Foods that fight off cancer through anti-inflammation

Abstract

Since the middle of the 19th century, German pathologist Rudolf Virchow proposed that tumors originate from chronic inflammation [1]. At present, the medical community has determined that inflammation is closely related to the occurrence, development and efficacy of anti-cancer treatment [2]. Recently, an “anti-inflammatory diet” that claims to have functions such as cancer prevention has attracted much attention. To unveil the magic of the “anti-inflammatory diet”, let’s start with the concept of inflammation, which is the core of the “anti-inflammatory diet”.