Want to Age Well? Reduce Inflammation!
You’ve heard of inflammation, but have you heard of “inflammaging?” The term was first coined in 2000 and is defined as “chronic, low-grade, systemic inflammation that increases with age, even in the absence of overt infection or disease.” It is a side effect of modern-day life that affects the health of the whole body, particularly immune function and disease susceptibility (it is well-established that chronic inflammation is an underlying factor in the development of a number of chronic and degenerative diseases).1 The good news is that there are many tools at our disposal to h