Along with exercise and quality sleep, an anti-inflammatory diet may provide many benefits, including an improvement in symptoms of arthritis, inflammatory bowel syndrome, and other autoimmune disorders. Patients will also have a reduction in inflammatory markers in their blood. And along with all this, patients will be at a lower risk for heart disease, diabetes, depression, obesity, cancer, and other serious health issues. The effects of an anti-inflammatory diet are gradual, but there are major, long-term benefits. It can take several days or weeks for the full benefits to take effect, but these benefits will last a lifetime and even offer you a longer life too. It's absolutely worth it.