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.
Curcuma longa, a powerhouse plant, is highly antiinflammatory, treating cardiovascular, metabolic, and rheumatic disorders. Turmeric oils (a leaf fraction) and curcuminoids make this "curry" ingredient an essential culinary/medicinal botanical.
Chronic inflammation appears to contribute to tumor progression by establishing a milieu conducive to development of different cancers at all three stages of tumor development: initiation, progression and metastasis, inducing the release of a variety of c
A nonspecific immune reaction inducing a syndrome profile of fever, pain, anxiety, depression, reclusivity, anorexia, stress hormones, triggered by signals in the brain’s hypothalamus; body’s attempt to produce & preserve energy; cells secrete proinfl
The roles and functions of cytokines are confusing and still being sorted out. Over three dozen have been identified with more being discovered each day.
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.
Chronic inflammation is also involved in diseases as diverse as atherosclerosis, cancer, heart valve dysfunction, obesity, diabetes, congestive heart failure, digestive system diseases, and Alzheimer's disease...The New England Journal of Medicine publish
Over the past several years, medicine has started to recognise the fundamental role of inflammation in nearly every disease process. Researchers and physicians have been redefining heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and even diabetes and obesity as inflammator