As with any news article that includes "may" - reader should remember to add: "....

rhizome · on April 24, 2019

I'm a bit concerned that the comments here are so credulous. "Inflammation" has been part of the woo-woo arsenal of certain corners of the health and wellness community for at least a couple of decades, and which I wouldn't be surprised if it supplies a not-insignificant number of the anti-vax adherents. It's that specious.

dboreham · on April 25, 2019

Perhaps, but Inflammation is detected via several blood tests e.g. CRP which presumably can't be imaginary and signify some real physical processes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15823493/

perl4ever · on April 24, 2019

That sounds like "Hitler was a vegetarian, hence vegans are Nazis" logic.

rhizome · on April 25, 2019

It isn't. If it were instead, "vegans talk about Hitler all the time, so..." then it would be an apt analogy.