12 Tips for Extinguishing Disease-Causing Inflammation

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By Paul Fassa

Chronic Inflammation is a silent epidemic; a plague afflicting millions of  unsuspecting Americans. It is the mother  of most major chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer,  obesity, Alzheimer’s and many others. Below you will find 12 tips for  preventing and eradicating disease-causing inflammation.

Chronic inflammation is typically a silent, under the radar, asymptomatic  disease— until actual tissue damage and loss of function occurs. There is  no single direct test for inflammation. Instead, doctor’s use indirect methods  by measuring blood levels of C-reactive protein, a pro-inflammatory marker, and  homocysteine levels.

Even if you don’t have a chronic disease, chances are you know someone who  does.

CDC Reports on Chronic Disease

Chronic diseases which are generally triggered by diet, lifestyle habits, and  environmental toxins account for more  than 75% of health care spending.

Seven out of Ten Americans die each year from chronic diseases. In 2005,  1 out of every 2 adults had at least one chronic illness, while about 25% of  people living with a chronic illness experience significant limitations in daily  activities.

Dr. Barry Sears, author of The Anti-Inflammation Zone: Reversing the  Silent Epidemic That’s Destroying Our Health states:

“Silent inflammation attacks the heart, arteries, and even the brain, and you  will not even know it. Obesity is the primary cause of silent inflammation and  excess body fat is causing today’s epidemic rise in countless health  threats.”

Acute vs Chronic Inflammation

Acute inflammation is the body’s natural and immediate response to an injury  or insult. It’s the internal ambulance that rushes to the scene of the injury  and stabilizes the victim and starts the healing process.

Anyone who has been stung by a bee, fallen off a bike and bruised their knee,  broken out in hives, or experienced a blister from splattering grease while  cooking knows firsthand what acute inflammation is.

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A serious problem arises when the inflammatory response never turns off –when  the body is continuously reacting to an offender. This type of inflammation is  symptomatically silent, unlike acute inflammation, and can go on for years until  troubling symptoms emerge and a major disease manifests.

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