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This narrative review evaluates the impact of plant-based dietary models, including vegan and modified Mediterranean variants, on key metabolic and inflammatory parameters. Methods: Literature data published in PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar between 2017 and 2026 were used to evaluate the relation between diet, inflammation, and cardiometabolic diseases. We focused on multiple biomarkers, including inflammatory, metabolic, and oxidative-stress indicators measured by standardized laboratory methods to estimate the overall relationship between diet and chronic inflammation. Results: Dietary indices such as eADI-17 allow quantification of the inflammatory potential of anti-inflammatory nutrition and correlate with biomarkers such as hsCRP, IL-6, and soluble TNF receptors. 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