Posts Tagged ‘CRP’

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The Inflammatory Landscape of Cancer

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Chronic inflammation creates an environment in the body that is conducive to cancer development.  This article explains how inflammation can be lessened by basic lifestyle changes.

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Zinc decreases C-reactive protein, lipid peroxidation, and inflammatory cytokines in elderly subjects: a potential implication of zinc as an atheroprotective agent [abstract]

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

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XanGo® Juice May Help Lower Marker Of Inflammation And Improve Weight And Body Fat

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial has shown that XanGo reduces inflammation and may help control weight gain.

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Does vitamin d modulate asymmetric dimethylarginine and C-reactive protein concentrations? [abstract]

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Low vitamin D levels are inversely related to markers of endothelial dysfunction and inflammatory activation.

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Amazing Drug to Reduce Heart Disease Risk!

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Imagine the billions in profits that would be earned if a company developed a drug that could to the following things for diabetic patients:

  • significantly lower blood glucose
  • significantly lower total cholesterol
  • significantly lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol
  • significantly lower CRP, an important risk factor for heart disease
  • significantly lower triglycerides
  • significantly lower VLDL (another type of “bad” cholesterol)
  • Significantly raise HDL (“good” cholesterol)
If a pharmaceutical could solidly claim even two or three of these benefits, it would be the top-selling drug in the world.
Well, of course, there is something that has been found to do all of these things, but it isn’t a drug. (more…)

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CRP, Diet, and Drugs

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Conventional medicine has long used cholesterol levels to determine heart disease risk. Millions and millions of people are prescribed one of the statin drugs (Lipitor, Lovastatin, etc) only because their cholesterol measures over 200. Statins are also said to have anti-inflammatory effects as well, and so are being heralded as wonder drugs for those with heart disease.

However, over the past few years medical researchers have found that another lab marker, called C-reactive protein (CRP) is more predictive of heart disease risk than cholesterol. CRP levels indicate the amount of inflammation happening in the arteries, and heart disease is much more likely in those whose level of inflammation is elevated. (more…)

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