Strategies to beat high CRP

This question is for my 65 year old mom. She had pancolitis at the time of diagnosis but after 3 years of taking Sulfasalazine, she went into remission about 20+ years ago. Since then she is in remission without any medications. Meanwhile, she got diagnosed with high sugar, atherosclerosis, and has been taking medications for that.

Lately, she has been complaining a lot of body ache and other kind of aches. She has gained a lot of weight too. For a small stature of 5.2 ft, she weighs about 150lb. That could be exacerbating the situation. Although I am trying to target these issues from all the sides, I was wondering what can I include in her regimen, that will try to keep her inflammation down and hence reducing CRP levels. If any medications or natural remedies can be used in the beginning that will be awesome.

I have been trying to add exercise in her regimen but she can not even walk 100ft without complaining about her legs so walking exercise is out of question. I suggested biking without resistance but it hasn't worked either. Honestly, I am at loss and I don't know what should I do to reduce her weight and make her workable enough that she can exercise or do walks. Any help is appreciated.

Your mother is around my age. For years my CRP was always less than .5, until I got UC. The only way for me to lower my CRP, which spiked to over 100 during my flare, was ending the flare.

And because remission does not mean "cure", I will always experience chronic inflammation even if it is well below the surface during remission. That is why I am not surprised that my CRP has not returned to the .5 level again. My CRP now is 10 times that at around 5.0.

Except at the end of my last flare when I really was taking anti-inflammatories like curcumin, E complex, etc. to help end the flare, then my CRP was around .3. But I don't take 20 pills/day any more.

Do you trust Life Extension? Some people don't since they might cherry pick data to help sell their supplements. Here is one article describing everything you might want to know about CRP but were afraid to ask. Lol. Yes CRP under 10 may be normal for most, and under 3 even better, but it is not the ideal:

www.lef.org/magazine/mag2014/may2014_Testing-For-C-reactive-Protein-May-Save-Your-Life_01.htm?source=search&key=crp
Optimal CRP levels for everyone to strive for are under 0.55 mg/L in men and under 1.0 mg/L in women.

Atherosclerosis is completely reversible on a whole plant based diet free from meat, dairy and eggs. It only occurs in herbivores. Fed a dog eggs and butter all day long and they just wag their tail.

Post Edited (Jessicaaa) : 6/2/2016 9:19:31 PM (GMT-6)