Dr. Jeffrey Bland, Father of Functional Medicine, on Inflammation and Longevity
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Bland's book arguing disease labels are downstream effects; real cause lies upstream in dysfunction.
“my book was entitled the Disease Delusion
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When chronic inflammation flares from overload, remove stressors and take dedicated rest — Bland's whole-body joint pain resolved in 4 days of rest with no medication.
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Preemptive IV Toradol shots before sports practice are alarming due to serious side effect potential.
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Use the standard CBC with differential — already in most people's records — to calculate inflammatory status.
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Calculate SIRI = (monocytes × neutrophils) / lymphocytes from CBC; >1 indicates chronic inflammation, <1 is normal.
“systemic inflammatory response index. S I, R I
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Reduce dietary sugar — when 15–20% of calories come from sugar, A1C rises and the body is being chemically poisoned, driving diabetes and arthritis.
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Aim for ~2,000 mg/day of polyphenols, ideally from colorful berries, tartary buckwheat, and gluten-free whole grains rather than from coffee.
“something like, oh, 2,000 milligrams a day of polyphenols
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Eat a diet that looks like a rainbow — diverse colored vegetables and berries — to obtain immune-active polyphenols.
“eat a diet that looks like a rainbow
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