Keep these points in mind the next time you're at the drive-thru.
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Kiersten Hickman a Brooklyn-based Connecticut-raised freelance journalist and content strategist covers a variety of nutrition health and lifestyle topics.
While your daily choices like what you eat or how often you exercise may not seem like a big deal over time they can add up and contribute to what’s known as chronic inflammation. Unfortunately over time chronic inflammation in the body has been linked to a variety of serious diseases including cardiovascular disease cancer diabetes mellitus chronic kidney disease nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders.
While this may seem bleak there are small changes in your choices that can have a significant impact on your long-term health including what you eat. A plant-based diet that focuses on fruits vegetables whole grains nuts and seeds (like the Mediterranean diet) has been shown to be the most effective at keeping inflammation in the body low. This means filling your plate with all the foods that help fight inflammation like avocados cherries fatty fish nuts dark leafy greens and more.
