The 7 Root Causes of Inflammation That Cause Cancer, Heart Disease and Autoimmunity
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 852 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. David Jockers explores the seven root causes of inflammation, which are major contributors to chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and autoimmunity. Understanding these underlying factors is essential to addressing inflammation at its source. Dr. Jockers highlights how issues like leaky gut and low stomach acid can trigger systemic inflammation, leading to far-reaching consequences for health.
You'll also learn about the importance of balancing blood sugar to prevent inflammation. Elevated blood sugar levels create advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which damage tissues and lead to oxidative stress. Dr. Jockers explains how blood sugar imbalances set the stage for inflammation and how you can stabilize it to promote healing.
Additionally, the episode dives into the impacts of physical and emotional trauma, toxic load, and circadian rhythm dysfunction on the body's inflammation levels. Dr. Jockers offers practical insights on how to reduce these stressors and better support your body's healing processes, enabling you to restore balance and prevent further health complications.
In This Episode:
00:00 Morning Sun Reset
00:24 Show Intro and Inflammation Overview
03:41 Seven Root Causes Explained
04:06 Leaky Gut and Low Acid
07:10 Blood Sugar Swings
08:21 Trauma and Stress Load
09:39 Toxins and Detox Pathways
12:36 Circadian Rhythm Fixes
17:19 Chronic Infections
18:56 Nutrient Deficiencies
19:39 Allostatic Load Framework
21:38 Closing and Next Steps
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| 0:00.0 | It's really key that early in the day, we're getting a lot of good sun exposure, right, or natural |
| 0:04.5 | light exposure. That's really important to help set your circadian rhythm. Your circadian rhythm says, |
| 0:09.0 | okay, if I'm getting a lot of sun exposure now, that means, you know, roughly 12 hours later, |
| 0:14.4 | it's going to be time to really wind down and start secreting more melatonin for good sleep. |
| 0:19.9 | So we set the circadian rhythm when we get early sun exposure. |
| 0:23.9 | Well, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:25.8 | Great episode today on the seven root causes of inflammation. |
| 0:29.8 | And of course, we know inflammation is at the root of cancer, heart disease, and autoimmunity. |
| 0:34.8 | But you always have to go upstream and understand what's |
| 0:37.8 | actually causing the inflammation. And we're going to talk all about these seven major root causes. |
| 0:42.8 | And this is what you have to address to get well. And if you're somebody out there that |
| 0:46.8 | that's struggling with chronic inflammatory conditions, reach out to our health coaching team. |
| 0:51.7 | You can email us at info at Dr.jokers.com. We've got an amazing team of |
| 0:55.6 | naturopath and health coach that work with people all over the world with every kind of major |
| 1:01.6 | condition. And we help really figure out what the root cause factors are and then also |
| 1:07.1 | customized protocols to help them get well. We look at health, health coaching forms, |
| 1:12.8 | as well as lab testing. And so if you're interested in that, send us an email at info at |
| 1:17.5 | Dr.jockers.com. Please take a moment also and leave a five-star review on this episode. That will |
| 1:24.4 | actually help us reach more people and impact more lives. And of course, share it with |
| 1:27.7 | somebody that you know and that you care about. If you're getting any value out of this podcast, |
| 1:31.9 | take a moment, leave us that five-star review. And without further ado, let's go into this episode. |
| 1:36.9 | If you're like me, you're on a mission to simplify and accelerate your path to health optimization |
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