Vitamin D plays a role in combating inflammation by influencing the immune system and reducing the production of inflammatory molecules. It does this by inhibiting the activation of inflammatory pathways, such as NF-κB and MAPK, and by increasing the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines like IL-10. Vitamin D receptors are present on immune cells, and vitamin D can influence their activity, shifting the immune response from a pro-inflammatory state to a more anti-inflammatory state. Vitamin

Jocelyn Wittstein on Instagram: "The Prune Study is a neat study out of Penn State. It’s not new, but I was just catching up on some of their more recent publications and wanted to share what I learned from reading their papers. Menopausal women randomized to eating 6 prunes a day had better preservation of bone density at the hip, better bone geometry especially at the tibia (shin bone), and lower levels of activated monocytes (cells that secrete inflammatory cytokines which amp up the process

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