Effect of oral enzyme combination, diet and exercise on chronic low-grade inflammatory conditions-a report of three cases.

Background: Chronic low-grade inflammation is a common feature of different diseases such as type 2 diabetes, osteoarthrosis and psoriasis. Patients with asthenia, pain, overweight and polyarthralgia often suffer from undiscovered chronic low-grade inflammation. There is a great need for effective anti-inflammatory treatment other than the use of painkillers such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) because of the known adverse events and risks when used long-term. Case Description: We present here the cases of three patients with inflammatory conditions including asthenia, obesity, type 2 diabetes, polyarthralgia, psoriatic lesions and knee osteoarthritis. After a comprehensive anamnesis and a quantification of inflammation using C-reactive protein (CRP) as marker, we treated the patients with a sequential approach consisting of diet, exercise and oral enzyme combination (OEC) to identify the effect of each compound of the treatment. The holistic treatment approach used in this report was very effective and is therefore promising in fighting lifestyle associated low-grade inflammation. Conclusions: The holistic treatment approach used here, consisting of diet, exercise and OEC, reduced pain, weight, asthenia and inflammation effectively. The patients benefitted greatly from the combined treatment and showed high compliance to OEC with no adverse events reported. Further studies are needed to examine the mechanistic basis of these promising results.