As we age, our immune function gradually declines, and chronic inflammation can quietly affect all the body’s functionalities, taking a toll on health and reducing our lifespan. So how can we slow the aging of our immune system and fight chronic inflammation?
Here are some secrets for fighting aging and inflammation through diet, reducing calorie intake, and nutrient supplementation.
What Is Chronic Inflammation?
When confronted with tissue damage or infection, our body initiates a repair mechanism known as an inflammatory response. But if this reaction continues indefinitely, it will trigger another phenomenon called chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation can deplete our immune system and other parts of the body, leading to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and brain degeneration.
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.
