If you suffer from any type of ache or pain,
whether it's big or small, acute or chronic, or if you want to learn
about how you can reverse and prevent damage caused by diseases and
conditions like chronic pain, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's and
others, then you I'm sure you are going to find this quick read very eye
opening.
Inflammation is a response from your immune
system in response to an irritant.
For
example, if you sprain your ankle, your immune system creates a protein
called a Circulating Immune Complex (CIC for short).
The CIC travels down to the injured ankle
and causes pain and swelling.
The pain you feel is to inform you of the injury or damage. And the
swelling is protective as it prevents you from moving it and causing
more irritation.
This is also your body's way of running to
the problem with fresh blood, antibodies and vital cells in order to
begin healing and repairing the damage.
Then what normally happens is our bodies produce proteolytic enzymes
which counteract the inflammation, and things return to normal. That's
why a sprained ankle as a young child heals within a few weeks at most,
but can take six weeks or more for an adult of say 45.
The problem is, after around age 25,
our production of these enzymes drops off almost completely so
there is nothing to tell the body to stop the inflammation. These
enzymes are also responsible for cleaning the blood, fighting off viral
and bacterial infections and breaking down excess fibrin (scar tissue).
In addition to the decrease in production of
proteolytic enzymes, there are also numerous other things that
contribute to the build up of inflammation in our bodies.
Here is just a short list of factors that contribute to inflammation:
Un-addressed pain and injuries
Toxins and chemicals in our air,
water and food
Poor nutritional habits
Bacterial or viral infections
Allergies
Prescription medications
Auto-immune diseases
Negative mental and emotional stress
Over time, inflammation continues to
increase in our bodies causing damage to all of the tissues and organs,
often without us even knowing it's happening.
If inflammation is not controlled and the
body continually fights this battle, symptoms of chronic inflammation
can show itself as arthritis, colitis, chronic fatigue, sinusitis,
cataracts, chronic pain, hair loss heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's
and dozens of other ailments and conditions.
Inflammation is what slowly kills us.
More and more research is coming out now that proves this. For example,
here's a quote from a study published in The New England Journal of
Medicine: "there is convincing evidence that inflammation is
strongly linked to heart attacks and stroke."
And in another study published in The Annals of Neurology, the
researchers concluded, "inflammation is linked to Alzheimer's and
other dementing diseases." And a recent Harvard study found that
"half of all heart attacks are caused by inflammation".
We know that reducing inflammation is critical to eliminating pain and
preventing disease and illness, but how do you do it safely and
naturally?
Here are just some of the things you can do:
Make dietary changes - be sure to read Dr Chilton's book "Win
the War Within"
Learn how to eliminate negative emotional stress
Minimize the amount of junk that enters your body - and not just
food but toxins and other chemicals
Replace lost proteolytic enzymes with supplementation
Remember, the key is to keep inflammation under
control because it does far more than just cause swelling and pain.
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example, if you sprain your ankle, your immune system creates a protein
called a Circulating Immune Complex (CIC for short). 