Aging isn’t just what you see in the mirror — it’s also about what’s happening beneath the surface. Low-grade inflammation (low levels of slow, long-term damage to healthy body tissues) throughout the body can often build unnoticed as you age, leading to what experts have called “inflammaging.” It’s an issue linked to multiple aging-related diseases, such as heart disease, cognitive decline, and cancer.
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“Inflammaging is generally defined as the combination of ‘inflammation + aging,’ or a chronic pro-inflammatory state that emerges as we get older, resulting from self-perpetuating cycles of tissue damage, host response, and immune…
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