"Anthropogens" in lifestyle medicine

Colquhoun, D; Dixon, J; Egger, G
Abstract
Chronic disease epidemiology currently lacks the mono-causal focus germ theory provides infectious diseases. However, the discovery of a form of low-grade, systemic, and chronic inflammation (“metaflammation) underlying many, if not all, chronic diseases induced by a range of stimulants labeled “anthropogens” may help change this. Anthropogens are “man-made environments, their by-products, and/or lifestyles encouraged by these, some of which are detrimental to human health.” While an exhaustive list of anthropogens associated with chronic disease may be as elusive as a comprehensive list of “germs” with the potential to cause infection, a broad taxonomy provides a focus for the practice of lifestyle medicine. Such a list is considered here under the acronym NASTIE ODOURS.
Journal AM J LIFESTYLE MED
ISSN 1559-8276
Published 01 Nov 2016
Volume 9
Issue 3
Pages 232-40
DOI 10.1177/1559827613512596
Type
Sponsorship