The word inflammation means “to set on fire.”
If you’ve got constant inflammation your body is constantly “on fire,” which isn’t a healthy thing.

The classical signs of Inflammation are redness, swelling, heat and pain. When your skin is lacerated, blood vessels dilate, blood flow slows down, congestion occurs like big traffic jam, and you’d see redness. Then, as a result of congestion, fluids leak outside of the blood vessels, you’d see swelling and warmth.

Good result

The blood vessels bring immune system into play to fight microorganisms or what ever going wrong ( like cancer) that would come in through that break of skin. Throughout all this, you’d feel the pain as your nerves are subjected to the chemical reactions that are occurring. The process signals the immune system to bring in soldiers to continue the fight and mop up debris. Consequently, the cells at the edges of the wound would grow, and close up the wound and restore the integrity of the skin. This process is on short agenda and every thing is back yo normal.

Thus, Inflammation restores the body’s balance during infection and injury. Inflammation signals the immune system. An array of soldiers move in and mops up the debris – much like lighting a beacon – to incinerate those almost dead or cancer cells.

To set yourself in fire

What if inflammation is everywhere in your body? It is red hot almost everywhere. Your immune system would get overworked sending soldiers. In its confusion, it wouldn’t know where to go. This happens in constant inflammation. It is like the story of the little shepard who cry wolf at the end nobody answer his calls

Sadly, this scenario occurs when you’ve got excess belly fat. Fat cells are akin to an organ that produces hormones. With constant inflammation, cytokines – products of inflammation – would be on the prowl day and night and sets up a vicious cycle. Their continuous presence induces many similar inflammatory reactions that maintain chronic inflammation.

How does Inflammation Help Cancer

Cancer cells are trapped in a prison called an extracellular matrix. In chronic inflammation, the immune system is always on alert. When this happens, the matrix breaks down and the freed cancer cells move around uninhibited. When the immune system attempts to attack cancer, the cancer cells signals that actually extinguish the flame.

What you can do

Grapes, blackberries, cranberries and small berries; green tea; extra virgin olive oil; wine; and many functional foods fight excess inflammation.

Exercise helps modify your inflammatory state and controls those fat cells so it doesn’t grow out of proportion. So, get up and exercise. Eat your fill of fruits and veggies. Most importantly, lose that extra waist line.