Nutritional Considerations for Achieving Point B: Inflammaging

An Introduction Into A Metabolic Limiting Constraint for Achieving Point B

At Absolute, we strive to bring you the latest information regarding the optimization of human performance. A discussion on performance optimization in any capacity would not be complete without exploring nutritional intervention.

As an adjunct to the cutting-edge research and training information provided by Absolute Sport Science regarding Point, we look forward to providing insight into nutrition’s potential impact on these four fundamental physical elements of the Absolute Conjugate Strategy. Our purpose with this addition is to streamline the complex interplay of the internal system through the analysis of one single concept: inflammaging.

Inflammaging: A Limiting Constraint to Nutritional Point B

In short, inflammaging is the process by which our inflammatory mechanisms start to trend into areas that age our body systems and promote potentially negative performance outcomes. These may be the results of any host of factors, from genetic predisposition to lifestyle.

One common factor where inflammaging typically interferes with achieving Point B is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and its potential effect on connective tissue architecture.¹ There is a vast body of literature exploring this faulty cascade in the GI system and the fallout it creates. This includes a predisposition of tendon and ligament to become predisposed to poor modeling capacity, altered vascularity, and reduced oxygen supply.²

Going forward, we will aim to discuss inflammaging’s potential hindrance in achieving Point B. Specifically, we will outline the proper assessment of inflammaging, and how to pinpoint it before any outward clinical symptoms manifest.

By: Dave Scholz MEd

1. Connective tissue architecture: the bottom-up biological element of reactive strength.

2. Alvarez-Herms, J., Gonzales, A., Corbi, F., Odriozola, I., & Odriozola, A. (2023). Possible Relationship Between Leaky Gut Syndrome and Musculoskeletal Injuries: The Important Role of Gut Microbiota as Indirect Modulator. Public Health, 710-7328.