Lesson 4: Control Excessive Inflammation to Control Accelerated Aging
The root cause of just about all chronic disease and accelerated aging is excessive chronic inflammation. It is important to realize that there are two main kinds of inflammation: short-term and chronic inflammation.
Short Term Inflammation
An example of short-term inflammation is if you were to close your finger in a door. It will swell, turn red, and maybe even get a little warm. These are all signs of inflammation. Short-term inflammation is a normal process that your body uses in response to an injury. After a while, short-term inflammation resolves itself as part of the normal healing process.
Chronic Inflammation
Chronic inflammation is different. Chronic inflammation is ongoing inflammation that results in long-term damage to your body, which is then further perpetuated by the continuation of inflammation. This can be due to toxins in your body, like those found in cigarette smoke, or metabolic byproducts that your body views as toxic, like those present when there is excessive body fat. Chronic inflammation can also be brought and maintained by either physical or mental/physiological stress.
Inflammation & Aging
Do you remember back in Lesson 1 when we talked about telomeres? Chronic inflammation can accelerate telomere shortening (e.g. biological aging of your cells). Chronic inflammation can also increase the risk of chronic diseases (heart disease, diabetes, etc), which by most accounts also accelerate the aging process.
Because inflammation, in metered doses, is a natural part of how your body deals with injury or invasion by toxins/bacteria/viruses, our focus isn't to eliminate inflammation entirely but instead to control inflammation and minimize chronic inflammation as much as possible.
I have a 3-point plan to help you get started...
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Eat Fruits or Vegetables At Every Meal - Maintaining a healthy body weight is essential for controlling chronic inflammation. A simple way to get started with maintaining your weight or losing weight is by eating more vegetables. Research from Dr. Barbara Rolls at Penn State University shows that the more vegetables you eat at a meal, the less overall calories you'll eat at that meal. So next time you sit down to eat a meal ask, Where are the vegetables?
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Take a Walk -Exercise is a simple and potent way to control chronic inflammation. While the research on walking's effect on inflammation is mixed, it is a good place to start if you are not currently exercising. Taking a walk after a meal can help keep blood sugar levels in a more normal range. This also has secondary anti-inflammatory effects.
- Drink Coffee Daily -Enjoy 2-3 cups of coffee each day. Research from Harvard University has consistently found that daily coffee consumption reduces risk of diabetes (a disease linked to increased chronic inflammation), plus a 2015 study involving more than 1,700 people found that people who drank coffee on a regular basis had lower levels of inflammation (they looked at 77 different markers of inflammation!).
Antioxidant Packed Coffee
Coffee has been shown to be the #1 source of antioxidants in the American diet, and Neuro Coffee takes that to the next level!
How?
Neuro Coffee is artisan roasted coffee that is further enhanced with a patented blend of antioxidants from the coffee fruit. These are not just any antioxidants, but antioxidants that have been shown in multiple human clinical studies to increase BDNF in the body. BDNF has been called "Miracle-Gro" for the brain due to its ability to help the body grow and repair neurons.
If you are looking to increase the antioxidant punch in your diet to help protect telomeres in your cells, or if you are looking to support your body's natural abilities to grow and repair neurons, the smart choice is to reach for a cup of Neuro Coffee.
Now, some of you might think that this is just coffee with a clever name - It isn't. This is a brain supplement delivered via coffee. It's delicious. I drink 2 cups every day. The key to living a long healthy life is consistently taking daily steps to nourish your body. Neuro Coffee makes supporting your brain health simple - just drink coffee - no behavior change required!
