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Transposer t1_jd7oyop wrote

I wonder if things like turmeric or meditation help to reduce this disease-contributing inflammation.

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Dapaaads t1_jd83lwa wrote

No, they aren’t stress induced, relaxing isn’t going to stop chemicals from doing what they do

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Transposer t1_jd847al wrote

No medicines that reduce inflammation can reduce pollutant-induced inflammation?

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nohabloaleman t1_jd8vyj9 wrote

Think about inflammation as being on a continuous line and everyone has a certain level of it. There are many things that will increase (e.g., air pollution, stress) or decrease (e.g., meditation, sleep) the level of inflammation. Even if there isn't anything that can be done to mitigate air pollutants once they're in the body, meditation would still be good to keep the overall inflammation from being as high as it could be.

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Electrical-Bed8577 t1_jdh81h2 wrote

You would need anti-inflammatory foods, liver cleansing and heart-kidney-brain supporting diet and herbs (crush/powdered, tincture), as well as breathing meditation exercises, to begin to mitigate particulate damage. Also good letter and lobbying skills, to politely tell politicians to quit being rat bastards in league with toxic corporations.

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Beakersoverflowing t1_jd8vil0 wrote

Meditation doesn't impart its benefits in a cognitive space isolated from physiology. The distinction between cognitive and biochemical space is farcical. It's all manifesting via matter even if you don't know what matter is being perturbed.

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