Browse more videos playing next 021. Today there is a lot of discussion in the medical community about whether or not inflammation is at the root of all disease our joint health it used to be that inflammation was a physical . Inflammation is your bodys response to stress whether from your diet lifestyle or environment think of what happens when you catch a cold you may experience inflammation in the form of a fever as your body heats up to eradicate the effects of the invading virus. Inflammation has been shown to be at the root of all disease inflammation can be a good and bad thing it is the bodies normal response to injury and infection and can therefore actually stimulate healing on the other hand chronic sustained inflammation is not good and is the root cause of disease and illness