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Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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Re: Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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It is rapidly becoming clear that inflammation drives many processes of disease and ageing. Many people are turning to anti-inflammatory diets rich in fruits like blueberries, fish with Omega Acids and turmeric. For example, there are many yoga practitioners in India who have extreme old age and great health that people worldwide can all benefit from listening to, like Baba Ramdev.

Re: Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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It is rapidly becoming clear that inflammation drives many processes of disease and ageing. Many people are turning to anti-inflammatory diets rich in fruits like blueberries, fish with Omega Acids and turmeric. For example, there are many yoga practitioners in India who have extreme old age and great health that people worldwide can all benefit from listening to, like Baba Ramdev.

I imagine you did not mean to imply that Baba Ramdev is of extreme old age, it seems he's only 55?

Re: Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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Anecdote, but this may explain why I feel so much healthier when I'm fasting regularly. Turns out, if you stop putting everything but water/salt in your body, there's not much left that causes inflammation.

Inflammation is a basic life process, not a reaction to the food you eat. Inflammation plays an active part in wound-healing. Teething in infants has an inflammatory component. Systemic inflammation is ubiquitous during and following parturition in mammals. There is inflammation everywhere, it's as generic a word as "oxidation" and "metabolism."

Re: Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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Anecdote, but this may explain why I feel so much healthier when I'm fasting regularly. Turns out, if you stop putting everything but water/salt in your body, there's not much left that causes inflammation.

Same here. It's the closest thing to an actual wonder drug i have ever come across.

My skin clears up, brainfog disappears, the white in my eyes get brighter, etc.

After reading a bit i have come to the same conclusion - if your diet is already extremely clean / bland, maybe you won't get the same effect, but for most people that eats lots of different foods, processed stuff, fast food, alcohol, harsh additives, fried/burned food etc. on occasion then i think you really need to give yourself a break at least once a month. For a minimum of 48 hours.

Re: Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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Anecdote, but this may explain why I feel so much healthier when I'm fasting regularly. Turns out, if you stop putting everything but water/salt in your body, there's not much left that causes inflammation.

Inflammation is a basic life process, not a reaction to the food you eat. Inflammation plays an active part in wound-healing. Teething in infants has an inflammatory component. Systemic inflammation is ubiquitous during and following parturition in mammals. There is inflammation everywhere, it's as generic a word as "oxidation" and "metabolism."

That's like saying cell division is a basic life process and nothing can stop this process from going haywire, but what about cancer. It is widely believed that inflammation levels spike for certain foods and the overall effect on the body is not optimal to say the least.

Re: Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age

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It is rapidly becoming clear that inflammation drives many processes of disease and ageing. Many people are turning to anti-inflammatory diets rich in fruits like blueberries, fish with Omega Acids and turmeric. For example, there are many yoga practitioners in India who have extreme old age and great health that people worldwide can all benefit from listening to, like Baba Ramdev.

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