By Sarah Bradley — 2019
Lower cholesterol, clearer skin, and better focus are just some of the perks.
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As a science journalist whose niche spans neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion, I knew at the time that it didn’t make scientific sense that inflammation in the body could be connected to — much less cause — illness in the brain.
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Body-wide inflammation is tied to most chronic diseases, limiting people’s health and longevity.
Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?
Choices that can help prevent everything from heart disease to type 2 diabetes.
You may not be able to see it happening, but inflammation is the body’s interior defense mechanism toward anything going wrong, like illness or injury—it occurs with anything from a bruised elbow to an aggravated gut barrier. The catch? Inflammation can be both good and bad.
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Dutch celebrity daredevil Wim Hof has endured lengthy ice-water baths, hiked to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts and made his mark in Guinness World Records with his ability to withstand cold. Now he has made a mark on science as well.
Functional medicine expert and The Inflammation Spectrum author Will Cole, DC and physician and How Not To Die author Michael Greger, MD, share their best inflammation-fighting tips that they wish *everyone* would follow. Keep reading for their advice.
And why food is not the best prevention.
Want to start connecting the dots in your own life? First, let’s learn about acute and chronic inflammation, then, we’ll cover the causes of it and how to reduce inflammation’s impact on your health.
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