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by andai 697 days ago
It's been a while since I looked into this, but diet is a major factor with inflammation. Sugars, seed oils and grain-fed dairy. (Also if you eat the grains yourself!) Keto lowers it, caloric restriction lowers it (conversely excess calories coupled with sedentary lifestyle increase it), intermittent fasting lowers it.

I forget about exercise, I think it's a case of temporarily increasing it (hours) and then lowering it long-term.

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Speaking from personal experience diet plays as much a role as medication in decreasing inflammation. Sugars, gluten, and some* nuts and seeds are indeed pro-inflammatory (many seeds and nuts are anti-inflammatory)
How did you measure inflammation level ?
CRP, Calprotectin are easily measurable, not so sure TNF-Alpha and Interleukins?