In a message dated 3/17/2007 3:02:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
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That said, high fiber cutting inflammation is an interesting idea.

Interesting -- maybe something to try if someone is eating a low fiber type 
diet and wants to lower CRP.  I eat very little fiber, tons of saturated fat 
and my CRP was .2 last test -- so I really think it's an individual thing.  
Inflammation seems to be the buzzword these days -- but sometimes you want 
inflammation temporarily ie during healing process after injury, surgery etc.  I 
wonder if timing of CRP test can affect results ie levels could be higher after 
undue stress or surgery, illness -- that kind of thing.  Speaking of labwork --  
I would always have tests repeated before drawing any conclusions.  Lab 
personnel can leave a lot to be desired sometimes.  My husband works in the 
supplement industry and one of customers was calling from a lab and she misread one 
his company's labels for Cetyl Myristoleate which read "Esterified Oil" -- lab 
gal kept referring to it as "Stir-Fried"!!!  Scary ... 



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