Some Dangers of Silent Inflammation
Inflammation has been in the news a lot lately. Not just
inflammation but silent inflammation. It's been the topic in
countless newspaper articles and TV news reports. So what's all
the fuss about silent inflammation?
According to Dr. Barry Sears author of The Anti Inflammation
Zone, Silent inflammation is inflammation that you can't feel
and what's more average Americans are leading a lifestyle that
causes chronic silent inflammation. He also states that silent
inflammation is the first sign that your body is out of balance
and you are no longer well. You can't feel it but its grinding
down your heart, your brain, and your immune system. It's
insidious and is the greatest threat to your wellness.
When over produced by the body, three hormones - Cortisol,
Insulin and Pro-Inflammatory Eicosanoids - contribute to silent
inflammation and set the stage for disease.
Dr. Sears states that wellness is ultimately dependent on the
levels of cellular inflammation and especially silent
inflammation found in your body. If you have what he calls
screaming pain or an existing chronic disease then you know your
aren't well. However silent inflammation is different because
it's ongoing inflammation that is under the pain threshold, it's
difficult to detect and you can't determine it by sight alone.
Your first line of defense against silent inflammation is the
Zone Diet. The Zone Diet was designed to reverse silent
inflammation. The key to keeping silent inflammation under
control lies in keeping your glycemic load high enough to avoid
ketosis and low enough to avoid excess insulin secretion. You
also need to balance that with the proper amount of protein and
fat. It's really not that hard. You can learn all about the Zone
Diet by reading either of Dr. Sears' books, The
Anti-Inflammation Zone or The OmegaRx Zone.
The other single most important thing that you can do to control
silent inflammation is to take a daily supplement of high-dose,
ultra-refined fish oil. It's not the cod liver oil your
grandmother used to take. It's the new generation of fish oils -
the ultra-refined, ultra-pure fish oils. These fish oils have
less than 10 parts per billion (ppb) of Mercury, less than 45
(ppb) of PCBs, less than 1 part per trillion (ppt) of Dioxins
and less than 13 meq/L Total Oxidation. These fish oils are not
the fish oils found in health food stores or supermarkets. It
takes 100 gallons of a health food store grade fish oil to make
one gallon of the new ultra refined fish oil recommended by Dr.
Barry Sears in his book, The Anti-Inflammation Zone.
On the cover of his book, The OmegaRx Zone - The Miracle of the
New High Dose Fish Oil, he states that high-dose pharmaceutical
grade fish oil is as close to a medical miracle as we will see
in the 21st century. In fact, he states that it is his most
important Zone discovery ever!
Get into the Zone today and take your fish oil!