Dr. Jeff Bland

And yes, you had a lot of maybe death and childbirth, infant mortality, that would affect life expectancy. We have extended life expectancy because of sanitation and hygiene and a lot of reasons, better medical care in some cases.

But these chronic illnesses of aging, which we've come to expect as normal, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and even things that we don't think of as diseases of aging like mental health issues, depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, ADD, autism, Parkinson's. I mean, these are things that we now are understanding are connected to inflammation.

But these chronic illnesses of aging, which we've come to expect as normal, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and even things that we don't think of as diseases of aging like mental health issues, depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, ADD, autism, Parkinson's. I mean, these are things that we now are understanding are connected to inflammation.

But these chronic illnesses of aging, which we've come to expect as normal, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and even things that we don't think of as diseases of aging like mental health issues, depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, ADD, autism, Parkinson's. I mean, these are things that we now are understanding are connected to inflammation.

I remember back in 1997 when this paper came out in the New England Journal by Paul Reeker, which... Essentially, he was a Harvard professor that showed that people with high levels of inflammation had a higher risk of heart attacks. And there was following studies where they showed that if your cholesterol was high, but your inflammation was low, you had a low risk.

I remember back in 1997 when this paper came out in the New England Journal by Paul Reeker, which... Essentially, he was a Harvard professor that showed that people with high levels of inflammation had a higher risk of heart attacks. And there was following studies where they showed that if your cholesterol was high, but your inflammation was low, you had a low risk.

I remember back in 1997 when this paper came out in the New England Journal by Paul Reeker, which... Essentially, he was a Harvard professor that showed that people with high levels of inflammation had a higher risk of heart attacks. And there was following studies where they showed that if your cholesterol was high, but your inflammation was low, you had a low risk.

But if your inflammation was high and your cholesterol was low, you had a high risk. So basically, it was the inflammation that was the problem, not the cholesterol. And pathologists would see in the plaques in arteries back in the 50s, 60s, 70s, they would see macrophages and they'd see T cells in...

But if your inflammation was high and your cholesterol was low, you had a high risk. So basically, it was the inflammation that was the problem, not the cholesterol. And pathologists would see in the plaques in arteries back in the 50s, 60s, 70s, they would see macrophages and they'd see T cells in...

But if your inflammation was high and your cholesterol was low, you had a high risk. So basically, it was the inflammation that was the problem, not the cholesterol. And pathologists would see in the plaques in arteries back in the 50s, 60s, 70s, they would see macrophages and they'd see T cells in...

Put your part of your immune system in the plaque and they just didn't know what to make of it and they thought it was just a plumbing problem and fat build up in your arteries from eating fat. And that was an overly simplistic model.

Put your part of your immune system in the plaque and they just didn't know what to make of it and they thought it was just a plumbing problem and fat build up in your arteries from eating fat. And that was an overly simplistic model.

Put your part of your immune system in the plaque and they just didn't know what to make of it and they thought it was just a plumbing problem and fat build up in your arteries from eating fat. And that was an overly simplistic model.

And now what's happened since that seminal paper from Paul Ricker at Harvard linking inflammation and heart disease, inflammation is now connected to all the chronic diseases of aging and aging itself.

And now what's happened since that seminal paper from Paul Ricker at Harvard linking inflammation and heart disease, inflammation is now connected to all the chronic diseases of aging and aging itself.

And now what's happened since that seminal paper from Paul Ricker at Harvard linking inflammation and heart disease, inflammation is now connected to all the chronic diseases of aging and aging itself.

And so when we look around us, it seems like the final common link between all these chronic illnesses that we're suffering from in today's society are related to inflammation and some dysregulation of the immune system.

And so when we look around us, it seems like the final common link between all these chronic illnesses that we're suffering from in today's society are related to inflammation and some dysregulation of the immune system.

And so when we look around us, it seems like the final common link between all these chronic illnesses that we're suffering from in today's society are related to inflammation and some dysregulation of the immune system.

Rancid fat, essentially.