Here’s when inflammation is a hero
Inflammation is a natural response to injuries and invaders like germs, and it can be good in the short term.
It’s the immune system’s way of fighting infection and healing an injury. Think about when you’re injured, the area becomes red, and swells as white blood cells flow in to fight infection and help you heal.
This process works the same if you have a virus like a cold or the flu.
We couldn’t survive without the many roles that inflammation plays when it’s needed. It literally kills damaged cells.
Your body has three options of what to do with the cellular damage…..
If it’s mild damage to cells, it can turn on repair mechanisms to fix the damage
If it’s more extensive, it can kill damaged cells
Or it can send the cell into what is called a senescent stage where it seems to become dormant, but it releases toxins (cytokines.)
Here’s where Inflammation Can Become an Enemy
The third option (above) is trouble….dormant cells go into what’s called senescence, or what appears to be a dormant state, but these cells don’t just sit around and do nothing.
They (called senescent cells) emit poisons (cytokines) activating more aggravation and disturbing encompassing cells. As we create senescent cells quicker than our safe framework can handle, unremitting far reaching irritation happens.
Tragically, as we age our safe system’s capacity to clear senescent cells decreases and when we create senescent cells quicker than our safe framework can handle, we ended up defenseless to broad constant irritation, the fundamental cause of unremitting ailment.
In truth, when this happens the modern term for irritation is “inflammaging” which can begin as early as 45 a long time of age and is common after 65 a long time of age.
You might be asking if there’s anything you can do to prevent inflammation
As it turns out, what we’ve learned about the biology of living a long healthy life still applies as the pillars of health and longevity.
Physical activity is one of the best remedies against diseases of aging. A daily walk is still one of the best exercises for a myriad of health benefits.
Eating a high fiber, high antioxidant rich diet is a great defense against inflammation. As Michale Pollan says, “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”
Reduce and eliminate processed food.
Getting seven to eight hours of sleep at night is intimately connected to our health. Sleep deprivation increases the risk of many diseases of aging.
Reduce stress – more stress means more cortisol and more damage to the body.
The above important pillars of longevity should not be ignored.
The other thing you can (and should do) is ask for a high sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) test when you have your next labs run and pay attention to the result. Consistently high CRP can be a marker and measure for chronic inflammation.
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Or, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Venki Ramakrishnan explains the science behind inflammation in his easy-to-read book, “Why We Die.”
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Carol Amendola D’Anca, Board Certified
MS, CNS, LDN
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