Inflammation can be likened to the bogeyman of the health and wellness realm: Most people know they want to avoid it, but they can’t quite define it, and there’s a lot of misinformation clouding the truth. Linda Tyler—who has dedicated years of research to understanding the diet-based triggers of inflammation and chronic disease—is here to clear things up. Her new cookbook, The Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, coming February 6, provides an easy-to-understand manual for protecting your body from the harmful effects of inflammation through a whole-food, plant-based diet. We spoke with Tyler about how inflammation is often the harbinger of other long-term issues, which foods act as anti-inflammatory superstars, and how the new book teaches readers to heal from the inside out.
What prompted you to go whole-food, plant-based?
Linda Tyler: I became a vegetarian in college…