Comment by askvictor
10 months ago
IIRC the underlying assumption was that you should be reducing inflammation (RICE is almost all about reducing inflammation). Since then, we've learned that inflammation is a good thing, and helps things heal faster.
I'm curious now if the anti-inflammatory diets popular with dietitians and health influencers could have a negative effect when you really do want inflammation, like when fighting an infection or recovering from injury.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/quick-start-g...
https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/healthy-weight/diet...
As I understand it such diets allow the immune system to work more effectively, not suppressing it like, say, corticosteroids do.