Inflammation can be good or bad. You really don't want a section of a nerve to be inflamed because the body is attacking the coating, for example. You do, howe

Inflammation can be good or bad. You really don't want a section of a nerve to be inflamed because the body is attacking the coating, for example. You do, however, want the skin surrounding the scratch on your leg to have some inflammation to help close the cut. None of this means you should regularly take an anti-inflammatory drug nor does it mean that an "anti-inflammatory" diet or other preventative measures will help, either. I view some of this as the latest pseudo-science, at least in the hands of most folks.