ObjectiveTo understand the current research status of calorie restriction and calorie restriction mimetics in inflammatory diseases. MethodThe literatures about the effect of caloric restriction and caloric restriction mimetics on immune cells, inflammatory responses, and clinical applications were reviewed and analyzed. ResultsAs a dietary therapy, the caloric restriction affected the immune system and function by limiting daily energy intake, regulating cellular metabolic pathways and energy patterns, reducing the inflammatory reaction and improving body symptoms. A growing numbers of attention had been paid in aging, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, neurodegenerative diseases, etc. And it was found that some caloric restriction mimetics such as resveratrol, rapamycin, metformin, etc. could not only achieve similar effects with caloric restriction, but also did not need to strictly restrict diet. ConclisionsAlthough calorie restriction has been studied extensively, there is still no widely accepted and uniform calorie restriction protocol, which is challenging in clinical practice. The development of calorie restriction mimetics, which has similar effects to calorie restriction without requiring strict dietary restriction, is more in line with human physiology and is advantageous to patients. There is a certain understanding how these drugs can prevent inflammation by regulating metabolic pathways, and the relation between them is complex. In future, the knowledge proposed in new field of immunometabolism is preferred to prevent inflammation in age-related diseases, and anti-inflammatory drugs should be reused as a therapeutic option for treatment of age-related diseases.