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by rhizome 2619 days ago
I'm a bit concerned that the comments here are so credulous. "Inflammation" has been part of the woo-woo arsenal of certain corners of the health and wellness community for at least a couple of decades, and which I wouldn't be surprised if it supplies a not-insignificant number of the anti-vax adherents. It's that specious.
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dboreham 2619 days ago
Perhaps, but Inflammation is detected via several blood tests e.g. CRP which presumably can't be imaginary and signify some real physical processes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15823493/

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perl4ever 2619 days ago
That sounds like "Hitler was a vegetarian, hence vegans are Nazis" logic.
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rhizome 2619 days ago
It isn't. If it were instead, "vegans talk about Hitler all the time, so..." then it would be an apt analogy.
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