How inflammation could age you with Prof. Philip Calder

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Inflammation is a complicated topic. Short-term inflammation plays an essential role in fighting infections and healing injuries. But too much inflammation can be a catalyst for chronic ailments, like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, autoimmune disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, and obesity. What we eat can influence our inflammatory responses and contribute to chronic, low-grade inflammation. In today’s episode, Prof. Philip Calder helps us understand the science behind inflammation, how it impacts our health and what food has to do with it. Philip is head of the School of Human Development and Health, as well as a Professor of Nutritional Immunology, in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. He’s also an internationally recognised researcher on the metabolism and functionality of fatty acids. His work focuses on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids and the influence of diet and nutrients on immune and inflammatory responses. 🌱 Try our new plant based wholefood supplement - Daily 30 *Naturally high in copper which contributes to normal energy yielding metabolism and the normal function of the immune system Learn how your body responds to food 👉 zoe.com/podcast for 10% off Follow ZOE on Instagram. Timecodes 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Quickfire questions 02:55 The role of inflammation in immunity 05:30 Chronic inflammation and disease 08:30 How to measure inflammation 09:53 Low-grade inflammation and disease risk 12:30 What causes blood vessel inflammation? 15:23 What creates the narrowing of blood vessels? 17:20 How inflammation can cause blood clots, heart attacks and strokes 19:15 Inflammation and aging 21:40 Inflammation and lifestyle factors 25:07 Obesity and inflammation 28:45 Muscle loss and inflammation (sarcopenia) 30:52 The impact of meals, sugar and fats on inflammation 33:35 How diet could reduce inflammation 34:42 Why we all respond to food differently 38:42 Dietary choices to manage inflammation 40:00 What are omega-3s? 41:17 Anti-inflammatory foods 43:40 Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids 45:55 Challenges with farmed salmon 📚 Books from our ZOE Scientists: Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector Mentioned in today's episode: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory processes: Nutrition or pharmacology? in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Omega-6 fatty acids and inflammation in PLEFA Omega-3 fatty acids and inflammatory processes in Nutrients Another relevant study: Health relevance of the modification of low-grade inflammation in ageing and the role of nutrition in Ageing Research Reviews Have feedback or a topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know here Episode transcripts are available here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Zoe, science and nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health. Today's topic is inflammation. It's a word we often hear, but what does it really mean and how does inflammation relate to what we eat?
0:26.7	Some inflammation in the body over a short time frame is necessary for us to function well.
0:32.4	It's a natural response to infection or injury, but long-term
0:36.6	or chronic inflammation can increase your risk of serious health conditions, including
0:41.7	heart disease, liver disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and even
0:46.4	dementia.
0:47.4	Today, Professor Philip Calder joins us to help understand how we can lower inflammation to avoid diseases and improve our health.
0:58.0	Philip is a professor of nutritional immunology and the head of the School of Human Development and Health at the University of
1:03.5	Southampton in the UK. He's a highly cited research scientist with over 800 scientific
1:08.7	publications and an expert on how our diet influences our immune system and inflammation.
1:18.8	Philip, thank you for joining me today.
1:20.4	Thanks for having me. Great to be here. It's a real pleasure. So we have a tradition
1:25.2	here at Zari Philip and the tradition is that we always start the podcast with a
1:29.8	quick-fire round of questions and we have some very special rules that professors always find really difficult.
1:35.9	You can say yes or no or if you absolutely have to you can have a one sentence answer.
1:42.1	Are you willing to give it a go? I'll try my best to stick to the rules.
1:45.7	All right. Could inflammation make me age faster?
1:51.3	Yes. Can long-term inflammation cause serious diseases? Yes. Are
1:58.0	inflammation and immunity the same thing? No. Can the food I eat cause inflammation after meals? Yes. I'm nearly
2:07.9	50. Is it too late to change my diet to lower my inflammation?
2:13.7	No.
2:15.0	That's good.
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