“Inflamm-aging refers to the constant cascade of processes resulting in low-grade systemic inflammation also called silent inflammation. We “inflamm-age” from the time we are born. Our candles burn at different intensities and speeds. The speed our candle burns can be controlled and managed by our lifestyle.

“Reduce inflammation to treat the root of many issues. If your gut isn't working right it can cause so many other issues.”

― Jay Woodman 

     What are some causes of Chronic Inflammation?

1. Persistent exposure to pathogens/infection causing ongoing production of leukocytes. (white blood cells)

2. Autoimmune reactions (whether by genetic potential or damaged cells) cause immune cells to activate, increasing the production of inflammatory cell-signaling proteins called cytokines.

3. The weakened ability of the body to remove wastes and debris causing a subsequent increase in free radicals signaling damaging messages to the immune system.

4. Increase in toxicity by way of compromised detoxification pathways in the liver, or the very common altered gut microbiota and the leaky gut wall which causes the re-circulation of wastes back into the bloodstream. These toxins and wastes again trigger the immune-inflammatory cascade of reactions

5. Infection and activation of viruses such as EBV can be associated with accelerated aging and increased deterioration of the immune system, showing as a loss of immune/antigen memory, surveillance, and overactive innate immune responses.

Nutrition, nourishment, or aliment, is the supply of materials - food - required by organisms and cells to stay alive. But it is much more. It can help us thrive… Adequate and balanced nutrition plays a role in preventing many of the most common chronic diseases of today.  say something short, on your nutrition philosophy. The rest of this is too detailed for this kind of web page.

Aging is a major risk factor for many pathological conditions including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (PD). The occurrence of these conditions, which are major causes of death in both industrialized and developing countries, has risen markedly in the last century, largely due to the increase in life expectancy as well as urbanization. In addition to changes in lifestyle, urbanization is associated with environmental degradation. Indeed, exposure to environmental toxins has been identified as a substantial causal risk factor for the majority of these age‐dependent diseases.

The toll that aging takes on a body extends all the way down to the cellular level. But the damage accrued by cells in older muscles is especially severe because they do not regenerate easily and they become weaker as their mitochondria, which produce energy, diminish in vigor and number.

Exercise is good for people, as everyone knows. But scientists have surprisingly little understanding of its cellular impacts and how those might vary by activity and the age of the exerciser. 

A study by Mayo Clinic published in Cell Metabolism suggests that certain sorts of workouts may undo some of what the years can do to our mitochondria.

Mayo Clinic Experiment

72 healthy but sedentary men and women who were 30 or younger
72 men and women older than 64.

Baseline measures established were:

1. Aerobic fitness,

2. Blood-sugar levels

3. Gene activity and mitochondrial health in their muscle cells

The volunteers were randomly assigned to 3 particular exercise regimens.

1. Weight Training (3x/week)

2. Brief Interval training 3x/week (4 min. intense + 3 min. mild x 3) repeated 3 times.

3. Combination of:
   Stationary bike (moderate pace) x 30 min. 3x/week alternating w light weight lifting on other days.

4. No exercise.

It seems as if the decline in the cellular health of muscles associated with aging was “corrected” with exercise, especially if it was intense, says Dr. Sreekumaran Nair, a professor of medicine and an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic and the study’s senior author.

In fact, older people’s cells responded in some ways more robustly to intense exercise than the cells of the young did — suggesting, he says, that it is never too late to benefit from exercise.

The toll that aging takes on a body extends all the way down to the cellular level. But the damage accrued by cells in older muscles is especially severe, because they do not regenerate easily and they become weaker as their mitochondria, which produce energy, diminish in vigor and number.

“It is never early and never late until it’s too late”

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What is Lifestyle:
The set of habits and customs that is influenced by the life-long process of socialization, including social use of substances such as alcohol and tobacco, dietary habits, and exercise, all of which have important implications for health.