Chronic Inflammation and Chronic Illness Statistics
Written by admin on June 5, 2008When we see statistics such as those cited from Medco Health, it’s hardly a leap connecting the dots to chronic inflammation when illnesses cited in the study are depression, diabetes, asthma.
The statistics state that for the first time ever over half the population, 51% of American children and adults were taking one or more prescription drugs for a chronic condition up from 50% the previous four years, and 47% in 2001.
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The 60’s, 70’s, Inflammation and Omega-6
Written by admin on May 30, 2008It is more than ironic that a few years after food manufacturers’ began upping Omega-6s from soybeans in processed foods in the 60’s (that create inflammation), Dr. Jorn Dyerberg was getting very curious why the Greenlandic Eskimos seemed to be free of atherosclerosis disease even though they consumed large amounts of whale fat. His fascination would bring a major discovery that EPA and DHA from fish were anti-inflammatory.
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