Inflammation in all parts of the body seem to be problematic and the source of all kinds of disease and other sorts of deficiencies. What sorts of studies and preventative treatments are leading this field?
From all my readings, some natural preventative strategies seem to be: not eating sugar or long chain complex carbohydrates and sleeping consistently a full night of sleep (removing alcohol or caffeine cited multiple times seems to help).
Sleep (and related, circadian health) are some super interesting topics of emerging research. For those that like books, there are two recent ones written by researchers in the field. Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep, and Satchin Panda's Circadian Code that are pretty breezy reads. (there are YouTube interviews and TED talks as well):
For those that prefer more succinct reviews and want to spelunk citations, these are a couple good starting points:
Potter, Gregory D. M., Debra J. Skene, Josephine Arendt, Janet E. Cade, Peter J. Grant, and Laura J. Hardie. “Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Disruption: Causes, Metabolic Consequences, and Countermeasures.” Endocrine Reviews 37, no. 6 (December 2016): 584–608. https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2016-1083.
Manoogian, Emily NC, and Satchidananda Panda. “Circadian Rhythms, Time-Restricted Feeding, and Healthy Aging.” Ageing Research Reviews 39 (October 2017): 59–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2016.12.006.