Stress, poor sleep, and processed foods can fuel internal fire — calm it with whole foods, movement, and rest. Many of us live with low-grade, silent inflammation that we don’t even notice, until it leads to tiredness, pain, or chronic disease. This Q&A answers common questions about everyday inflammation and how your diet can help calm it, using evidence from Margină et and other scientific sources [1–5]. Q1. What is chronic inflammation? Chronic inflammation is your immune