Because inflammation management is so tightly linked to whole-body health, you may want to take a natural supplement that promotes a healthy inflammation response a fundamental part of your health and wellbeing regimen.

Defense Anti-Inflammatory Support Supplement

You may believe that just your joints can suffer from inflammation. While it is true that a lot of times, joint pain is associated with inflammation, inflammation can actually affect all of your major organs, systems, and functions, therefore having profound effects on overall health.

Inflammation in gums, for example, has been linked to heart disease, and other health problems.

Because inflammation management is so tightly linked to whole-body health, you may want to take a natural supplement that promotes a healthy inflammation response a fundamental part of your health and wellbeing regimen.

What Is Inflammation?

Inflammation is the activation of the immune system in response to a stimulus such as infection, irritation or injury. It is characterized by an influx of white blood cells, redness, heat, swelling, pain, and dysfunction of the organs involved. It has different names when it appears in different parts of the body. Allergy and asthma sufferers are familiar with rhinitis (inflammation of the nose), sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses), and asthma (inflammation of the airways), but inflammation is also behind arthritis (inflammation of the joints), dermatitis (inflammation of the skin), etc.

The human body's immune system triggers inflammation as a natural process to help fight off infection, and to heal injury. The body creates small proteins (called "cytokines") to promote inflammation. Sometimes unfortunately, this cycle of goes out of control, and the excessive inflammation has been shown to lead to many prevalent diseases and disorders.

Stabilizing your body's inflammatory process is important for maintaining healthy joint function and bone health. When your inflammatory response is out of kilter, bones and soft tissues may be compromised, as well as important body functions.

Research in the last two decades has shown us that certain herbs and spices contain phytochemicals that can boost your immune system and create a stronger inflammation response, both safely and effectively.

Defense Anti-Inflammatory Supplement contains a concentrated blend of six such safe, effective immune system strengthening herbs ginger, bromelian, turmeric, boswellia, quercetin & rutin, all of which have been part of our human diet for thousands of years.

These herbs are gently and carefully extracted and then highly concentrated in order to preserve their potency and stability. The CO2 supercritical extraction process used is both prion-free and hexane-free, and does not use synthetic additives or chemical solvents. Defense Anti-Inflammatory Supplement is naturally gluten free.

Herbs for Inflammation

In several studies the boswellic (containing inflammation reducing substances) herbs have been found to have anti-inflammatory activity. They act to modulate the pro-inflammatory enzyme 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX). 5-LOX is believed to be the first enzyme released in the cytokine metabolic pathway which often results in inflammation.

Bromelain is a group of enzymes which can be extracted from various parts of the pineapple. The mechanism by which it works seems to be related to its inherent ability to inhibit platelet aggregation, and, it may be able to alter leukocyte response and activation.

Curcumin is a powerful antioxidant and it seems to stimulate the body's natural production of more histamine-lowering cortisone. Research shows curcumin acts as a collector of nitric oxide and inhibits OCX-2, a pro-inflammatory substance.

Some studies have indicated that the botanical, Ginger, inhibits the synthesis of pro-inflammatory prostaglandins. It appears to do this by inhibiting both the cyclo-oxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase enzymes. Like, curcumin, it also has antioxidant properties and contains protease enzymes, which may add to its anti-inflammatory abilities.

The antioxidants, quercetin and rutin, are closely related naturally occuring in many plants. Research to date appears to indicate that quercetin may be effective in reducing inflammation by inhibiting inflammatory agents such as histamine, leukotrienes and prostaglandins, and it may slow COX-2 production.

The amino sugar known as glucosamine is used by the body to form, and repair, cartilage which cushions and protects your joints. A comprehensive approach to joint health requires the presence of building blocks for new cartilage (glucosamine) and a vigorous, healthy, inflammation response.

Emerging evidence also suggests that inflammation exerts a significant effect on bone metabolism by stimulating production of RANKL (Receptor Activator for Nuclear Factor ê B Ligand), a molecule which activates osteoclasts, the cells which are responsible for the breakdown of bone.

Health and Fitness

David Lyons, founder of the MS Fitness Challenge, and, has been featured with Dr. Oz and many other celebrities and athletes. He has appeared on Fox & CBS news, and, is the author of David's Goliath, which is the story of his diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis and rise from the depths of despair to a competition bodybuilder. David considers Defense Anti-Inflammatory Supplement to be an integral part of his personal, overall health and fitness regimen.

It is a fact that most athletes know all too well: Post-exercise inflammation cuts both ways. While "inflammation" is generally considered a bad thing, it is also the body's method of mending and strengthening muscles. Ideally, inflammation lets you train hard and bounce back quickly, but if your body is out of balance, inflammation may become chronic, compromising recovery from workouts and increasing your risk for injury. Defense helps mitigate this negative chain of events by supporting your body's response to inflammation, which can help you build strength and endurance.*

Inflammation and Aging

Aging is not just the result of the passage of time. Aging is actually something created within our own bodies, a side effect of the essential inflammatory system. While there is no "cure" for the natural process of aging, controlling low-level inflammation is now believed to have the potential to slow down the natural aging process.

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