Inflammation causes heart disease. Among other things: arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer's, depression, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, asthma. Don't forget cancer.
What causes inflammation? Constantly bombarding your body with unhealthy foods, drugs (recreational and pharmaceutical), smoking (of course), over doing the alcohol (moderate consumption of red wine is good for you, especially good for your heart). Then there's the myriad of chemical toxins introduced to your body in hundreds of ways: your shampoo, toothpaste, cosmetics, water, and environmental pollution. Eating plastic foods...any fast or junk or processed food that you buy today is likely to contain the ubiquitious trans fats...a sure-fire cause of inflammation.
Inflammation is strongly connected to heart disease. Dr William J Meggs in his book The Inflammation Cure
says that atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) is the disease responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other cause. He goes on to explain that while cholesterol plays a part in this form of heart disease "...inflammation has the lead role".
So how do you know if you have life-threatening inflammation? A tell-tale sign is gum disease. Again Dr Meggs: "Our gums are the most visible indicator of an inflammation imbalance in our bodies and we would be wise to pay attention."
Gum disease, especially if you have bleeding gums, can introduce heart-attack-causing bacteria to your blood stream. Get more detail about gum disease and how it causes other diseases here.
What causes inflammation? Constantly bombarding your body with unhealthy foods, drugs (recreational and pharmaceutical), smoking (of course), over doing the alcohol (moderate consumption of red wine is good for you, especially good for your heart). Then there's the myriad of chemical toxins introduced to your body in hundreds of ways: your shampoo, toothpaste, cosmetics, water, and environmental pollution. Eating plastic foods...any fast or junk or processed food that you buy today is likely to contain the ubiquitious trans fats...a sure-fire cause of inflammation.
Inflammation is strongly connected to heart disease. Dr William J Meggs in his book The Inflammation Cure
says that atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) is the disease responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other cause. He goes on to explain that while cholesterol plays a part in this form of heart disease "...inflammation has the lead role".So how do you know if you have life-threatening inflammation? A tell-tale sign is gum disease. Again Dr Meggs: "Our gums are the most visible indicator of an inflammation imbalance in our bodies and we would be wise to pay attention."
Gum disease, especially if you have bleeding gums, can introduce heart-attack-causing bacteria to your blood stream. Get more detail about gum disease and how it causes other diseases here.
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