The Silent Agony: 6 Everyday Foods Secretly Inflaming Your Joints and the Immediate Diet Swap That Brings Relief
1. Sugar and Highly Sweetened Foods: The Cytokine Accelerant This is the number one joint enemy. Nearly all refined sugars—from white table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup to hidden sugars in sodas, pastries, and packaged snacks—cause a rapid, destructive spike in inflammation. Mechanism of Destruction: Excess glucose in the bloodstream increases the production of pro-inflammatory…