Tuesday, September 8
Calm the Inflammation
Organized by Plants for Health
Date and time
Tuesday | September 8 2026 | 12:00 pm
Location
Online
About this event
FREE LIVE SESSION · TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 · 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM UK
Calm the Inflammation
The four-pillar practice from our published clinical trials
One hour with Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar and Dr. Wendy Walrabenstein: the four pillars, where to start, and your questions answered live.
What we’ll cover in the hour
Why rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia and dozens of other conditions share one underlying thread, and what that means for what you can do
The four pillars of The Inflammation Practice, Food, Movement, Relaxation and Sleep, and why they work better together than apart
Why food is the place most people should start, and the changes that carry the most weight
How a lifestyle approach sits in parallel to standard medical care
What we learned running this with patients in the Netherlands, including the parts we didn’t expect
Your questions, answered live
Who this hour is for
You live with arthritis or another inflammatory condition
You’re doing everything your doctor asked and still feel it every day: pain, fatigue, no energy, stiffness
You’ve tried cutting something out on your own and weren’t sure if you were doing the right thing
You’d rather understand why something works than be handed a list of rules
Who it isn’t for: anyone looking for a way off their medication. That’s not what this is, and we’ll explain why on the call.
Who you’ll be hearing from
Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar, MD, PhD
Physician and researcher focused on why lifestyle works, including mechanisms like the microbiome that turn out to have a great deal to say about inflammation. Carlijn went plant-based overnight and has the athlete’s temperament to match. She will explain the mechanism, and why it isn’t magic.
Dr. Wendy Walrabenstein, PhD
Dietitian, registered in the Netherlands, with a PhD in lifestyle medicine. Wendy has spent years studying how the way we live shapes how we age. She is the one who will explain that 80–90% might be the sweet spot, and that a pastry in Copenhagen every now and then is not a failure.
Together they built The Inflammation Practice, the four-pillar approach they developed and tested with patients in the Netherlands and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
What you’ll know by the end of the hour
A clear picture of where your inflammation is actually coming from
One change you can make this week without reorganizing your life
An honest answer about what a lifestyle approach can and can’t do
What our own research at Amsterdam UMC found, explained in plain language
Languages
English
Event type
Education
Organizer
Plants for Health