[tempsy]

There is a huge difference between inflammation in response to injury and chronic inflammation caused by lifestyle choices like poor diet.

[pjc50]

> caused by lifestyle choices like poor diet

If you can prove this .. which things specifically is this linked to? There is a lot of completely terrible nutrition "science" out there.

[Teever]

That's missing the point. If this technique can result in longer lives for people with both good diets and not, it is a genuinely novel innovation in human life span that can't be replaced with better diet alone.

[andai]

The question was what are you giving up in exchange? Is this protein's function really just to reduce your quality of life and kill you faster?

[chiefalchemist]

What happens when you eliminate the "good inflammation" in those with bad diets? Then what? There's likely going to be unintended consequences, naturally. My point, eliminating one symptom usually means eventually creating another.

[tempsy]

It's not missing the point. The point is that a lot of people live with chronic inflammation caused by poor lifestyle choices and that results in many diseases later in life, including Alzheimer's.

The point is that chronic inflammation is bad. The comment I'm replying to isn't recognizing that it's just saying "oh inflammation is fine because it's a response to injury" which is very much missing the point.