Sally Helm

Like, how can I know when it becomes chronic inflammation?

Wow, that's so interesting.

So it sounds like we're kind of in like number soup world where it's like we can measure some stuff, like we can know what the proteins are and whether they're elevated, but we don't necessarily know what that means yet.

So the hope is that this will become something almost like cholesterol or something, where you can go in, you can measure it, you can get a number, and then you can take some sane and reasonable steps to address that number.

And maybe that helps you prevent future health problems.

That sounds great.

Cut through the fog for me.

Like, what can I actually do?

Do I need to wrap a turmeric supplement in sea moss and then intermittently fast while I only eat that?

Like, what should I be doing here?

You know, it's funny, Dylan, that makes me think, do you think it's possible that we're causing more inflammation by stressing about inflammation?

I thought what I was doing when I looked at all those inflammation TikToks was seeking out a simple answer in a complicated world.

And I thought Dylan would probably school me on that.

Like, remind me that there are no quick fixes here.

And he did.

But after our conversation, I also realized that another thing I was doing, and that I think those TikTokers are actually doing, is nurturing a very legitimate hope.

That chronic inflammation really does have a lot to teach us about why we sometimes feel so bad living in this very weird world that we've built.

It's a mistake to think that one supplement will solve all our problems.

But I think it's also a mistake to ignore the promise here.

We just got to make sure that our legitimate hope doesn't make us try to leap too quickly to the end of the story.