The Benefits of Sleep Hygiene

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As we get older, many doctors will tell you to slow down because there's wear and tear. What we want is actually quite the opposite. You need muscle mass. Muscles are anti-inflammatory organs that produce more than 300 anti-inflammatory peptides. And then also when you compress your bones by having walking every day or even like jogging, you will be creating more bone,. That's what we want as we get older.

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 theguardian.com/sciencepod