Like a smouldering fire that can be hard to spot, your body may be suffering from chronic low grade inflammation.

Not all inflammation is bad. Acute inflammation is a normal response to trauma or injury. If you burn yourself, break a bone, or damage a joint, your body will attempt to repair any damage and protect itself. Part of that repair process is acute inflammation. Your body is attempting to isolate the area, kill off any infection, and get rid of dead cells and tissues before they can do more damage.

These chicken salad sandwiches have a ton of extra flavor and are a lot healthier than the muck you'll get at the local sub shop. Next time you fire up the grill, throw on a couple of extra pieces of chicken and you'll be glad at lunchtime the next day. You can use white, dark, or a mix of chicken.

If you are looking to take your sport Jiu-Jitsu game to the next level, you can't go wrong with studying these DVDs. Saulo goes into great detail explaining key points about each position and move. These DVDs really aren't appropriate for beginners, and even for experienced players there is just so much content you are best to watch one or two segments at a time and then practice them in training rather than try to watch the whole thing.

In his final week as Expert of the Month, Alexey shares another modification to his sweep series and his thoughts on the status of the De La Riva guard.

Most people who start training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu never make it to purple belt. It takes a long time and a lot of dedication to get here. But there is a secret that many newly promoted purple belts don't know and aren't prepared to deal with. The secret is the Purple Belt Blues

This chicken recipe works well prepared inside or on the grill and it tastes fantastic. An added bonus is that ginger is a well known anti inflammatory so it might help out those bad knees!

This week catches the guys drinking on the job...

Don't think about the Full Plate Diet as a temporary fix to your eating problems, it really is a long term change to the way you eat. The basic premise behind the book is that fiber is essential to good health, we don't get enough of it, and it is relatively easy to add more to your diet.