When you’re not feeling good the last thing we usually want to do is spend time cooking, but what we eat can increase inflammation and inflammation increases pain and much more. Inflammation is the immune system’s response to anything that it perceives as an attack on the body. As Chiari & Comorbid patients, we tend to have elevated Sedimentation rate (ESR) and High sensitivity c-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels, both of which point to problems with inflammation. With so many things out of our control with our conditions, it’s important that we gain control of the things that we can, and what we choose to put in our mouths is something that we can control. And just like what we choose to eat can cause inflammation, the good news is that it can also decrease inflammation.