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title: Chronic Inflammation Behind Most Diseases
date: 2012-07-23T22:43:35Z
modified: 2012-07-23T22:43:35Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/chronic-inflammation-behind-most-diseases/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 2339
categories:
  - Food Sensitivities
  - Living Naturally
  - Multiple Sclerosis
  - Nutrition in the News
tags:
  - "A.W.A.R.E. Alzheimer's disease organization"
  - "Alzheimer's"
  - autoimmune
  - cancer
  - diabetes
  - heart disease
  - inflammation
  - natural anti-inflammatory
author: Elizabeth
---

When the [Wall St. Journal ](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303612804577531092453590070.html?mod=WSJ_0_0_WZ_Tmpl_Reno_RIGHTTopCarousel_1 "wall st journal on chronic inflammation the cause of disease")asked the question, “What do heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke and cancer have in common?” would you have guessed the answer would be “_chronic inflammation_?”

To this list of inflammatory diseases, I would add multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and so many more.

As the WSJ suggests, science is realizing that chronic inflammation is found at the core of most, if not all, chronic conditions and auto-immune disorders.

**_Inflammation_ is the culprit.**

The secret to healing from these disorders? Get rid of the inflammation and the physical manifestations of the inflammation will disappear.

How do you get rid of inflammation? Well, you can use drugs like steroids and NSAIDs designed to decrease inflammation and bring relief, but they come with their own risks and side effects, particularly with long-term, chronic usage.

[Customized anti-inflammatory dietary therapies](http://elizabethyarnell.com/FoodSensitivities.htm "food sensitivities") can be incredibly effective at reducing and avoiding inflammation, and may be used alongside any other medications – i.e., you don’t have to stop taking your meds just because you are changing your diet, too.

Therapeutic dietary strategies are _empowering_: choosing what you put in your mouth is one thing _you_ can do to control the disease that is controlling your life.