Meat
Meats are higher in fats and calories, which are easily metabolized into chemicals that cause inflammation in the body. It’s worse if you grill, sear, or fry meats at high temperatures because that mouth-watering charred flavor is actually from toxins called AGEs (advanced glycation end products) that damage proteins in the body.
AGEs are broken apart by cytokines, which can then cause inflammation. ‘We expect that increased levels of AGEs increase inflammation, although a direct link to arthritis is not firmly established,’ says Jaime Uribarri, MD, a nephrologist at Mount Sinai Hospital who has lead many studies on the topic.
