Inflammation and complications

Diabetes Complications and other Conditions Other Conditions
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I think inflammation is being considered as a factor in many diseases/health conditions but I'm not sure if the cause and effect of the inflammation is very well understood as of yet.

I've been reading about inflammation in cvd and diabetes, specifically in regards to atherosclerosis. We are at risk for this even we have a good lipid panel and we don't have any of the other risk factors, since we have high bg, maybe not even chronic high bg, because inflammatory factors created by diabetes and high bg lead to damage of the vessel walls and clumping/build up of lymphocytes/macrophages/white blood cells and eventually to plaque/calcification and disruption of plaque apparently. The first article seems to suggest that hyperglycemia is the culprit more than the other inflammatory factors. I found one other article that supported this idea but I can't seem to find it right now.

Prior to my D diagnosis I was already reading a lot about inflammation because I felt like my whole body was inflamed and attacking itself but adding anti inflammatory foods didn't seem to do anything. Stopping acidic foods did help though as well as drinking lots of water.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674740/
http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/103/8/e116.full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252823
http://www.metabolon.com/resources/editorials-chapters/promoting-at...

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Stress always seems to be the biggest culprit in my health issues. I have gotten into the habit of drinking lots of water, and I do try to avoid acidic and other trigger type foods as I have Gout on top of other ailments. I was diagnosed with diabetes after the stress of losing a dear friend. I have always become sick or had health problems during periods of high stress. I think all of us cope in different ways, or better than others. Thanks for sharing the links.

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We are also using chamomile flowers as tea, my mom usually take them for inflammation and cramps caused by arthritis, and turmeric also but we are only taking them as tea not the supplement kind.

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We were advised by our doctors to be mindful of our diet, avoid foods that are pro inflammation - these were usually foods that are high in Omega 6 such as saturated fats, wheat products. Of course continue with the low-crab diet and we are further advise to include foods that are high in Omega 3 on my diets to even the ratio of Omega 3,6. Basically including a lot of Seafoods/fish in our diet to lower down the risk of inflammation. My wife also bought supplementscontaining Omega 3 as an alternative anti-inflammatory, it have a natural lemon flavor for my liking.