Husband had okey Cholestrol test but high CRP so Dr. wanted him on cholestrol lowering drugs for rest of life. Only 50% of high Cholestrolers have consequences so didn't make sense. Did research, found CRP was indication of chronic inflamation. Found he had gengivitis. Not on meds and doing great. Bottom line for me - solve the problem, don't just medicate to mask it.
Exactly. But you and your husband might want to also check into the Dr. Pauling recommendations. (See post #47 above with the links.)
Pauling was instrumental in coming up with the concept of Vitamin C being PIVOTAL in helping to heal chronic inflammation. The research that he and others did essentially indicate that heart disease is a form of "scurvy" and that Vitamin C helps to heal the inflammation.
What do you recommend to get inflammation down? It's an ongoing situation for me, which I fight with diet that includes high protein, few carbs, none of which are bread, pasta, sugar or other high-glycemics, and a fair amount of fish oil. It usually works but not always.
Barry Sears has a new book out, publication date TODAY, "The Anti-Inflammation Zone." He's the Zone Diet author, whose diet I try to follow. Buying his new book at amazon today to see how he's fine-tuning for inflammation and also to see what he has to say about CRP.