Image source: when food causes inflammation Introduction Inflammation is what causes high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, heart attacks and strokes. Inflammation also causes diabetes, asthma and depression. My short answer to your question is this: inflammatory kinins, cytokines and other inflammatory substances cause a lot of damage in your body. Junk food is…
O.k. I am writing as a person who has dealt with RA for 40+ years. The first time I took prednisone, it felt like a miracle. The second time, I had almost no response, so no help then. Many years later, when I was having what seemed to be stomach pain, my doctor at the…
5 Ways To Reduce Inflammation here are 5 effective strategies to combat its insidious effects. Hydration Exposure to toxins is one huge factor in chronic inflammation. These could include pesticides, heavy metals, air pollution, mold, and more. On a daily basis, we are exposed to a list of toxins without even knowing it. Hydrating effectively…
Bone swelling is a condition of inflammation marked by an increase of fluid buildup and pain in and around a bone. There may also be a decreased ability to move the particular body part involved. The protective response of swelling helps guard the injured area from further damage and aids in the healing process. Since…
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I got a splinter, and it was clear the area was infected when I noticed: It was still soreIt wasn’t healingThe area around it was red and slightly raisedWhen I squeezed it, lymph (clear liquid. Clear liquid may not always be lymph, but I think this was) or pus (cream-coloured, thicker consistency liquid) came out.It…
Inflammation may be each smart and dangerous. On one hand, it helps your body defend itself from infection and injury. On the opposite hand, chronic inflammation will result in weight gain and illness (1Trusted Source). Stress, inflammatory foods, and low activity levels will build this risk even bigger. However, studies demonstrate that some foods will…
Culture often trumps science even when it’s to the detriment of health. Unnecessary and even harmful suppression of certain types of inflammation falls in such a category. The cultural aspect here perhaps started with fever phobia (1). Fever is after all one of the most commonly recognized signs of generalized, widespread inflammation in the body.…
ANTI-NUTRIENTS: Wheat has several harmful proteins that are anti-nutrients, i.e. resists digestion and or can attack the lining of the gut, which in turn causes Leaky Gut and inflammation. Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA) is a a very powerful and toxic lectin. Lectins have an affinity for sugar and can attack any cell membrane with a…
5 Ways To Reduce Inflammation here are 5 effective strategies to combat its insidious effects. Hydration Exposure to toxins is one huge factor in chronic inflammation. These could include pesticides, heavy metals, air pollution, mold, and more. On a daily basis, we are exposed to a list of toxins without even knowing it. Hydrating effectively…
