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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Miriam Stoppard

Ways to live longer by adding years on to your 'inflammation clock'

There seems to be a body clock for everything. The latest one is called “inflammaging” – the body clock that controls inflammation and is the driver of many age-related health problems.

When we talk of inflammation, we tend to think of the kind you can see on the skin: redness, swelling and pain.

But there is another kind that goes on deep within the body involving destructive chemicals that are behind conditions such as heart disease and cancer.

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