The Link Between Anxiety And Inflammation
The Link Between Anxiety And Inflammation I have shared many times in the past that inflammation is at the root of most, if not all, chronic diseases. We know that eating packaged, processed fake foods increases inflammation as does consume vegetable and seed oils, trans fats, gluten, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and processed meats. But here's something else that drives destructive inflammation that might surprise you. Anxiety. According to Dr. David Hanscom: "Anxiety is a physiological response to a threat. Your whole body is on fire. You have to reduce anxiety, reduce cytokines, and reduce the stress response. If your body is inflamed, you will feel anxiety." Every cell in the body has cytokines. Cytokines are cell signaling molecules that aid cell-to-cell communication in immune responses and stimulate cell movement toward sites of inflammation, infection, and trauma. By reducing or eliminating stress and anxiety, you will reduce the levels of inflammatory cyt...