Last night on the daily show with Jon Stewart, I heard an author talk about his book "The End Of Illness". In the segment that aired on the Daily Show, he hypothesized that the root of all illness was inflammation within the body. This inflammation if left unchecked would lead to all kinds of health conditions including cancer, muscle inflammation, the heart and others I cannot recall at this moment.
While I completely agree with him that we need to do much more prevention than treatment in this country, I could not help but question some of his conclusions. It is important to note that I have not read his book, only have I seen his interview with Jon Stewart. There may be much more data and evidence in his book for his hypothesis, and I want to make it clear that I have not seen this yet. You are more than free to get his book and draw your own conclusions.
