Huffington Post Is Your Body Burning UP With Hidden Inflammation (and Burning Desire)? Mark Hyman, MD Practicing physician and pioneer in functional medicine Posted: August 27, 2009 08:32 AM Could something as simple as a quick and easy blood test save your life? Absolutely. It is called a C-reactive protein test, and it measures the degree of HIDDEN inflammation in your body. Finding out whether or not you are suffering from hidden inflammation is critical, because almost every modern disease is caused or affected by it. If your immune system and its ability to quell inflammation in your body are impaired, watch out. You are headed toward illness and premature aging. Fortunately, addressing the causes of inflammation and learning how to live an anti-inflammatory life_style_ can dramatically improve your health. Today, I am going to review what the primary causes of inflammation are and give you a simple, 7-step approach that will help you cool the fires raging out of control in your body. Cooling off Inflammation is Key #3 to UltraWellness and in this blog

x-no-archive: yes What an ignorant load of crap. Susan <it's the insulin and steroids, stupid Agreed.  I was struck by the self-promotion.  The guy is patient-shopping. Vaguely unhappy?  Make an appointment today. We offer the pre_script_ion for irritation.  Beer.

When you ask your doctor to perform this test, be sure to tell him if you have kidney disease, heart trouble, liver enzyme imbalance or psoriasis. This whole discussion irritates me.   I believe I told you of the conversation I had with my excellent internist. I told him about my poor neighbor, who has prostate cancer, diabetes, neuropathy, a steel valve in his heart, uses tobacco, is obese, alcoholic, stupid, bitter, and angry.  My doctor said, He's a sick man, Tim, BUT YOU AREN'T! Here's to good health for all of us.

Wiley Nielson < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message tim < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message (snip of humbug) When you ask your doctor to perform this test, be sure to tell him if you have kidney disease, heart trouble, liver enzyme imbalance or psoriasis. This whole discussion irritates me.   I believe I told you of the conversation I had with my excellent internist. I told him about my poor neighbor, who has prostate cancer, diabetes, neuropathy, a steel valve in his heart, uses tobacco, is obese, alcoholic, stupid, bitter, and angry.  My doctor said, He's a sick man, Tim, BUT YOU AREN'T! Here's to good health for all of us. Except for your stupid, alcoholic neighbor. He really needs to die.

When you ask your doctor to perform this test, be sure to tell him if you have kidney disease, heart trouble, liver enzyme imbalance or psoriasis. My CRP dropped like a rock when switched to low carb, as did all my other serum risk factors. Susan You plant CRP out east?