Tag: inflammation

CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS Part 9 Inflammation

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | December 17, 2014 | 0 Comments

In addition to the Elite’s regular standard issue risk factors that I have mentioned previously (they are age, gender, family history, lipid status, hypertension, smoking) some other risk factors are strongly associated with CAD. These are referred to as the new, emerging risk factors also mentioned earlier. If you wish to stop progression of your […]

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INFLAMMATION PART FOUR: THOSE DARN YOUNG PLAQUES

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | August 4, 2014 | 0 Comments

HELLO EVERYONE. WELL, FINALS ARE FINAL AND I CAN GET BACK TO POSTING OUR CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON INFLAMMATION. Right now we’ll go over blood vessel inflammation since it’s prevalent in most diseases of the first world. First I’ll cover briefly what happens when an unstable plaque ruptures. We’ll cover the the two main competing theories […]

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WE NEED SOME INFLAMMATION part 2

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | June 23, 2014 | 2 Comments

Not all inflammation is bad. As I briefly mentioned above we need to have a certain amount of inflammation. It is vital for proper functioning of the immune system, blood hemostasis mechanism and for tissue repair and healing. What we really need is an appropriate balance between inflammation and anti-inflammation. For example when a person […]

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INFLAMMATION

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | June 9, 2014 | 0 Comments

Today marks the beginning of a series of articles on inflammation. Why not right? After all my upcoming book is titled InflaNATION: The Industrial Diner and a Doc in the Box. You may have guessed correctly based on the title that I have a few things that I need to get off my chest, (like […]

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EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY DONUT

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | March 30, 2014 | 0 Comments

“EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY DONUT”   Figure 1 The donut eater and inflammation. Today, I’d like to introduce you to a novel concept that I have been developing in my (hopefully soon to be published) book: InflaNATION: The Industrial Diner and a Doc in the Box. Since this article is also appearing on another  […]

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The brain destroying effects of the SSRI’s and the AAP’s

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | April 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

THE CASE OF POOR JIMMY  Below I am giving you a case which I will pick apart to show you how utterly inappropriate this patient’s management was, and how appalling his physician’s behavior became when he was confronted with new and innovative therapy. It demonstrates the powerful life-altering and brain destroying effects of the SSRI’s […]

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Do cell phones actually cause brain cancer?

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | December 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

  ADDITIONAL EMF EFFECTS Part three of a five part series on the dangers of cell phone radiation. What else can they do? For starters if you keep your cell phone near your bedside it can interfere with REM sleep.[1] The radiation falls off to the inverse square of the distance like a campfire so […]

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BODYBUILDING CAFO COWS Are Fattened Up With Many Powerful Steroid Hormones.

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | September 23, 2012 | 12 Comments

STEER AFTER STEER-OIDS BODYBUILDING COWS part two of CAFO and Mad Cow: Big Meat’s Tale of Two Shitties This post  is an excerpt from my upcoming book it is a continuation of the feed lot journey picking up after feeding cows Neotame and cull candy. Industry does this because with such narrow profit margins a […]

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InflaNATION: Industrial Diners & A Doc In The Box

Christopher Rasmussen MD, MS (aka "Reality Renegade") | September 6, 2012 | 4 Comments

Welcome to InflaNation!  Where Industrial Diners and A Doc In The Box reign supreme!  InflaNATION is the title of my upcoming book from which I’ll frequently be posting chapters on this site. The book, long overdue is fundamentally on preventive medicine but it goes much further than that. We are a nation of INFLAMMATION which […]

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