First of all, I start this article by separating the invention (fiction) from the facts (facts): a standard anti-inflammatory diet does not actually exist. And it does not exist precisely because experts have never been able to identify a precise inflammatory state that a specific diet should combat, that is, they have not been able to establish a dietary protocol for an inflammatory state due to nutrition , an inflammatory state that for example acts shortening the telomeres, that is, it acted genetically favoring aging and diseases. In short, if there is an inflammatory state, it is not due to dietary reasons, but to other causes, for example smoking, alcohol, bad habits.

Not surprisingly, when we try to think about what exactly an anti-inflammatory diet is, we find ourselves in a sea of ​​uncertainties that define it: some say it is a natural diet, rich in fruit, vegetables, cereals and legumes , without animal proteins (Conway); there are those who say that it must not have any trace of cereals, carbohydrates and sugar in general (Perlmutter); there are those who say that it must be rich in nutritious animal foods, such as meat and fatty fish and sources of carbohydrates from fruits, vegetables, nuts (Cordain and all paleodieters); or again, different in macronutrients: there are those who say that it must be a diet high in carbohydrates, low in fat, low-sodium and low-protein (Ornish, Tlc diet, Dash diet, Fuhrman, Nyman),It is impossible to find a definition of an anti-inflammatory diet that reconciles all these currents.