They found that gene expression is different at 209 sites in chronically lonely people and that many of those changes fit a pattern of
elevated immune activation, inflammation, and depressed response to infection.
Not exact matches
In an average person who's not following that type of diet, however, anytime I see an
elevated HDL, it usually, and I don't like the word inflammation, but that's the first thing that comes to mind, is some kind of inflammation, a better phrase would be
immune activation.
That's also seen in cancer, not to say that you have cancer, but the point being in all these things, inflammation,
immune activation, liver dysfunction, cancer, a significantly
elevated HDL is not necessarily a great thing in my opinion.
I will say though, in the average person, if I were to see an
elevated HDL and low triglycerides, that's a really common pattern that you see with
immune activation.