Inflammation - A Simple Explanation As well as your body having
to deal with free radicals, glycation and methylation it also
has to fight against chronic inflammation! This is an ongoing
battle which is being waged every second of the day.If it is not
controlled, inflammation will wreak havoc in your body. In fact,
some scientists believe that chronic inflammation is the cause
of most age related damage. This is because excessive
inflammation causes toxic chemicals which eat away body tissues,
thus leading to heart disease, dementia, arthritis and diabetes
just to mention a few. As with the other three concerns… (free
radicals, glycation and methylation), the cause of inflammation
cannot be narrowed down to one thing only. All four issues are
interrelated! For example, let’s take MDA (malondialdehyde). MDA
is a dangerous chemical byproduct formed in your body as a
result of the action of free radicals on the fatty membranes of
your cells. It is a major factor in the production of AGEs from
glycation. This sa