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Inflammation, which evidences the immune system at work at injury or infection sites, is now recognized as a major player in disease progression. Sometimes visible and felt on the skin as swelling and redness, inflammation may also manifest itself silently. While obvious inflammation may also occur within arthritic joints, chronic silent inflammation in the arteries, which occurs in response to free radical stress, may remain undetected. Such silent inflammation can cause heart disease (CVD), and is also linked to Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer.
Your doctor can measure inflammation in your body through blood tests which quantify levels of inflammatory markers such as CRP, homocysteine, fibrinogen, and Lp(a), to mention a few. You can actively prevent or assuage inflammation by maintaining an anti-inflammatory lifestyle. Specifically, consume a high-fiber, anti-inflammatory diet supplemented with appropriate nutraceuticals, practice effective stress management, engage in moderate exercise, detoxify, absorb enough sunlight, and avoid environmental toxins and other inflammatory agents.
© 2009 Heart MD Institute, PA
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