Healthy inflammation for healthy aging! Normally, the inflammatory response repairs damage and protects the body, but sometimes our body doesn’t respond as it should, sending the inflammatory response into overdrive. This can contribute to adverse health conditions—even premature aging. Stay ahead of the curve by supporting your body’s healthy inflammation response.

HEALTHY INFLAMMATION SUPPORT

The low-grade inflammation/premature aging link How we age results from the environmental, dietary and lifestyle events that we control and the genetics we inherit. A common feature of older tissues and most if not all age-related illnesses is long-term low-grade inflammation. Because it increases with aging, it is known as “inflammaging.”

WHAT IS INFLAMMATION?

As an essential part of the body’s healing process, inflammation occurs at the cellular level when the immune system tries to fight off disease-causing germs or debris from an injury and repair the injured tissue. Once the fight is over, the inflammation-triggering substances are supposed to retreat. When they don’t, it destroys the balance in your body and makes you more susceptible to aging and disease.

 WHAT CAN CAUSE INFLAMMATION? The lifestyle of the western world bombards us with more inflammatory triggers than our bodies can handle. This includes: A convenience diet – Processed foods, refined sugar, simple carbs, and refined grains. Simple sugars and starches elevate insulin levels, triggering inflammation. High omega-6 fatty acids intake –

This comes from popular processed oils like vegetable, safflower, canola, corn oil, or margarine. Omega-6 sets off inflammatory precursors, which encourage your system to overreact to normal stimuli. Smoking (or inhaling second hand smoke) – Smoking creates free radicals that lead to atherosclerosis. Free radicals also create more inflammation, which increases plaque formation in arteries.