The problem with blaming everything on inflammation

Chronic inflammation is a modern health problem — one that too many wellness influencers oversimplify.

Inflammation is on everybody’s minds these days, and it seems like wherever you look, someone is telling you how to reduce your inflammation, from influencers on your TikTok feed or Instagram reels to even US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It’s the subject of countless papers in scientific journals, and the focus of self-help guides and so many news stories — like the one you’re reading right now.