Tag: Three Amigos of Inflammation

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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THE STANDARD AMERICAN DIET (SAD) AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

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

  THE STANDARD AMERICAN DIET (SAD) AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Nothing points out the absurd nature of our modern diet more than by simply listing each category by percentage. Before I get to my pyramid, (the Rasmussen Food Pyramid-not as cool as the Great Pyramid but better for you. In a future blog), in detail let’s […]

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