Chief Science Officer, TriVita
Inflammation resembles a domino effect: A single event may trigger a domino effect of inflammatory reactions. While many of the reactions are fairly predictable, many others are not. They seem to involve amazingly complicated patterns unique to the individual. Still, all inflammation is caused by four basic triggers.
Inflammation triggers
Inflammation is the response to four basic triggers – all of which cause tissue injury. Our body responds to injury with inflammation.
• Trauma
We usually think of trauma as a direct injury that causes pain and distress. However, a sedentary lifestyle can also be a serious cause of trauma because our body was made to move! The more we move, the more we are able to move – and the more we want to move. The less we move, the less we are able to move. Our muscles and other tissues shorten and atrophy. Then, any movement causes injury. So, the less we move, the less we want to move.
• Toxins
Toxicity causes cells to rupture in the same way that a needle causes a balloon to pop. It's estimated that humans create 700,000 tons of pollution and waste every day! Between toxins created outside and inside our body, we are constantly bathed in inflammation producing poison.
• Deficiency
Deficiencies also cause inflammation. For example, an Omega-3 essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency leaves the cell walls weak and unable to function normally. If the cell wall is too thin, even normal cell activity will cause the cell to pop and trigger the domino effect of inflammation. Similarly, deficiency of other nutrients can have a catastrophic effect on cells within your body. (A deficiency in oxygen, water, sleep and circulation can also trigger inflammation.)
• Stress
When we assess a situation as stressful, our brain releases chemicals called catecholamines that trigger the release of many inflammatory processes. For example, stress causes the release of insulin – a pro-inflammatory hormone. Too much stress over too long a period of time will cause insulin resistance (IR). Other stress related chemicals reduce circulation to our digestive and reproductive systems and trigger inflammation from blood deficiency.
Take the "flame" out of inflammation
Once runaway inflammation is triggered, it follows an amazingly intricate course leading to catastrophe. It is as if tens of thousands of dominoes are falling in an extremely complex design. Many of the steps are known to medical science, but many are not. One thing we know and have known for years: stop the runaway inflammation and health will improve!
Betalains in Nopalea™ are anti-inflammatory nutrients. They help your body do what it does best: heal itself with controlled inflammation while neutralizing the flames of runaway inflammation. So, we can say with confidence that if runaway inflammation is the problem, reducing that inflammation is part of the solution!
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David Ogden
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