Why Chronic Inflammation Matters To All of Us

Firstly, we need inflammation in our body as a healthy bodily defense mechanism to a foreign pathogen, cut, trauma, bug, bacteria, virus…any stimuli that the immune recognizes as harmful, and then the healing process begins. We don’t need inflammation to be running in the body continuously though – steadily, for a long time. This post is about inflammation when it becomes an issue; when it becomes chronic inflammation (Systemic Inflammation – SCI).

What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Inflammation?

What Is Chronic Inflammation?

Does Chronic Inflammation Go Away?

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Hair Loss?

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Obesity?

Does Chronic Inflammation Mean Cancer?

Do Chronic Inflammation Conditions Affect Fertility?

Why Do I Keep Having Miscarriages?

What Is The Cause of Low Testosterone?

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Diabetes?

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Pain?

Does Chronic Inflammation Make You Tired?

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Weight Loss?

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Eczema?

Does Chronic Inflammation Make Your Body Bloated?

What Are Chronic Inflammation Conditions?

What Are the Signs of Long-term Inflammation?

What Causes Inflammation in the Body?

Does Chronic Inflammation Affect Mental Health?

Can You Reduce Inflammation in the Body Naturally?

Can You Test for Chronic Inflammation?

What Is the Best Way to Control Inflammation?

Does Exercise Reduce Inflammation?

How Do You Stop Insomnia?

How Do You Start an Anti-inflammatory Lifestyle?

What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Inflammation?

Acute inflammation is when we have a burn, cut, frostbite, infection, allergic reaction or are exposed to any type of bacteria. It is a short-term bodily defense response. Chronic inflammation, however, is progressive and not caused by a wound or injury.

What Is Chronic Inflammation?

Chronic inflammation (systemic inflammation – SCI) is the reason why Eat Burn Sleep exists. My health journey (that has a root in chronic inflammation from my teens), which led to near-death experiences with two auto-immune diseases, led me to the discovery of what would treat chronic inflammation for the long-term. So much so, that I am in remission (along with thousands of other members). You can learn more here (under About) about my journey and how I connected the dots to create a successful inflammation-reducing health platform – but the bottom line is that many people do not know that chronic inflammation is the cause of many common – and not so common diseases. Chronic inflammation is a dysregulation of the immune system. Chronic inflammation occurs when inflammation runs consistently in the body over several weeks to years, and many of us do not know this is happening before it can manifest itself in something more serious, if left untreated. Chronic inflammation is linked to the most significant causes of death in the world: 3 out of 5 people die due to chronic inflammatory diseases like cancer, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Chronic inflammation diseases are anticipated to increase persistently for the next 30 years in the US.

Does Chronic Inflammation Go Away?

The great news is that chronic inflammation can be reversed, if the right measures to reduce inflammation in the body are taken. This anti-inflammatory lifestyle aids in reversing chronic inflammation and optimizes health, for the long-term. Symptoms can reduce quickly in many people, once they start the program.

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Hair Loss?

Inflammation is elemental to both male and female pattern hair loss pathology, and reducing inflammation in the body is proven to be successful in reversing hair loss into good hair growth. Alopecia is a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease, and it is a disease that happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles, which causes inflammation, resulting in hair loss. The good news is that alopecia and hair loss that is occurring for another reason (medication or stress, say) can be reversed with a diet and lifestyle that is packed with nutrients that will nourish the gut, immune, and, ultimately, hair follicles. It has been noted that hair not only comes back quite quickly on this anti-inflammatory lifestyle, but there is more hair in quantity, and it grows back denser.

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Obesity?

