One of the keys to preventing diseases is to reduce chronic inflammation. The healing process always involves some level of inflammation. And once the healing has been completed the inflammation goes away.
However, in today’s modern world there are foods and ingredients that are consumed daily that trigger chronic inflammation. This is a low-grade form of inflammation that continues to inflame cells and causes them to age prematurely.
This chronic inflammation also causes abnormal genetic responses that contribute to age-related disorders. In the last two years scientists have uncovered a key factor in chronic inflammation. It is a gene-regulating protein complex called:
Nuclear Factor kappa B or NF-kB
This NF-kB has been shown to be a primary initiator of inflammation. And inhibiting NF-kB can be used to reduce chronic inflammation. But before we talk about how to inhibit this gene-regulating protein, let’s look a list of age-related diseases that improve when NF-kB is kept in check:
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Cancer Development
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Heart Muscle Alterations
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Poor Wound Healing
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Arthritis
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Asthma
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Brain Cell Degradation
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Insulin Resistance
A Brief Overview on Chronic Inflammation
To understand how to reduce chronic inflammation one needs to understand the inflammation process. Here is a brief overview: Read More →