INFLAMMATIONS GALORE
The issue arises when this natural reaction goes rampant and our immune system becomes overactive creating inflammation to objects which normally don’t pose a threat to us. Many of us are aware of this overactive type of immunity, anyone with allergies can give you a firsthand account of exactly what happens when their immune system overacts to a substance they consume or a substance in their environment. However, it is the hidden inflammation that is detrimental to our health and is the cause of all chronic disease presenting in our world today.
Almost every modern disease today is caused by hidden inflammation.
If your immune system and your ability to balance the inflammatory and anti- inflammatory mechanisms in your body are impaired, you’re heading towards illness and premature aging.
Addressing inflammation and leading an anti-inflammatory lifestyle can not only in- crease your lifespan, slowing aging, but also decrease your risk of chronic disease.
Everyone who has had a sore foot, a rash, hives or a cut knows about inflammation. Inflammation is a normal reaction of our defence system to infection and we need it to survive, it helps us distinguish friend from foe.
The easiest measure of chronic hidden inflammation in the body is C reactive protein (CRP).
A recent study showed that of a population of generally healthy elderly people, those with higher levels of CRP are more than 250% more likely to die in the next four years of chronic disease.
Therefore, the aim of holistic anti-inflammatory treatment is not to hinder the body’s ability to have acute inflammation in reaction to trauma but to address the underlying smouldering inflammation.
Anti-inflammatory medications, such as steroids, NSAIDs and statins, have the dangerous side effect of stopping the body’s natural immune response (acute inflammation). Hindering this acute reaction not only puts a huge burden on the immune systems other defenses but is in fact one of the causes of chronic hidden inflammation.
Since we know that inflammation is at the root of all chronic diseases, we need to begin addressing the cause of all inflammation rather than focusing on the inflammation in the organ that seems to be presenting with issues.
To our advantage, although complex in nature, the list of things that causes inflammation is actually rather short:
✦ Bad diet (refined sugar, white flour, processed food, inflammatory fats such as trans fats and saturated fats)
✦ Lack of exercise
✦ High stress
✦ Hidden infections such as viral, bacterial or yeast infections
✦ Allergens such as gluten, lactose, pollen and other sensitivities
✦ Toxins such as mercury, lead, cadmium, pesticides, fungicides and herbicide
✦ Environmental moulds.
✦ Obesity
An often forgotten cause for toxins is root canal fillings, which can leave cavitations in the jawbone filled with infectious debris. These can lie hidden for centuries leach- ing out toxic materials and causing as low grade systemic infection.
Functional testing and careful questioning will help a practitioner discover which of the aggressors in the list is the perpetrator.
This should be the first thing your doctor has to check!
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