Chronic Inflammation: Causes & 5 Natural Ways to Calm It

What is chronic inflammation, and why does it stick around? Inflammation is your body's alarm system. Acute inflammation helps you heal, then switches off. Chronic, low-grade inflammation keeps ringing, and researchers have linked it to fatigue. In this post, Emma B. breaks down the everyday causes of chronic inflammation: ongoing stress, disrupted sleep, not moving enough and oxidative stress from too many free radicals. Learn how free radicals and antioxidants work, and why superoxide dismutase (SOD) is one of your body's first-line antioxidant defenses. Then get five natural ways to turn the alarm down: eat real food, move your body, protect your sleep, manage your stress and support your cells from the inside out. You'll also see what's inside Prime Recovery, Cellev8's SOD-led gummy with five plant antioxidants, plus real customer reviews. Simple, science-backed and easy to follow, with seven peer-reviewed sources. Grab the free Inflammation, Explained guide, and take care of your cells. They take care of everything else.
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By Emma B.  ·  October 2nd  ·  4 min read

When Inflammation Won’t Switch Off.

“Inflammation isn’t your enemy. The problem isn’t that it exists. It’s when it doesn’t turn off.”

What inflammation is, what keeps it going, and five everyday habits linked to lower inflammation.

7 peer-reviewed sources 5 daily habits Free guide inside

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01 · The Basics

What Is Inflammation?

Inflammation is how your body protects and heals itself. Roll an ankle and it swells and gets warm while your immune system starts the repair. Once you’ve healed, the inflammation calms down.

That kind is helpful. The problem is when low-level inflammation sticks around for weeks, months or years.

Short-term · Helpful
Acute Inflammation
Shows up after an injury or illness, helps you heal, then goes away.
Long-term · Worth fixing
Chronic Inflammation
Low-level and long-lasting, often with no single obvious cause. This is the kind worth paying attention to.
02 · Sound Familiar?
Tired.
Stiff.
Slow to
bounce back.
Inflammation could be part of it.

Researchers have linked inflammation to fatigue.1 Low-level inflammation also tends to build up as we get older. Scientists call this inflammaging.2 The good news: everyday habits like sleep and movement are linked to lower inflammation.

03 · What Causes It

4 Things That Keep Inflammation Going

Chronic inflammation rarely has one big cause. It usually comes from small, everyday things that add up.

01Ongoing stress
Long-term stress can make it harder for your body to calm inflammation down.3
02Poor sleep
Ongoing sleep problems are linked to higher levels of CRP and IL-6, two of the main blood markers used to measure inflammation.4
03Lack of movement
Adults who were more active, or had better cardio fitness, were less likely to have high CRP.5
04Too many free radicals
The one most people miss. When free radicals build up faster than your body can clear them, they can keep inflammation going.6 More on that below.
04 · The Missing Link

Free Radicals, Explained Simply

Free radicals are unstable molecules your cells make every day, just by turning food into energy and you get more from environmental stressors like the toxins and pollution.⁸

Antioxidants clear them up. When there are more free radicals than your antioxidants can handle, it’s called oxidative stress, and it can keep inflammation going.6

Step 1
Free radicals are made
Your cells make them while making energy and we get them from environmental stressors.7
→
Step 2
Too many build up
More than your antioxidants can clear. That’s oxidative stress.
→
Step 3
Inflammation keeps going
Oxidative stress turns on inflammation signals.
SOD
What is SOD?
SOD (superoxide dismutase) is an antioxidant enzyme your body makes. It’s one of your first lines of defense against free radicals.7
Many antioxidants
Get used up
Vitamin C, vitamin E and polyphenols clear free radicals, and many get used up doing it.
SOD
Keeps working
SOD isn’t used up. It clears one free radical and moves on to the next.7
05 · Day to Day

5 Everyday Habits Linked to Lower Inflammation

Start with the basics. Consistency matters more than perfection.

01
Eat real food.
Build your plate around colorful produce, fish, olive oil, beans and whole grains. Keep ultra-processed foods and added sugar to a minimum.
02
Move your body.
Walking, strength training, anything that gets your heart rate up and that you’ll keep doing. Being more active is linked to lower CRP.5
03
Protect your sleep.
Aim for 7–9 hours on a steady schedule. Ongoing sleep problems are linked to higher inflammation markers.4
04
Manage your stress.
Downtime, breathwork, time outside and time with people who matter all help your body calm down.
05
Support your antioxidant defenses.
Your antioxidants keep free radicals in check. That’s where SOD comes in.
06 · Formulated for This

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— Emma B.
The Bottom Line
1
Short-term inflammation helps you heal. The kind worth fixing is the low-level chronic inflammation that sticks around.
2
Real food, movement, sleep and stress management are things you control every day, and they’re free.
3
Too many free radicals can keep inflammation going. Prime Recovery is built around SOD, backed by five plant antioxidants.†
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References
  1. Karshikoff B, Sundelin T, Lasselin J. Role of inflammation in human fatigue: relevance of multidimensional assessments and potential neuronal mechanisms. Front Immunol. 2017;8:21. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2017.00021
  2. Franceschi C, Campisi J. Chronic inflammation (inflammaging) and its potential contribution to age-associated diseases. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014;69(Suppl 1):S4–S9. PMID 24833586
  3. Miller GE, Cohen S, Ritchey AK. Chronic psychological stress and the regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines: a glucocorticoid-resistance model. Health Psychol. 2002;21(6):531–541. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.21.6.531
  4. Irwin MR, Olmstead R, Carroll JE. Sleep disturbance, sleep duration, and inflammation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies and experimental sleep deprivation. Biol Psychiatry. 2016;80(1):40–52. PMID 26140821
  5. Edwards MK, Loprinzi PD. Systemic inflammation as a function of the individual and combined associations of sedentary behaviour, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2018;38(1):93–99. doi:10.1111/cpf.12388
  6. Reuter S, Gupta SC, Chaturvedi MM, Aggarwal BB. Oxidative stress, inflammation, and cancer: how are they linked? Free Radic Biol Med. 2010;49(11):1603–1616. PMC2990475
  7. Ighodaro OM, Akinloye OA. First line defence antioxidants-superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX): their fundamental role in the entire antioxidant defence grid. Alexandria J Med. 2018;54(4):287–293. doi:10.1016/j.ajme.2017.09.001
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