ArticleAmerican journal of lifestyle medicine
Rising Plasma Beta-Carotene Is Associated With Diminishing C-Reactive Protein in Patients Consuming a Dark Green Leafy Vegetable-Rich, Low Inflammatory Foods Everyday (LIFE) Diet.
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Evaluation and Comparison of the Acute Effects of Kinesio Taping Applied to the Knee and Ankle in the Lower Extremity on Balance, Proprioception, and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk Using the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS)
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations of Dietary Intake on Biological Markers of Inflammation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Bioavailability of lutein following short-term consumption of raw vegetables and juice.Nutrition research and practice · 2026Article
- Epigenetic and microbiome responses to greens supplementation in obese older adults: results from a randomized crossover-controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Potential role of inflammation in relation to dietary sodium and β-carotene with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a mediation analysis.Nutrition & diabetes · 2022Article
- Identification of promising nutraceuticals against filarial immune-modulatory proteins: insights fromRSC advances · 2022Article
- Reduction in Ferritin Concentrations among Patients Consuming a Dark-Green Leafy Vegetable-Rich, Low Inflammatory Foods Everyday (LIFE) Diet.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- Can dietary intake protect against low-grade inflammation in children and adolescents?Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Review
- Chronic migraine reversal and prevention with the LIFE diet: a nutrient dense whole food plant-based diet (WFPBD).BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- The Role of β-Carotene in Colonic Inflammation and Intestinal Barrier Integrity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Spotlights Connections between Disease and Multiple Lifestyle Factors.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- Once-Daily Low Inflammatory Foods Everyday (LIFE) Smoothie or the Full LIFE Diet Lowers C-Reactive Protein and Raises Plasma Beta-Carotene in 7 Days.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Abstract
Chronic inflammation contributes to a number of chronic diseases and can be assessed with C-reactive protein (CRP). In this longitudinal retrospective chart review, we investigate whether patients intensively counseled to eat a specific diet high in dark green leafy vegetables, and thus high beta-carotene, have reductions in plasma high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP). We term this the Low Inflammatory Foods Everyday (LIFE) diet. Forty-three patients in a community practice instructed to eat the LIFE diet met inclusion criteria. The CRP levels were measured at least twice over the course of up to a year. Adherence to the diet was objectively assessed by measurement of plasma beta-carotene, which is abundant in dark green leafy vegetables, and subjectively by serial interviews. The change in beta-carotene was inversely correlated with change in CRP (
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