Dr. David Furman says there are steps people can take to try and keep chronic inflammation in check. The National Inflammaging Institute has been focusing on making this knowledge available to the public, including healthcare providers. But it makes me wonder whether doctors and the health systems that they work in really embrace this. They must catch up, right? There's typically about 15 to 20 years lag from discovery in the academic setting until it reaches the public.
Ian Sample talks to Dr David Furman, an expert on inflammation and ageing at Stanford University. He explains how chronic inflammation is affecting our health and how lifestyle choices can help us fight it. This episode has been updated from an earlier version which stated that dairy is a cause of inflammation. Current scientific evidence suggests dairy has a negligible to marginally positive impact on inflammation in humans.. Help support our independent journalism at
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