A viewer recently asked: does apigenin help lower inflammatory markers?
The answer is yes — apigenin should help lower inflammatory markers because it has anti-inflammatory properties.
Apigenin is a flavonoid found in foods like parsley, celery, chamomile, and thyme. For a deeper look at how it — and other nutrients — support the body’s inflammatory response, take a look at foods that help control inflammation, or download the free eBook Health Secrets, which includes a full list of anti-inflammatory nutrients.
For readers who want to go further, the chapter on inflammation in the full-length book The Peace Diet: How to Reverse Obesity, Aging, and Disease offers a more complete discussion, available on Amazon.
Have a question of your own? Send it in — Dr. Shintani may answer it in an upcoming post.
For more tips on natural health, download the free eBook Health Secrets at peacediet.org.
About Dr. Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH
Dr. Terry Shintani is a Harvard-trained physician and nutritionist, named a Living Treasure of Hawai’i and recipient of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Award for Excellence. He is the creator of the Peace Diet and the landmark Waianae Diet — published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and cited over 137 times — and the author of 16 books on natural health and nutrition, drawing on more than 35 years of clinical practice in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Learn more about Dr. Shintani’s work and recognition: NLM Native Voices
Sources:
- NIH/PubMed — Apigenin: Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms and Dietary Sources
- NIH/NCCIH — Flavonoids and Inflammation