Could someone explain to me what inflammation diseases are? Is is skin rashes, joints hurting, arthritis, etc? I was wondering who should take these supplements.
Yes, yes, yes and everyone.
The recommended dosage for those not suffering from any of these infirmaties is half what is recommended for those suffering, but EVERYONE needs these EFAs in their diets.
The author's notes on inflammatory disease include the following:
Diseases Known to Be Caused by Inflammation: Asthma, Allergies, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Atopic Dermatitis, Eczema, Gout, Lupus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD - including celiac disease, Crohn's and ulcerative colitis), Psoriasis, Scleroderma (hard skin), Obesity
Diseases Thought to Be Caused by Inflammation: Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries, heart disease, stroke), Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Failure, Chronic Hepatitis (Inflammation of the Liver), Chronic Thyroid Disease, Chronic Pancreatitis, Osteoarthritis, Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema
Diseases in Which Overactive Inflammation is Suspected: Alzheimer's Dementia & Cancer (including breast, liver, large bowel, urinary bladder, prostate, gastric mucosa, ovary, cervical and skin)
The author also says
Asthma. Psoriasis. Heart disease. Lupus. Eczema. Diabetes. Inflammatory bowel disease. Arthritis. It's an incredible variety of diseases that can be clustered under the single umbrella of inflammation.
Now I must send up a further alarm: I personally believe that this seemingly random "laundry list" of inflammatory diseases is about to get much longer.
A few years ago, during a game of hospital, my young daughter, Sarah, diagnosed her beloved teddy bear, Little Lucy, with a bad case of "bearitis." I've heard that old nursery chestnut a thousand times (I have four children), but for the first time, I really heard it. Itis, in case you don't know, comes from the Greek word for inflammation. My daughter's automatic use of "itis" as a suffix to diagnose her teddy bear made me realize just how synonymous--how closely joined, and inextricably linked--inflammation is with disease.