INFLAMMATION- HOW TO GO ABOUT IT
What is inflammation?
An immune system reaction designed to kill invading microbes & cancer cells & protect your body. Some times, this response goes over-the-top; extra body cells cause body-wide inflammation.
Why worry about inflammation?
1) inflammation causes cancer
2) inflammation causes heart attacks.
3) inflammation causes diabetes.
4) inflammation causes impotence in men & women.
If one is over weight, then excess fat makes CRPs ( C-reactive proteins) & leukocytes ( white blood cells) crank up inflammation.
How to overcome it all
Quit smoking, where there is smoke, there is inflammation.
Walk, at least 10,000 steps a day, as sitting down is bad for the heart.
Take 1,000 IU of Vitamin D-3 ( 1,200 if you're over 60+), 600 mg of DHA omega-3 ( 900 mg if over 50+) daily & may be 200 mg of omega-7 daily.
Always make weight loss achievable. Post-menopausal women can slash their cancer, heart attack & diabetes risk by losing 10% of their body weight.
What to eat?
Have plenty of oranges ( flavonoids), walnuts, salmon, trout
( healthy fats), apples, carrots, leafy vegetables ( fibre), no-added sugar yoghurt ( calcium & probiotics).
These dampen inflammation & help one to lose weight.
An immune system reaction designed to kill invading microbes & cancer cells & protect your body. Some times, this response goes over-the-top; extra body cells cause body-wide inflammation.
Why worry about inflammation?
1) inflammation causes cancer
2) inflammation causes heart attacks.
3) inflammation causes diabetes.
4) inflammation causes impotence in men & women.
If one is over weight, then excess fat makes CRPs ( C-reactive proteins) & leukocytes ( white blood cells) crank up inflammation.
How to overcome it all
Quit smoking, where there is smoke, there is inflammation.
Walk, at least 10,000 steps a day, as sitting down is bad for the heart.
Take 1,000 IU of Vitamin D-3 ( 1,200 if you're over 60+), 600 mg of DHA omega-3 ( 900 mg if over 50+) daily & may be 200 mg of omega-7 daily.
Always make weight loss achievable. Post-menopausal women can slash their cancer, heart attack & diabetes risk by losing 10% of their body weight.
What to eat?
Have plenty of oranges ( flavonoids), walnuts, salmon, trout
( healthy fats), apples, carrots, leafy vegetables ( fibre), no-added sugar yoghurt ( calcium & probiotics).
These dampen inflammation & help one to lose weight.
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