Hey there and welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, Family Physician and

Former CrossFit Games Athlete. Here is your bonus weekly CrossFit Health Tip, which

was originally published on CrossFit.com. Enjoy!

Hi, I'm here today with Dr. Mike Malin of CrossFit Precision Care, and we're going

to talk about chronic inflammation, which is a primary driver of many chronic diseases.

So first of all, what exactly is chronic inflammation and what are some things that cause it?

Well, it's important to remember that inflammation itself is a normal process that the body performs

whenever it's trying to fight off an infection. Chronic inflammation is when inflammation

is smoldering in the background for long periods of time. And that can come from a lot of

different things. It can come from disease states, such as insulin resistance, early

diabetes. It can come from a poor diet, chronic stress, toxin exposure. Really many things

can lead to chronic inflammation. Okay, so this may be going on and I may not even be

knowing about it. How do I find out if I have chronic inflammation? Well, you might have

some symptoms. So some people find things like brain fog, for example, fatigue, joint aches

and pains can be some symptoms. Really, the best way to know for sure is to get some blood

work done. And to do that, you should really talk to your doctor. Okay, so talk to my doctor

about getting some inflammatory markers drawn to see if I have any signs of chronic inflammation.

Now, say I do have some chronic inflammation happening. What can I do about it?

Well, there's a few things you can do. The first thing is you can do the basics,

right? Like you can make sure you're getting adequate recovery. You're not working out too much

that you're getting good sleep, right? You can make sure you're eating a healthy diet. So

non-process foods. We want to be eating whole foods. We're talking about the rainbow of colors

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