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How would you explain to a patient why autoantibodies, specifically TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies, are rising after 90 days of a full autoimmune Paleo diet with selenium and lifestyle changes, and now she’s worried about continuing with the intervention?

Dr. Amy Nett: This is a great question because we would love to see patients improving with only dietary and...

Are you seeing any correlation with particular microbes associated with MS? My patient has had EBV, has shown positive on 4+ on Citrobacter on the GI Effects panel we ran. Also discuss running Doctor’s Data to be current. Wanted your take on the viral microbial possible contribution.

Chris Kresser: Yeah, so in the literature, it’s well established that both viral infections and bacterial infections are contributors to...

Inflammation support, boswellia, curcumin, LDN, aromatic, medicine, colostrum, are extreme and immunoglobulin immunity.

Chris Kresser: I typically would use boswellia and curcumin and also LDN in this situation until they get their flare...

I know we’re not covering CIRS, chronic inflammatory response syndrome, in this course, but I’m hoping you can give a couple of pointers. I’m sensitive to mold, which triggers sinus issues and asthma. I live on a boat in the UK, which is probably the worse place on earth for me, but no other option in the short term. What would be your go-to supplements to reduce symptoms?

Chris Kresser: Yeah, CIRS is really complex, and it’s hard to give kind of basic recommendations. But if you are...

There’s a case study of a 31-year-old female who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2007. And the iron markers were presented and the iron markers basically showed low serum iron, low iron saturation, low TIBC, low UIBC, and high ferritin, ferritin being about 162. And in that, Chris, in that presentation Chris mentioned she has chronic disease. Before I read the conclusions about the case, I thought that she would have low iron and the high ferritin was just due to inflammation. This patient does not have low iron. I believe you, obviously, and I can see why I did all the other markers that are there, but how do we know for sure this woman doesn’t have low iron? What is there in the information you have supplied that shows that her iron is not low?

Dr. Amy Nett: This is a great question because you’re right, we don’t definitively know that she doesn’t have both...