Part IEpidemic of Silent Inflammation and the Corresponding Loss of Wellness -- 1 What Is Wellness? 3 -- 2 Why Is Silent Inflammation So Dangerous? 11 -- 3 Cause and the Cure for Silent Inflammation 21 -- Part II Entering the Anti-Inflammation Zone: How to Combat Silent Inflammation on a Lifetime Basis -- 4 Testing for Silent Inflammation 33 -- 5 Your First Line of Defense Against Silent Inflammation: The Zone Diet 47 -- 6 Turning Your Kitchen into an Anti-Inflammatory Pharmacy 67 -- 7 Your Ultimate Defense Against Silent Inflammation: High-Dose Fish Oil 75 -- 8 Additional Supplements to Help Reduce Silent Inflammation 87 -- 9 Smart Exercise to Help Reduce Silent Inflammation 99 -- 10 Decreasing the Collateral Damage of Silent Inflammation: Cortisol Reduction Strategies 137 -- 11 Seven Days in the Anti-Inflammation Zone 147 -- Part III Science Behind Silent Inflammation -- 12 Eicosanoids: The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral 207 -- 13 Why Inflammation Hurts, How Inflammation Heals 225 -- 14 Obesity-Diabetes-Silent Inflammation Connection 235 -- 15 Why Heart Disease Has Very Little to Do with Cholesterol but Everything to Do with Silent Inflammation 245 -- 16 Cancer and Silent Inflammation 261 -- 17 Brain Drain Due to Silent Inflammation 271 -- 18 Screaming Pain 285 -- Part IV What Will Our Future Be? -- 19 Who Is to Blame for the Epidemic of Silent Inflammation? 297 -- 20 Avoiding the Coming Collapse of the Health Care System 307 -- A Continuing Support 317 -- B Favorable and Unfavorable Carbohydrates 319 -- C Zone Carbohydrate Blocks 321 -- D Zone Points 329 -- E Body Fat Calculations 337.