of medicine and rheumatology at the ucla school of medicine. tell me what conditions, either directly or indirectly, are related to some form of inflammation in our bodies? >> i'm a rheumatologist. obviously, arthritis we all know about. but people don't think about things like heart disease. the higher your rate of inflammation, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. there's things like diabetes. even cancer -- there is tie-ins with inflammation. >> and digestive issues and autoimmune as well? >> we see in autoimmune disease inflammation is a hallmark sign and leads to tissue damage and the problems that we see. so basically almost all the things we deal with on a daily basis, inflammation plays a key role. >> so we want to reduce inflammation. how big of a role does getting the proper nutrition play in getting better? the role of nutrition is huge. it is absolutely essential to helping heal your body from a variety of conditions, almost any condition. >> do you find that patients come to you and say, "i'm not gonna change a thing. i