Most replayed moment: Three Foods to Fight Inflammation | Dr Federica Amati & Prof Tim Spector
4/21/202613 min
Today we’re talking about some foods that can change your life. Fatigue, disease, gut problems and weight gain. Many of the issues we discuss on this podcast can be linked back to one thing: chronic inflammation. However, you don’t need drugs or detoxes to quell this fire. One of the most powerful tools we have to control inflammation is right in front of us: food. I’m joined by Dr. Federica Amati and Professor Tim Spector to spotlight three inflammation-fighting foods - and explain why these small changes to your plate can make a big difference to your body. 🌱 Try our science-backed and tasty wholefood supplement Daily 30+ Get our brand-new app and Gut Health Test designed by world-leading gut health and nutrition scientists to build healthy eating habits 👉 Join ZOE Follow ZOE on Instagram. 📚Books by our ZOE Scientists The Food For Life Cookbook Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector Ferment by Prof. Tim Spector Free resources from ZOE Eating for Better Brain Health: Your brain-gut blueprint How to eat in 2026 - Discover ZOE’s 8 nutrition principles for long-term health Live Healthier: Top 10 Tips From ZOE Science & Nutrition Gut Guide - For a Healthier Microbiome in Weeks Better Breakfast Guide
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First 90 secondsJonathan Wolf· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to ZOE Recap, where each week we find the best bits from one of our podcast episodes to help you improve your health. Fatigue, disease, gut problems, weight gain. Many of the issues that we discuss on this podcast can be linked back to one thing, chronic inflammation. However, you don't need drugs or detoxes to quell this fire. One of the most powerful tools that we have to control inflammation is right in front of us, food. I'm joined by Dr. Federica Marti and Tim Spector to spotlight three inflammation-fighting foods and explain why these small changes to your plate can make a big difference to your body. [music] Long-term inflammation is really bad. Like, this is really important in terms of affecting your long-term health. The food that we eat sort of central to whether or not, like, that inflammation is always on or it's switched off?
Tim Spector· Guest0:57
Yes, or degrees in between. So it's not necessarily an on/off switch. Uh, you can dial it down or dial out. So perhaps more like a thermostat than an on/off switch.
Jonathan Wolf· Host1:09
So everyone has some level, and the question is it on, like, super high, medium, or really quite low, which is a good place to be in this modern world.
Tim Spector· Guest1:16
Correct. And there are, you know, a lot of people with autoimmune diseases where the disease itself is causing the body to fight itself, and they have raised inflammation levels. And anyone listening with an autoimmune disease know