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Weight loss, achieved through various methods including diet, exercise, and surgery, significantly decreases systemic inflammation and improves cardiovascular risk markers.
Losing weight is one of the most effective ways to reduce the chronic inflammation that drives heart disease and diabetes. Whether you lose weight through diet, exercise, or surgery, the reduction in body fat leads to lower levels of inflammatory markers like CRP and IL-6, improving your overall cardiovascular health.
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Whether the weight loss is attributable to decreased dietary intake, increased fuel use through exercise, liposuction, or bariatric surgery, loss of adipose tissue is associated with a decrease in markers of inflammation.
Why this rating
Supported by multiple clinical studies showing decreased CRP, IL-6, and other markers post-weight loss.
Source
Adipose Tissue, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease
Anders H. Berg et al. · Circulation Research · 2005
DOI 10.1161/01.res.0000163635.62927.34
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