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Chronic Inflammation: How it's Wrecking Your Metabolism

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Chronic inflammation can drive insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even dementia.

1. Forum Health Integrative Medicine Podcast focuses on chronic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction. 2. Amanda hosts Dr. Garrett Sebold, who practices in Forum Health’s Utah locations and talks through the clinical angle. 3. The episode asks how chronic inflammation becomes a driver of weight gain, insulin resistance, fatigue, brain fog, and chronic disease. 4. Dr. Sebold distinguishes acute inflammation from chronic inflammation by saying acute inflammation helps heal a cut, infection, or sprained ankle. 5. He says acute inflammation usually lasts three to five days before it subsides. 6. He describes chronic inflammation as more insidious because it can build over time before people notice it. 7. He points to chronic aches, headaches, skin inflammation, and difficulty losing weight as common signs. 8. He defines metabolic dysfunction as how well the body processes glucose and insulin. 9. He places type 2 diabetes at the extreme end and insulin resistance or overweight at the earlier end of that spectrum. 10. He says chronic inflammation disrupts energy storage and utilization at the cellular level. 11. Dr. Sebold names the standard American diet, processed foods, refined carbohydrates, sugar, seed oils, and low fiber as major inflammation drivers. 12. He says inadequate sleep is another major contributor and notes that adults generally need seven to nine hours a night. 13. He says sedentary behavior matters, but extreme exercise can also become a stressor for a small subset of people. 14. He links poor sleep to cortisol, higher inflammation, and increased insulin resistance. 15. He says the gut microbiome affects cytokines, interleukins, leaky gut, and increased intestinal permeability. 16. He cites the gut as the location of about two thirds of the immune system and says the immune system is a major driver of inflammation. 17. The conversation shifts into testing, with CRP, sedimentation rate, CBC markers, insulin, hemoglobin A1C, blood glucose, leptin, and uric acid named as useful labs. 18. Amanda and Dr. Sebold discuss food sensitivity testing, chronic infection panels, Epstein-Barr, heavy metals, and environmental toxins as deeper triggers. 19. The tone is clinical, conversational, and practical, with Amanda steering the questions and Dr. Sebold answering in straightforward physiology-based language. 20. Listeners who want practical lifestyle steps for inflammation will get the most from it, while people wanting a purely abstract discussion may skip it.

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