Can Your Diet Help Lower Inflammation?

A display of fruits and vegetables for a lower inflammation healthy diet

Inflammation is a normal part of the body’s defense system. It helps us respond to injury, infection, and other threats. The problem is when inflammatory activity becomes persistent. Chronic, low grade inflammation is associated with a number of long term health conditions, which has made reducing unnecessary inflammation an important area of medical research. One […]

Can Gut Health Affect Knee Pain? What New Research Tells Us

Man holding knee in pain

When you think about knee osteoarthritis, you probably think about the joint itself: worn cartilage, stiffness, inflammation, and pain with movement. But emerging research suggests that the experience of chronic pain may be influenced by something farther away from the knee: the gut. That does not mean your gut is causing your knee pain. It […]