Comment by wyager

The description of what constitutes a “low inflammation” diet in publications like these often strikes me as very questionable a priori. On what basis would I expect beans, a food that is nothing remotely like what would have been consumed in my evolutionary environment, to be “anti-inflammatory”? Especially given that beans are understood to cause excess gas production, which does not suggest efficient/clean digestion. I would need pretty strong evidence (stronger than is typical for nutrition/dietary “science” papers) to accept this characterization at face value.