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Do you have any specific recommendation for pre-meningococcal vaccine detox and support for a teenager?

Chris Kresser: Tough question. So much there and I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole here, but I...

A patient is on AIP because of IBD and Hashimoto’s. Because of Lyme, she has taken several Beyond Balance supplements, and some of them contain seeds or seed oil. Should we try to find alternatives to those because of the seeds?

Dr. Amy Nett: I don’t know that the—so, I’m guessing you’re saying that you’re concerned about the omega-6 fatty acids?...

Have you seen changes on Cyrex Array 5 with the use of low-dose naltrexone?

Dr. Amy Nett: You know what? I don’t really use Cyrex Array 5 that often, so I haven’t tracked anyone...

I have a 52-year-old male with Graves’ disease who we are tracking with thyroid labs. His TSH is consistently 5 and occasional palpitations despite being on LDN, autoimmune Paleo diet, and various supplements over the past few years, including bugleweed, L-carnitine, meriva, etc. We ran the Cyrex Array 2, which was normal, and the Array 10. He’s completely gluten, dairy, and grain-free, so we didn’t do Arrays 3 or 4. Array 10 showed to be positive to egg whites, some nuts, most fruits and vegetables across the board, but negative to white rice and black beans. I spoke with Dr. Alexander at Cyrex about the discrepancy between Array 2 being negative and Array 10 being very positive, and he felt that the negative Array 2 definitely means the patient does not have leaky gut and that Array 10 was still positive due to immune system reaction to the food antigens in the system. Do you have any recommendations either for this patient and/or how to explain the test discrepancies?

Chris Kresser: Interesting question. Going back to the case, you mentioned he has Graves’ disease, but his TSH is 5,...

Would it add additional benefit to the Paleo template for autoimmune protocol for osteoarthritis?

Chris Kresser: It very well may. You know, some people, like I said, with any kind of inflammatory condition might...