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Chronic Inflammation:  The Root Cause of a Multitude of Diseasesfoods-fight-inflammationby Mike Westerdal, RKC, CPT & Injury Specialist & Kinesiologist Rick Kaselj, MSIn its role as a facilitator of the healing process, inflammation is generally either in ‘attack’ mode or ‘heal’ mode. In the attack mode, inflammation recruits the immune system to protect the body from an injury and to mitigate infection.In the heal mode, inflammation works to re-grow damaged tissue as it facilitates the healing process.With this knowledge in mind, it is easier to understand the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ inflammation.  Acute inflammation—which occurs immediately after an injury and is almost always short-lived—would be considered ‘good’ inflammation.In contrast, chronic inflammation—which is an unhealthy inflammatory over-response is ‘bad’ inflammation because it can linger for weeks, months or even years.In addition, chronic inflammation can be linked to a number of dangerous diseases.  In fact, a growing number of experts believe that chronic inflammation may very well be the underlying root cause of a multitude of diseases and life-threatening health conditions…http://www.criticalbench.com/gains/foodpain