<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>Descartes1</author><text>From a blood sugar and insulin perspective (which is a large part of the inflammatory perspective), it is literally the fineness of the carbohydrate particulate, the addition of refined sugars and the extraction of fiber -- all of which raise the glycemic index. If you look at fast food, this is part of the &amp;quot;process&amp;quot; by which food is made soft and palatable and shelf life is often increased to boot.&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;re correct though. The term is very unclear and doesn&amp;#x27;t help people. Generally speaking the refinement process of carbohydrates and sugars means glucose hits your blood stream faster and increases inflammation. (These refined carbs are also more addictive, reduce insulin sensitivity over time and lead to obesity)&lt;p&gt;For an anti inflammatory diet think raw foods, whole grains, high fiber, quality protein, low amounts of complex sugars, NO refined sugars. Stay low on the glycemic index.&lt;p&gt;Basically, make your body do a little work to metabolize calories. No easy street.&lt;p&gt;Also don&amp;#x27;t fry with vegetable oils. Consume plenty of olive oil and fish oil.</text><parent_chain><item><author>eikenberry</author><text>Please define what you mean by &amp;quot;heavily processed foods&amp;quot;. People use those terms for anything they think is bad without any consistency.</text></item><item><author>ianai</author><text>Sleep well every night. The crazy healthy impacts of good sleep are astronomical. Avoid fried or heavily processed foods. Keep your circulation up with exercise so your blood gets everywhere it needs to go and through the liver. This also keeps you nicely oxygenated. Look up diabetic sores for some on how that can go bad. Etc</text></item><item><author>aklemm</author><text>There’s a lot of talk about the dangers of “inflammation” but I’ve failed to find a good list of actions one can take to fight it.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Effects of Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acid on Biomarkers of Inflammation</title><url>http://clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/early/2019/10/23/clinchem.2019.306902</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>ianai</author><text>Probably the best definition requires you to actively test your glucose levels after eating. Look to identify foods that spike then drop your numbers. But I know things like white rice and white flour really leave me high and dry quickly. I also try to pick foods that have relatively few, whole food type ingredients. So once we’re talking dozens of ingredients with chemical names instead of easily identifiable names. You’re right, it’s not obvious.</text><parent_chain><item><author>eikenberry</author><text>Please define what you mean by &amp;quot;heavily processed foods&amp;quot;. People use those terms for anything they think is bad without any consistency.</text></item><item><author>ianai</author><text>Sleep well every night. The crazy healthy impacts of good sleep are astronomical. Avoid fried or heavily processed foods. Keep your circulation up with exercise so your blood gets everywhere it needs to go and through the liver. This also keeps you nicely oxygenated. Look up diabetic sores for some on how that can go bad. Etc</text></item><item><author>aklemm</author><text>There’s a lot of talk about the dangers of “inflammation” but I’ve failed to find a good list of actions one can take to fight it.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Effects of Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acid on Biomarkers of Inflammation</title><url>http://clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/early/2019/10/23/clinchem.2019.306902</url></story>