Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition: The Colorful and Definitive Guide Toward Health and Vitality and away from the Boredom, Risks, Costs, and Inefficacy of Endless Analgesia, Immunosuppression, and Polypharmacy
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Written by Dr Alex Vasquez DC ND DO FACN—see CV / Biography below
Description
Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition combines the recently updated Functional Inflammology and Dr Vasquez’s previous Integrative Rheumatology into a new colorized updated textbook of almost 1,200 pages. This work is the culmination of several thousand research publications combined with Dr Vasquez’s many years of clinical experience and teaching graduate-level students and doctorate-level clinicians worldwide. With radiographs, photos, acronyms, illustrations, flowcharts, and detailed-yet-simplifying explanations, Dr Vasquez makes it easier than ever for clinicians to grasp important concepts in integrative care and functional medicine and then to translate the basic science research and molecular biology into treatment plans that can be explained and used in “the real world” of clinical practice with patients. The associated video tutorials and recorded live conference presentations further help students and clinicians “get it” via Dr Vasquez’s effective teaching style which embraces complexity while always emphasizing clinical applicability and psychosocial context. The Inflammation Mastery & Functional Inflammology series of books and videos translates important concepts and nutritional/biomedical science into easy and practical clinical applications for the prevention and treatment of disorders of sustained inflammation, which Dr Vasquez describes as “patterns of metabolic disturbance and inflammatory dysfunction” existing in three sequential and overlapping categories: 1) metabolic inflammation, 2) allergic inflammation, 3) autoimmune inflammation. This book includes access to video presentations which introduce the origin and components of the Functional Inflammology Protocol and FINDSEX® acronym. Post-publication updates to this information and important social and clinical contextualization are made available in videos and online repositories (access provided in the book), and the e-newsletter available from InflammationMastery and FunctionalInflammology.com. This textbook also provides access, via reprints or hyperlinks, to Dr Vasquez’s published articles—an example of which is his recent paradigm-shifting editorial published in the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (2014 January). The updated section on pain management allows students and clinicians to understand and apply manual, pharmacologic, nutritional and botanical medicine treatments for musculoskeletal pain, thereby providing better relief for patients and avoiding the hazards of NSAIDs, coxibs, steroids, opioids, immunosuppressants/immunoparalytics and biologics.
Product Details:
Paperback
8.5 x 11 inches
1182 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9906204-8-8
Alex Kennerly Vasquez DO ND DC (USA), former Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), former Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM, London UK):
{education} An award-winning clinician-scholar and former Program Director a “fully-accredited” “university-based” graduate program in Nutrition and Functional Medicine, Dr Alex Vasquez is recognized internationally for his high intellectual and academic standards and for his detailed expertise spanning and interconnecting many topics in Medicine and Nutrition. Dr Vasquez holds three doctoral degrees as a graduate of University of Western States (Doctor of Chiropractic, 1996), Bastyr University (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999), and University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 2010). Dr Vasquez has completed thousands of hours of post-graduate and continuing education (certifications) in subjects including Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Basic and Advanced Disaster Life Support, Nutrition and Functional Medicine; while in the final year of medical school, Dr Vasquez completed a Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research hosted by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
{teaching, directing, organizing} Dr Vasquez has served in many teaching roles at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate levels in various accredited universities and colleges throughout the United States and has lectured internationally at the post-graduate level including accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) for medical physicians. DrV was the founding Program Director of the world's first fully-accredited university-based graduate program in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, and almost-single-handedly orchestrated the entirety of the five-day 2013 International Conference on Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine.
{books} Dr Vasquez is the author of more than ten textbooks, including Integrative Orthopedics (2004, 2007 2012), Functional Medicine Rheumatology (2014), Musculoskeletal Pain: Expanded Clinical Strategies (commissioned and published by Institute for Functional Medicine, 2008), Chiropractic and Naturopathic Mastery of Common Clinical Disorders (2009), Integrative Medicine and Functional Medicine for Chronic Hypertension (2011), Brain Inflammation in Migraine and Fibromyalgia (2016), Antiviral Strategies and Immune Nutrition (2014), Autism, Dysbiosis, and the Gut-Brain Axis (2017) and the 1200-page Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition (2016) also published as a two-volume set titled Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine. Dr Vasquez’s books are available internationally via bookstores such as BookDepository, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, ThriftBooks, AbeBooks, BetterWorldBooks, WaterStonesBooks.