Chronic inflammation can lead to weight gain. Weight gain can lead to more inflammation. Obesity is a chronic inflammation condition.  Having sustained inflammation in the body, as well as the altercations of dysfunctions associated with obesity, contributes to more obesity-linked complications. Obesity also makes you more prone to type 2 diabetes, hormonal imbalances, depression, joint pain, psoriasis, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Diet, exercise, and behavior modifications remain a cornerstone for treating obesity, and doctors, myself, and other health professionals recommend an anti-inflammatory lifestyle for obesity reduction. Eat Burn Sleep’s weight loss success stories are in their thousands! The perfect anti-inflammatory lifestyle for treating obesity optimizes gut health, liver, and immune system…ensuring safe and healthy inflammation reduction and weight loss for longevity, as well as providing self-nurturing, stress-busting and health education tools. Optimizing gut health also improves mental health. It’s a science! Many people that suffer from obesity have been surprised at how unrestrictive this lifestyle to treat obesity is, and how the weight loss protocol reprograms the mind to ditch hard habits, old eating patterns and cravings. These are just a couple of the key successes, since it can feel like an overwhelming task to reduce body weight. Which is why extreme, dangerous ‘quick fix no-calorie weight loss’ diets and other extreme measures are sought for obesity conditions – which do not treat the condition at source and ultimately cause more inflammation and more disease susceptibility in the body. It is more effective in the long term to treat chronic inflammation and obesity without medication, surgery and any nasty side effects.

Does Chronic Inflammation Mean Cancer?

Having chronic inflammation in the body does not mean cancer is present in the body. However, having chronic inflammation does increase the risk of cancer since chronic inflammation is linked to the various steps involved in the formation of tumors – by way of cellular mutation, development, invasion, survival and proliferation. So, cancer is a chronic inflammation condition but chronic inflammation does not mean cancer!

Do Chronic Inflammation Conditions Affect Fertility?

Yes, chronic inflammation conditions affect fertility. Check out the list of chronic inflammation conditions below. The great news is that this lifestyle treats fertility issues and reduces your chronic inflammation condition (often to remission). Reducing inflammation at systemic levels and improving your overall health with the right anti-inflammatory foods, anti-inflammatory movement and stress reduction tools will give you a greater chance of improving fertility, carrying and having a healthy baby (see below).

Why Do I Keep Having Miscarriages?

Miscarriages are linked to chronic inflammation. If you have a known condition like PCOS, endometriosis, celiac disease, meniere’s, obesity, diabetes – or any of the chronic inflammation conditions listed below, you are at risk of having miscarriages. How to increase your chances of a healthy pregnancy:

• Eating the right macro and micro-nutrient-rich foods
• Achieving optimum gut and mental health
• Doing the right anti-inflammatory movement
• Lowering cortisol with neuroplasticity exercises
• Detoxifying the liver
• Improving immune health
• Improving hormone health
• Getting good, regular sleep

Eat Burn Sleep will assist you in having a healthy pregnancy. Don’t give up hope because it is possible to reduce miscarriages.  Check out the Eat Burn Sleep pregnancies, fertility and ‘healthy baby’ testimonials.

What Is The Cause of Low Testosterone?

Chronic inflammation can cause low testosterone, low sperm count and erectile dysfunction, which is why men use this anti-inflammatory platform to improve their chances of having a baby.

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Diabetes?

Chronic inflammation plays a major factor in both diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2. The causes of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are different but successful treatment remains the same. For prevention and controlling diabetes, Eat Burn Sleep aids with:

• Targeting systemic inflammation
• Improving gut microbiata
• Stabilising blood sugar levels
• Cutting insulin resistance
• Improving liver function – for type 2 diabetes, medication overburdens the liver
• Regulating sleep
• Reducing stress

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Pain?

Chronic inflammation does cause pain in many conditions caused by chronic inflammation but not all of them. Certainly, there is discomfort in some way with a condition that is linked with chronic inflammation. See the list of conditions that are caused by inflammation below.

Does Chronic Inflammation Make You Tired?

Fatigue is a symptom of chronic inflammation and can make you very tired, listless, lacking energy and having no spark, so to speak!

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Weight Loss?

Weight loss is linked to chronic inflammation. You see, gut health issues that you have with chronic inflammation conditions like leaky gut syndrome and Crohn’s say, can impact your body’s ability to digest food and absorb the nutrients. Successful treatment for weight loss is targeted at gut health, reducing inflammation and stress in the body and reprogramming the mind, to promote regular sleep say, which is needed for bodily function regulations and renewals, for instance. We have a specialized section for members for healthy weight gain on the platform, which details a protocol to gain weight in a healthy way that will support optimum health for the long term. Health education is key to long term health, since good health and longevity is not about deprivation!

Does Chronic Inflammation Cause Eczema?

