Inflammation: (Latin, inflammatio, to set on fire) is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.
Journal of Nutrition, Vol 128 No 2 February 1998 Muredach P Reilly, John A Lawson, and Garret A FitzGerald Center for Experimental Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 19104
Pathophysiology of systemic and chronic inflammatory imbalances in the body, inflammatory cytokines and their contribution to chronic diseases, clinical nutrition...
Pro-inflammatory eicosanoids and cytokines are produced from arachidonic acid, and omega-3s have been shown to inhibit arachidonic acid metabolism, hence less pro-inflammatory synthesis. Understand how to use fish oils to prevent chronic disease.