Sally Helm

Sometimes I just want to know what is wrong.

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.

To hear some people tell it, inflammation is the cause of basically everything.

Like all of the problems with our health.

Are you worried?

Because don't worry, there are also tips.

Okay, and now I am confused because it sounds like I'm supposed to eat a lot of fish sprinkled with curcumin, which I don't actually know what that is.

Uh-oh.

Okay, check.

But then I'm also supposed to not eat food?

The ancient practice of intermittent fasting can also help lower inflammation in the body.

And I'm probably also supposed to buy something?

Together, they really create this potent extract in this bottle.

At this point, I'm like, as much as I wanted a nice, simple explanation, this just can't be real.

Like, inflammation cannot be the root of all diseases.

But then I came across a recent big piece by my colleague at Fox, health reporter Dylan Scott.

And the science in this piece, it was really surprising to me.

Because it sounds like there is something to the idea that chronic inflammation may be behind many of the diseases of modern life.