3. University of California
Berkeley, School of
Public Health (2010)
“Low-grade inflammation is associated with
everything from heart disease and diabetes to
Alzheimer’s and arthritis, and may even be the
cause of most chronic diseases.”
4. “Inflammation is an underlying contributor to
virtually every chronic disease … rheumatoid
arthritis, Crohn’s disease, diabetes and
depression, along with major killers such as
heart disease and stroke.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Whitehead Institute
for Biomedical Research
“The connection between inflammation and
cancer has now moved to center stage in the
research arena.”
5. There are two types of
inflammation
• Acute inflammation – the immune
response to a cut or infection.
Noticeable, short term and positive
• Chronic inflammation – which builds
up over time in vital tissues.
Undetectable, long-term, dangerous
6. “If this type of chronic inflammation
is allowed to run unchecked, tissues
become dysfunctional and then fail.”
Dr Paul Clayton,
Past President,
Forum on Health
Royal Society of
Medicine