There’s a five-alarm fire sounding these days about inflammation, and
with good reason. Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s,
and acne are just some of the possible consequences
of too much inflammation in the body.
According to Nicholas Perricone,
M.D., the pioneering nutritionist and dermatologist (who wrote the book on anti-inflammation eating), our
bodies actually depend on temporary inflammation to help fight off sudden
injuries or infection. But when that inflammation becomes chronic, “the immune
system mistakenly attacks normal cells, and the process that ordinarily heals
becomes destructive.”
