The Inflammation Syndrome
The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma
Chapter One
Meet the Inflammation
Syndrome
Hank and Debra: The Deadly Effects of the
Inflammation Syndrome
For Hank and Debra, what they didn't know came back to hurt them.
In college they were athletic, trim, and attractive. Hank was the star of
the college football team, and Debra was an avid tennis player. Youth
was on their side, and they quickly recovered from the inevitable athletic
injuries.
After they graduated and married Hank pursued a career in sales, enjoying
its competitive nature but not immediately recognizing how it kept
him from exercising. Meanwhile, Debra juggled motherhood and periodic
jobs to earn extra money. Like many people, they learned to save
time by eating mostly ready-to-heat convenience foods and fast-food
restaurant meals, which tended to be high in fat and carbohydrates and
low in vegetables.
Hank regularly suffered from heartburn and indigestion, but he never
figured out that his poor food choices were the source of his stomach upsets.
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