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by aappleby 62 days ago
The article title is super misleading - this is about measurements of inflammatory markers in vitro and explicitly does not generalize to food intake.
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It is also missing the "in Mice" part of the headline.

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/3/376

Functional Phytochemicals Cooperatively Suppress Inflammation in RAW264.7 Cells

RAW 264.7 cells are a mouse macrophage cell line commonly used in research to study immune responses, inflammation, and cancer.

In mice, but not even real mice. That's a new one!
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1217/