If you're going to be angry, be angry at inflammatory foods!
From road rage to political conflicts, Americans are inflamed with anger these days. According to Crown Consulting, a mental health service, 7% to 11% of the general population experience significant anger issues and about 9% of U.S. adults have issues with anger that may lead to violence.
But anger isn't the only mood -- and mind-damaging inflammation that's affecting folks. Inflammatory foods, including those packed with refined carbs, saturated and trans fats, added sugars, and extra calories, are fueling the increasing prevalence of brain inflammation, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. That's according to a new study in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia that tracked around 1,400 folks for at least a decade. Turns out that folks eating the most inflammatory foods more than double their risk of developing dementia.
The researchers also identified the most anti-inflammatory nutrients and found that they include beta-carotene (in carrots, sweet potatoes and yellow peppers), caffeine, fiber (in 100% whole grains), monounsaturated fat (extra virgin olive oil), polyunsaturated fat (canola and sunflower oil), omega-3s (in salmon) and omega-6s (when not excessive), green and black tea, pepper and garlic, plus a variety of phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals found in fruits and vegetables, fish and chicken. Those are folic acid, magnesium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, zinc, selenium, flavones, flavonols and flavonoids, and vitamins B6, A, C, D, and E.
For tips on cooking cool foods (in every sense of the word), check out Dr. Mike's "What to Eat When Cookbook" and look up Dr. and Lisa Oz's "Dr. Oz's Vegetarian Recipes for Family Dinners" at Oprah.com.
Dr. Mike Roizen is the founder of www.longevityplaybook.com, and Dr. Mehmet Oz is global advisor to www.iHerb.com, the world's leading online health store. Roizen and Oz are chief wellness officer emeritus at Cleveland Clinic and professor emeritus at Columbia University, respectively. Together they have written 11 New York Times bestsellers (four No. 1's).
(c)2025 Michael Roizen, M.D.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
(c) 2025 Michael Roizen, M.D. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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