For ladies only

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August 13, 2009.

Ladies, this article is from an OB/GYN. Sometimes we suffer from problems for

years and never find out what is wrong with us. Could it be inflammation? For

your own health, check this out.

What is chronic inflammation?

by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP

It's the big buzz word in health these days, but... why?Inflammation

-- the immune response your body uses when you're injured -- can spiral wildly

out of control and become a chronic condition that can cause health problems and

symptoms, and even damage your bones. Discover how chronic inflammation can

smolder inside your body for years without you knowing, and find just which

steps you can take today to cool the fire inside.

Your bones work silently each day to provide your body with an

incredible array of health benefits as part of their regular job description.

But conditions like chronic inflammation, stress, and even a poor diet can

threaten your bone health, especially over time.

When it comes to your bone health, you should know that your bones

are designed to repair and rebuild themselves -- even as you get older. Our

approach to bone health effectively supports this process, naturally and without

drugs.

Dora had physical symptoms and troubling bone health, but now her

pain is gone and she's building her bones. Her body responded well to the

vitamins and probiotics and she has finally achieved the balance she was hoping

for. Dora advises you to ask: How badly do I want to feel better? She says, " If

you allow yourself to be open enough to healing and you work at it, how can you

possibly fail? "

Like an unattended fire, chronic inflammation can slowly spread and

lead to serious metabolic breakdown, with vast implications for your long-term

health. You may have heard that disorders like rheumatoid arthritis,

inflammatory bowel disease, and eczema stem from inflammation. But chronic

inflammation has now been connected to a host of modern diseases, from obesity,

diabetes, atherosclerosis, and high blood pressure, to Alzheimer’s,

osteoporosis, Parkinson’s, cancer, and even depression! In the functional

medical world, we view all chronic and degenerative illnesses — and even

biological aging — as rooted in chronic inflammation.

Many patients ask about the underlying cause for inflammation, and

it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the root of chronic inflammation is

an imbalanced immune system. Your immunity is comprised of two major systems:

your innate immune system and your acquired immune system.

To read the rest of this important and informative article, see this

website:

http://www.womentowomen.com/inflammation/whatischronicinflammation.aspx?

FYI,

Lottie Duthu