Eczema/dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory disease in the skin and in the blood. What can happen also with eczema is that the nature of the itchiness of the skin often keeps people awake at night. Sleep is disturbed and stress levels go up as a result. There is also the aspect that people can experience self-consciousness about the eczema, depending on where it is, and this contributes to a negative impact on emotional health, often causing depression and anxiety. Stress, lack of sleep, feeling depressed – all contribute to chronic inflammation, so it is a never-ending cycle. If you focus on not only improving gut health and immune health but also calming the mind down, too, this will help. There are excellent and enjoyable inflammatory-quelling tools on the platform that are successful in treating eczema, psoriasis, acne – all skin conditions related to chronic inflammation, chronic inflammation conditions and autoimmune diseases. You see, there are many chronic inflammation conditions that run alongside inflammatory skin conditions, like obesity and pcos which are treated at systemic levels.

Does Chronic Inflammation Make Your Body Bloated?

Yes, chronic inflammation conditions can cause bloating. Conditions such as IBS and IBD certainly produce bloating symptoms. My approach to reducing bloat and digestive conditions (and all of the symptoms that come with them) is targeted at gut health, nutrient absorption, healing the body at systemic levels, reducing inflammation and optimising immune, liver, thyroid and overall health.

What are Chronic Inflammation Conditions?

Here are some chronic inflammation conditions, signs and symptoms (and not limited to):

• Autoimmune diseases
• Alopecia
• Eczema
• Obesity
• Candida & H-pylori
• Thyroid issues
• Endometriosis
• Fertility issues
• GORD, GERD: acid reflux
• IBS
• PCOS
• Long Covid
• Depression
• Migraines
• Diabetes
• Meniere’s disease
• Cancer
• Psoriasis
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulitis
• COPD
• Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s
• Kidney disease

 

What Are the Signs of Long-term Inflammation?

Chronic inflammation can go undetected for a long time and there are many signs that are not associated with inflammation. Chronic inflammation can present itself in so many ways like weight gain and weight loss, body pain, depression, digestive issues, through the skin and hair, for instance. There are also surprising signs of inflammation like being tired all the time, insomnia and feeling like crying without cause (when otherwise healthy and life is good!).

What Causes Inflammation in the Body?

Chronic inflammation is caused by (but not limited by):

• Diet
• Age
• Lifestyle
• Toxin exposure
• Pollution
• Obesity
• Autoimmune disorders
• Auto-inflammatory disorders
• Recurring episodes of acute inflammation (eg. pneumonia)
• Genetics
• Medication
• Exercise
• Stress
• Sleep disorders

 

Does Chronic Inflammation Affect Mental Health?

Mental health is affected by chronic inflammation and chronic inflammation causes mental health issues.  Blood tests in people with mental health issues often show high inflammation markers. Also, the effects of a chronic inflammation condition on your mental and emotional health can be so impactful on your life. It’s a rather complex subject, explained throughout the Eat Burn Sleep platform because the mechanisms of the effects of inflammation in the body and how the body becomes inflamed is complex, and is unique to the individual’s make-up, surroundings and lifestyle. It goes without saying that if you are living with inflammation, and living with pain, and having to cope with all of the inconveniences of how it affects your body, then there is no doubt this will affect your mental health. There is also no doubt that it could become a vicious circle because if your mental health is affected, this has a profound effect on your body and the added stress itself could increase inflammation. Also, mental health is affected by gut health.  The majority of your neurotransmitters are produced in a healthy gut and there’s a bidirectional relationship with the brain. It’s the brain-gut axis. Again, explored more on this optimal health platform. If the gut does not have a good amount of good bacteria, this will affect your mental health. There’s a scientific reason why people are happier living an anti-inflammatory lifestyle!

Can You Reduce Inflammation in the Body Naturally?

The only way inflammation can be reduced for the long term is naturally. Certain drugs that are given for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases that reduce and inhibit circulating mechanisms of inflammation say, actually cause inflammation in the long run. Medication can harm the gut microbiome and cause inflammation in the intestinal walls. This is how leaky gut syndrome can develop, which then releases and triggers chronic inflammation. Additionally, many anti-inflammatory drugs only mask symptoms of inflammation and do not treat the cause at systemic levels. There isn’t any medication that can take away systemic inflammation for the long term. The wonderful news is that you can contribute to lowering your inflammation.  Inflammation can be reduced by what we can control, like the food that we eat, what we drink, how we sleep and how we move. Removing inflammation triggers and reducing chronic inflammation and resetting the immune system is made easy on this anti-inflammatory lifestyle because it isn’t just an inflammation-reducing diet. In order for inflammation to be lowered successfully, the body needs to be treated holistically. For example, you can’t eat anti-inflammatory foods, have a sedentary or stressful lifestyle, and expect inflammation to reduce dramatically.

