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How to Combat Visceral Fat and Inflammation for Better Health

Visceral fat is a hidden health risk that in addition to other problems, contributes to chronic inflammation that in turn contributes to serious diseases.
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Posted by Ricardo Londono October 16, 2024
A close-up view of inflamed tissues, focusing on areas like the joints and gut, depicted in a subtle and informative manner. The image uses soft colors and gentle textures to symbolize persistent low-grade inflammation.
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How to Reduce Low-Grade Inflammation: Practical Steps for Better Health

Low-grade inflammation may not produce the pain and swelling of acute inflammation, but its long-term effects can be even worse.
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Systemic Inflammation: Causes and How to Fight It

Learn the hidden signs of systemic inflammation, imain causes, and how to protect your long-term health against this silent killer.
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Chronic Inflammation: How to Fight Back

Chronic inflammation is a silent driver of many of the diseases and conditions that affect longevity and quality of life. Learn about it here.
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Posted by Ricardo Londono October 11, 2024
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Acute inflammation protects us from infections and injury. However, when inflammation becomes chronic, it can lead to long-term problems.
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Beginners Guide to the Immune System

If you’re interested in optimizing health and longevity, managing inflammation is key to maintaining a balanced, well-functioning immune system.
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Mastering Cognitive Load: A Guide to Better Learning

Cognitive load refers to the amount of mental effort being used in working memory. Learn how to manage and improve it in this post
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A creative depiction of a construction site inside the human liver with heavy machinery like cranes and bulldozers actively assembling a ketone molecule. The image symbolizes the liver's role in ketogenesis with a whimsical twist, showcasing the construction of ketones as a complex, ongoing process.
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Bulging Discs: How to Protect Your Back and Improve Your Quality of Life

Up to 30% of people under 40 and over 60% of those over 40 have some form of disc bulging – even without any symptoms. Learn how to prevent, manage, and solve these issues.
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Meniscus Tear: How to Protect Your Knees and Get Back in the Game

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Shoulder dislocations happen when the humerus is forced out of the glenoid, typically due to a traumatic event like a fall, collision, or a submission. A lot of people will volunteer to “pop your shoulder back in” as soon as it happens. Don’t let them. Here is why:
Posted by Ricardo Londono September 9, 2024

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