It's not a weight loss diet, and not a diet to treat acute inflammation from some acute infection. Rather, the anti-inflammatory diet is a long-term commitment to prevent chronic inflammatory conditions that cause many serious diseases often seen with aging. It is a diet to reduce the risks of age-related disease and optimize health. Auto-immune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, coronary artery disease, some cancers, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, all have some links to inflammation and in fact are believed to stem from inflammation in the body.

The anti-inflammatory diet provides a healthy balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Improving the intake of Omega-3 fatty acids with low mercury oily fish, walnuts, flax, hemp, and canola oils, among other products, is helpful in maintained a proper balance of Omega-3s and Omega-6's. Along these same lines, carbohydrates contribute to pro-inflammatory compounds and moderating one's blood sugar and reducing simple carbohydrate intake will help. Eating less crackers, chips, snack foods, pastries, sweetened drinks, refined and processed foods, and avoid fast foods and avoiding high fructose corn syrup drinks will help comply with the anti-inflammatory diet.

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