiko’s nutritional approach focuses on a plant-based diet. Michiko Tomioka

June 24, 2026 ByJoyce Hendley, Staff Writer

For two decades, Dr. Vonda Wright served as an academic surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh. There, she researched musculoskeletal aging and longevity in hopes of “dispelling the common notion that aging was an inevitable decline,” she says

When you search for anti-inflammatory foods, most results suggest adding tomatoes, green leafy vegetables, strawberries, whole grains, and fatty fish like salmon to your diet. While these are fantastic recommendations, they’re a bit uninspiring. When I learned that pumpkin has anti-inflammatory properties, I was pleasantly surprised and grateful that I already had the plump gourd…

“Research now is increasingly focusing on the idea of anti-inflammatory food, meaning trying to genuinely limit ultra-processed foods (UPFs),” says Hope Barkoukis, PhD, RDN, the chair of the department of nutrition at Case Western Reserve University. There’s no one standard definition of UPFs, but basically, instead of reaching for chips, candy, sodas, and similar refined…

The refreshed Dr. Weil’s Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid™ modernizes one of the best-ranked diets by U.S. News & World Report and anchors the launch of the new Weil Nutrition Corner™ Substack

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1. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Asclepeion Hospital, Athens, Greece

Spring is the perfect time to shake up your routine. In this episode, Prof. Tim Spector and Dr. Federica Amati reveal seven delicious, science-backed foods that help cool the flame of chronic inflammation

February 1, 2022 ByKelly Bilodeau, Former Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch Share Print This Page