According to Dr. Jonny Bowden, "The standard American diet, ironically referred to as SAD, causes inflammation due to its excess levels of sugars, grains, omega-6 fatty acids, and low levels of omega-3 fatty acids."
The ratio of proinflammatory fats to anti-inflammatory fats in the typical Western diet is 15:1 when it should be 1:1. But even healthier vegan or vegetarian diets have no source of DHA or EPA (fatty acids).
Omega-3 deficiency has been linked to a variety of health problems, including cardiovascular disease, some cancers, mood disorders, arthritis, and more. Out-of-balance omega ratios is a cause of inflammatory diseases. Omega-3 deficiency also corrupts your body's inflammatory signaling which produces chronic inflammation. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to life. We need them and our body doesn’t make them on its own.
If your joints are in pain due to inflammation, you may also have chronic inflammation doing damage to other parts of your body that you can't see or feel. Inflammation reduces your odds of long life like breathing an invisible poison gas, which is why Time magazine calls inflammation "The Silent Killer."
Inflammation is a ticking time bomb and the big engine that drives premature aging.