Inflammation
Inflammation and free radicals:
• Inflammation is part of the body’s natural defense against irritation, toxic foods and chemicals, infections and other foreign invaders. However, there are times when the appropriate immune response to control infections, allergies and toxins is disrupted. The immune system can then shift into a chronic state of inflammation, which is now recognized as a major factor in most chronic health problems. Free radicals are produced during normal metabolism and cell function, as well as from stress and pollutants in our air, water and food. The oxidative stress caused by these free radicals is implicated in everything from the aging and wrinkling of skin to DNA damage, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. In addition, this damage is a major contributor to aging and to degenerative diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune system decline, brain dysfunction, and cataracts. Oxidative stress and inflammation are intimately connected, each fueling the other. A brutal cycle is created: free radical damage leads to inflammation and inflammation causes free radical damage. This brutal cycle causes damage to many systems in the body. The thyroid, heart and pancreas, can be affected. Inflammation can be compared to a forest fire that rages out of control in your body.
2) Pro-inflammatory foods:
• Chronic inflammation appears to play a key role in the development of cancer, along with heart disease and diabetes. Eating a pro-inflammatory diet high in sugar, saturated fats and others foods that promote inflammation increases the risk of premature death from any cause, including cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, pro-inflammatory foods accelerate the aging process. Some of these pro-inflammatory foods include refined sugars, which decreases immunity and contributes to overall inflammation in the body, high omega 6 fatty acids, which leads to inflammation contributing to many health problems and diseases, red meat
• Inflammation is part of the body’s natural defense against irritation, toxic foods and chemicals, infections and other foreign invaders. However, there are times when the appropriate immune response to control infections, allergies and toxins is disrupted. The immune system can then shift into a chronic state of inflammation, which is now recognized as a major factor in most chronic health problems. Free radicals are produced during normal metabolism and cell function, as well as from stress and pollutants in our air, water and food. The oxidative stress caused by these free radicals is implicated in everything from the aging and wrinkling of skin to DNA damage, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. In addition, this damage is a major contributor to aging and to degenerative diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune system decline, brain dysfunction, and cataracts. Oxidative stress and inflammation are intimately connected, each fueling the other. A brutal cycle is created: free radical damage leads to inflammation and inflammation causes free radical damage. This brutal cycle causes damage to many systems in the body. The thyroid, heart and pancreas, can be affected. Inflammation can be compared to a forest fire that rages out of control in your body.
2) Pro-inflammatory foods:
• Chronic inflammation appears to play a key role in the development of cancer, along with heart disease and diabetes. Eating a pro-inflammatory diet high in sugar, saturated fats and others foods that promote inflammation increases the risk of premature death from any cause, including cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, pro-inflammatory foods accelerate the aging process. Some of these pro-inflammatory foods include refined sugars, which decreases immunity and contributes to overall inflammation in the body, high omega 6 fatty acids, which leads to inflammation contributing to many health problems and diseases, red meat