Five years is actually not a long time for science to understand a process as complex as the pathways of the oil after a large spill. Some of the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon spill on the marine life and ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico will only become visible in future years. We use oil products daily.
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Systemic inflammation, as noted previously, causes elevated cortisol levels. If we can naturally decrease inflammation in the body and minimize stress, decreased cortisol levels should follow, resulting in decreased chronic disease risk and improved wellness.
Cortisol is a powerful anti-inflammatory hormone, so you might think that high levels of it would protect us from inflammatory diseases like arthritis and heart disease. Unfortunately, it doesn't. Cortisol and cortisol-like medicines suppress inflammation by suppressing parts of the immune system. That makes us more susceptible to new infections, and sooner or later we will get them. The new infections will raise our inflammation and cortisol levels, making us susceptible to still more infections. And so on.