Sally Helm

But it also sounds like we've demonized inflammation without pausing to ask what it's good for.

It's Unexplainable.

I'm Sally Helm.

And today I ask Dylan Scott, what is inflammation?

And what is it about the way we're living life that is causing something healthy and natural to creep further and further until it becomes bad for us?

Dylan Scott, hello.

Hi, Sally.

All right, Dylan.

I have seen many, many different TikToks about inflammation and how it's perhaps causing like every single health problem in our lives.

And I am curious, before you started looking into this, did you see those?

Is that what sent you on this journey?

Do you have any favorites or least favorites?

It sounds so specific that I'm like, okay, let's do it.

But as you've already said, Dylan, like this is not just TikTok nonsense.

Right.

Like the thing about inflammation is that there is this real body of evidence suggesting that there's something important to think about here.

Yeah.

So let's get into it.

I actually want to start here in the realm of language, because this word inflammation, it's such a powerful word, maybe even a little too powerful, because it contains this feeling of fire within it.

And I just want to start by asking you, like, is that the right metaphor for inflammation?