Can You Test for Chronic Inflammation?

Unfortunately, there aren’t any highly effective tests for assessing whether you have chronic inflammation running in your body. Diagnoses are undertaken when existing inflammation is picked up in tests when there is an existing medical condition but these aren’t really accurate indicators. Do check in with your doctor with any health concerns.

What Is the Best Way to Control Inflammation?

The best way to control inflammation in your body is to live an anti-inflammatory lifestyle and optimize your body for the best health in your gut, immune, liver, thyroid and so on. This will prevent chronic inflammation from presenting itself. A 360 degree nutrition-prescribed anti-inflammatory protocol is necessary to reduce inflammation in the body.  If you have a chronic inflammation condition running in your genes, then to inhibit the chances of you developing a chronic disease, and lessening the genetic expression, a lifestyle intervention is often necessary. Success depends on how you approach reducing inflammation in your body. The beauty of this health platform is that it teaches balance and a healthy relationship with the idea of being healthy. Approaching a new healthy lifestyle from a nurturing angle will allow for success. A successful healthy lifestyle is an enjoyable one, not a gruelling one! Learning about what impacts your body positively and negatively aids in healing your body and following a plan of what to eat and drink makes it easier.  Healing your gut allows for nutrient absorption, good immune health, liver health, hormone balancing and so the list continues.

Does Exercise Reduce Inflammation?

Yes, exercise reduces inflammation but it is important to do the right anti-inflammatory exercise. How to move, when and for how long and keeping stress at bay with visual and audio guides, accessible 24 hours a day, will assist you in keeping inflammation at bay, maximising gut health and immune health. There are certain movements that assist with lowering multiple pro-inflammatory molecules and cytokines and many that contribute to them. Doing the correct anti-inflammatory movements are a major part of healing from chronic inflammation conditions. Many people are surprised by the movements that are necessary for this process. For instance, high impact workouts actually contribute to chronic inflammation due to the levels of inflammation running consistently in the body.

How Do You Stop Insomnia?

Insomnia is not good for optimum health, since so many important bodily functions happen during the cycles of sleep. You can learn to sleep though on Eat Burn Sleep (hence the ‘Sleep’!). Even if you have been working nightshifts for years or have deep embedded unhealthy sleep patterns. Reprogramming your mind and body to have healthy, regular sleep will ensure that you are on the right path to combatting chronic inflammation, allowing for essential functions that only happen when the body rests regularly. The rebuilding of human growth hormones and hunger hormone regulation, along with other regeneration occurs when you go through regular good sleep cycles.  Self-nurturing, neuroplasticity exercises, both mentally and physically, performed regularly will reduce inflammation, prevent inflammation and control inflammation. Enjoying life and socialising are other key factors for optimum health. It is wonderful to know that this anti-inflammatory lifestyle is treating inflammatory conditions in so many people, giving them their lives back (and giving lives in terms of fertility and having babies!). It is the reason why I created Eat Burn Sleep. Positive health changes are not temporary, are felt quickly and optimum health is ultimately achieved. Members state a happier and healthier state of being than ever before!

How Do You Start an Anti-inflammatory Lifestyle?

Starting an anti-inflammatory lifestyle may seem daunting, which is why the Eat Burn Sleep platform makes it an easy task. There’s an app to help you keep on track, anti-inflammatory food lists, daily planners, shopping lists, full anti-inflammatory lifestyle support from Yalda and a team of nutritionists and inspiration and motivation from other members in a community forum. 260+ anti-inflammatory recipes are constantly being added to, 190+ anti-inflammatory movement videos, specialized advice sections, reboot and revive weeks, breakfast options, full health education…the list goes on! I invite you to take a look at the testimonials and see how Eat Burn Sleep can help your chronic inflammation condition. Eat Burn Sleeps allows you to have more autonomy over your health in a time where health professionals are pushed to the limit. Every tool that you need to quell inflammation is here on the platform. Keep happy, keep healthy and keep the inflammation down!  Get in touch with the Eat Burn Sleep team, if you have any questions!       Favorite