Is everything inflammation?
4/22/202632 min
To hear some people tell it — especially people on TikTok — inflammation is the root of all disease. It's... not that simple. But inflammation does have a lot to teach us about why modern life can make us feel so bad, and even what we might be able to do about it.
Guest: Dylan Scott, senior correspondent at Vox
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First 90 secondsDylan Scott· Guest0:00
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Speaker 20:28
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Sally Helm· Host0:45
[wind rushing] Sometimes I just wanna know what is wrong. [upbeat music] Like, why am I so tired? Why does life feel so hard? And I have come to learn that if you address that question not to your sister or your therapist, but instead to TikTok, you can get a blessedly simple answer.
Midge Purce1:07
Inflammation is the root of all disease.
Speaker 51:09
The root cause of most all chronic illnesses and aging itself.
Sally Helm· Host1:14
To hear some people tell it, inflammation is the cause of basically everything, like all of the problems with our health.
Speaker 6· Soundbite1:23
Heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, even some forms of cancer.
Midge Purce1:28
Acne, eczema,