Sunday, December 28, 2008

Lower Your CRP


From Virginia Hopkins Health Watch -- nutritional ways to lower your C-Reactive Protein, an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and marker for inflammation.
1. Vitamin C (1000 mg/day) lower CRP in humans by 25%
2. Vitamin E & CoQ10 reduce CPR in baboons by 30%
3. Krill oil (300 mg/day) taken for two weeks by humans reduced CRP by 30%
4. Eat more fruits and veggies: 30% reduction
5. This one's for Jo: regular, small amounts of dark chocolate lower CRP by 20%

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