An elegant experiment is described in which the blood of those eating different types of spices such as cloves, ginger, rosemary, and turmeric is tested for anti-inflammatory capacity. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ Here are links to those other juicy videos I opened up with: • Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-fruit-fights-cancer-better) • Best Cooking Method (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-cooking-method) • Antioxidant Content of 3,139 Foods (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-content-of-3139-foods) See Antioxidants in a Pinch (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidants-in-a-pinch/) and How to Reach the Antioxidant RDA (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-reach-the-antioxidant-rda) to see the extent to which even small amounts of spices can affect one's antioxidant intake. Another elegant series of "ex vivo" experiments exploring the cancer fighting power of lifestyle changes can be seen in videos starting with Ex Vivo Cancer Proliferation Bioassay (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/developing-an-ex-vivo-cancer-proliferation-bioassay/). Mushrooms (Boosting Immunity While Reducing Inflammation, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/boosting-immunity-while-reducing-inflammation/), nuts (Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fighting-inflammation-in-a-nut-shell/), and purple potatoes (Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Purple Potatoes, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-inflammatory-effects-of-purple-potatoes/) may also reduce inflammation (along with plant foods in general, see Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-inflammatory-antioxidants/ and Aspirin Levels in Plant Foods, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspirin-levels-in-plant-foods/). In fact so well that plant-based diets can be used to treat inflammatory conditions. See, for example, Dietary Treatment of Crohn's Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/achieving-remission-of-crohns-disease/), Diet & Rheumatoid Arthritis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-rheumatoid-arthritis/), and Potassium and Autoimmune Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/potassium-and-autoimmune-disease/). Animal products on the other hand may increase inflammation through a variety of mechanisms, including endotoxins (How Does Meat Cause Inflammation?, http://nutritionfacts.org/2012/09/20/why-meat-causes-inflammation/), arachidonic acid (Chicken, Eggs, and Inflammation, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chicken-eggs-and-inflammation/), and Neu5Gc (The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-inflammatory-meat-molecule-neu5gc/). If oxidized cholesterol is a new concept for you, please check out its role in heart disease progression in my video Arterial Acne (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/arterial-acne/). I'll cover the DNA findings in my next video, Spicing Up DNA Protection (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/spicing-up-dna-protection). And if turmeric compounds are so anti-inflammatory, can they be used to successfully treat inflammatory diseases. Find out in my next next video Turmeric Curcumin and Rheumatoid Arthritis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/turmeric-curcumin-and-rheumatoid-arthritis). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-spices-fight-inflammation/ and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: SteamDave, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – PNNL, Paolovalde, and Riy via flickr, and Saxluvr via clker.com. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ DESCRIPTION: How many antioxidant-rich foods do we need to eat every day just to stay out of oxidative debt? If those citrus phytonutrients sounded familiar to you, it's because I mentioned them before in videos like Keeping Your Hands Warm With Citrus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/keeping-your-hands-warm-with-citrus/) and Reducing Muscle Fatigue With Citrus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-fatigue-with-citrus/). It's still better to eat the whole fruit though (See Best Fruit Juice, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-fruit-juice/ and Apple Juice May Be Worse Than Sugar Water, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/apple-juice-may-be-worse-than-sugar-water/). Digestion isn't the only physiological source of free radicals—exercise is too. See Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress With Watercress (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-exercise-induced-oxidative-stress-with-watercress/). Background on the role free radicals play in aging and disease can be found in my video Mitochondrial Theory of Aging (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mitochondrial-theory-of-aging/). Antioxidant rich diets can even change gene expression: Plant-Based Diets and Cellular Stress Defenses (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-and-cellular-stress-defenses/). Is there a refined sweetener that doesn't cause free radical formation? Yes: Erythritol May Be a Sweet Antioxidant (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/erythritol-may-be-a-sweet-antioxidant/). What's the best way of reaching our daily minimum of 8-11,000 antioxidant units a day? So glad you asked! Covered in my next video, How to Reach the Antioxidant RDA (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-reach-the-antioxidant-rda). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/minimum-recommended-daily-allowance-of-antioxidants/ and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: TheFoodJunk via flickr; and OCAL, Joshua8420, and Philip Hilgaertner via clker.com. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org