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How do VARS Glutathione and Copper Balance from Physician Designed combat the symptoms of fibromyalgia? We’ve taken a Root Cause approach to this. We’ve come to understand fibromyalgia as a heavy metal overload issue, or rather, a copper

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…eplacement. How Dr. Purser connects the pieces The genetics reference also discusses HFE in relation to iron handling. A current blood count, ferritin and other clinician-selected iron studies can answer different questions, and an HFE resu…

…reason to discuss cardiovascular and brain health together: blood pressure, lipids, glucose, sleep and family history add information that a genotype cannot supply. APOE risk is probabilistic and does not diagnose dementia or predict a cert…

… CD14 marker does not show that bacteria are present in the blood or establish heart or liver disease. A question to bring to your visit What current findings suggest immune activation, and have its possible triggers been assessed? Variant …

…Purser’s notes discuss chromium and vanadium in the broader blood-sugar conversation. That discussion should begin with actual fasting glucose, HbA1c and the person’s clinical context. A G6PC2 finding does not diagnose diabetes or establish…

…very HFE carrier needs to avoid all dietary iron or undergo blood removal. A question to bring to your visit What do my transferrin saturation and ferritin show, and is iron overload actually established? Variant IDs in the teaching referen…

… context. A DNA finding in IL6 must be distinguished from a blood measurement of IL-6 and from a diagnosis explaining why a marker is elevated. More from the teaching: How Dr. Purser connects the pieces The course brings cytokines into the …

…the broader stress-response discussion. Its role also makes blood pressure, electrolyte results and relevant medicines important context. A wellness SNP is not evidence that the receptor is missing or that salt, potassium or hormone treatme…

…-cell organization in brain and spinal-cord inflammation. A blood measurement, a cerebrospinal-fluid measurement and an inherited DNA marker cannot be treated as interchangeable. Interpretation depends on the clinical neurological question …

…question to bring to your visit What do my kidney function, blood pressure and homocysteine measurements show? Variant IDs in the teaching reference: rs233112, rs480414, rs669173 Also called: ADMA clearance, Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohy…