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Inflammation is behind pretty much every disease we know - it's not just about obvious inflammation from painful conditions like arthritis and muscle pain, although those are significant, I know. Think also: IBS and gut diseases, heart disease, cancer, asthma, depression, eczema, neuroinflammation (brain fog, migraine, anxiety etc), dementia. Every person has their 'inflammatory load' …
Calprotectin is one of the most useful inflammatory markers on a gut test. It can be a bit of a shock when it looks high, but actually the numbers mean different things. It can be a very useful way to differentiate between IBS type issues causing mild inflammation or Inflammatory Bowel Disease like Crohn's or …
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