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[jessellivermore]

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Quote: "I am with you that chronic inflammation is the immediate cause of many diseases, like heart disease but I doubt that inflammation is the root cause of all diseases."

Nowhere do I say inflammation is the root cause of all diseases...Pneumococcal pneumonia is caused by a gram positive bacteria... All manner of infectious diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, plasmoids, nematodes, prions and other vectors...The Black plagues and the 1918 Influenza pandemic were not caused by chronic inflammation. Diseases can be caused toxins slow acting and fast acting or on the other end by dietary deficiencies in conditions like Scurvy or Pellagra.

FYI: In medical terminology the suffix "itis" is used to indicate an inflammatory condition...So hepatitis means inflammation of the hepar which is the liver.

Chronic periodontitis raises systemic inflammation...which then accelerates the atherosclerotic process. The infection in the mouth is not the proximal cause of the injury in the vessels of the heart. Anything which raises systemic inflammation whether it is a distal chronic infection, a diet too rich in fast acting sugars, high insulin levels or n-6s in processed foods..will have a similar effect on the heart and all other body tissues...The point is that if you have untreated periodontitis, a poor diet or other causes that increase your risk for degenerative diseases...improving the EPA/AA ratio will moderate the chronic inflammation and slow down the degenerative process.

PS...That doesn't mean I'm against treating the periodontitis...

":>) JL