{journals} "DrV" has also written approximately 100 letters and articles for professional magazines and medical journals such as TheLancet.com (online x1), British Medical Journal (BMJ: online x3, print x1), Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Nutritional Perspectives (x11), Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Original Internist (x3), Integrative Medicine (x4), Holistic Primary Care, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (x2), Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), Dynamic Chiropractic (x3), Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Current Asthma and Allergy Reports, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Arthritis & Rheumatism—Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology. Having served on the Review Boards for Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Journal of Pain Research, Autoimmune Diseases, PLOS One, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Neuropeptides, International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Journal of Inflammation Research, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (all PubMed/Medline indexed), Integrated Blood Pressure Control, Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry, Chiropractic Journal of Australia, and Journal of Naturopathic Medicine, Dr Vasquez served as the founding Editor of Naturopathy Digest, founding Editor (2013-) of International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and Editor (2018-2019) of Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.
Contents: Preamble, Chapters/subsections
Patient Assessments, Laboratory Interpretation, Clinical Concepts, Patient Management, Practice Management and Risk Reduction: This chapter introduces/reviews/updates patient assessments, laboratory interpretation, musculoskeletal emergencies, healthcare paradigms; the common and important conditions hemochromatosis and hypothyroidism are also included in this chapter since these need to be considered on a frequent basis in clinical practice
Wellness Promotion & Re-Establishing the Foundation for Health: Reviewed here are diet, lifestyle, psychosocial health, and—given the pervasiveness of persistent organic pollutants and their increasingly recognized clinical importance—an introduction to environmental medicine
Basic Concepts and Therapeutics in (Nondrug) Musculoskeletal Care and Integrative Pain Management: Nonpharmacologic management of musculoskeletal problems is preferred over pharmacologic (e.g., NSAID, Coxib, steroid, opioid) management because of the collateral benefits, safety, and cost-effectiveness associated with manual, dietary, botanical, and nutritional treatments. A brief discussion of the current crisis in musculoskeletal medicine is provided for contextualization and emphasis of the importance of expanding clinicians' knowledge of effective nondrug treatments
The Major Modifiable Factors in Sustained Inflammation: Major components of the “Functional Inflammology Protocol” are reviewed here, from concepts and molecular biology to an emphasis on practical clinical applications: A few sections have been printed separately and are thus linked
Food & Basic Nutrition 307
Infections: Dysbiosis / Viral Infections 396 / 540
Nutritional Immunomodulation 609
Dysmetabolism, Mitochondrial Dysfunction/ERS/UPR, and mTOR 622
Special Considerations: Sleep, Sociopsychology, Stress, Surgery 674
Endocrine Imbalances 688
Xenobiotic Immunotoxicity 699
Clinical Applications
Hypertension 727
Diabetes Mellitus 819
Allergic Inflammation 984
Rheumatoid Arthritis 1019
Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis 1038
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 1053
Scleroderma & Systemic Sclerosis 1074
Vasculitic Diseases 1094
Spondyloarthropathies & Reactive Arthritis 1108
Sjögren Syndrome/Disease 1119
Raynaud's Syndrome/Phenomenon/Disorder 1127
Clinical Notes on Additional Conditions: Behçet's Disease, Sarcoidosis, Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis 1131
Available in one large volume or 2 smaller volumes, in paper or digital ebook for phones, iPads, computers:
Same content either all together or in 2 volumes: Because Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition is large at nearly 1,200 pages and because the previous version of chapters 1-4 had been published as "volume 1" in 2004, the book was also published separately as two volumes titled Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine; this was done at the request of the students who use the book in their classes and clinical work and also to respect those who had purchased the previous version of chapters 1-4 and who simply needed to add chapter 5, which is published as volume 2.
Paper book version: The general consensus is that people learn information at a deeper level when they read paper books because they interact with the material physically, can take notes directly on the page, and can easily flip pages to see other related information.
Digital ebook version: The digital ebook version for example via Amazon's Kindle platform allows the owner to read the book on phone, iPad and computer and to make highlights and notes that are synchronized across all devices. The Kindle app is free; download a *free* sample of Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition here via the *free* Kindle software from Amazon.
Now that this HealthyTHINKING.substack has grown to more than 1,000 pages of articles and videos, I will periodically provide topic-specific “index pages” to organize and update categories of pages and topics so that they remain accessible.
This will also provide opportunity to review those pages and ensure that they are still accurate (anything new?) and functional especially since outsourced/streamed video sources are subject to change, especially with the ongoing censorship from YouTube and Vimeo.
Most of these topics are detailed in my textbook INFLAMMATION MASTERY, which is currently in its 4th Edition: Click here to see the cover; Click here to see the first few pages, including the table of contents and index (size: 6 MB); Click here for a larger sample with photos (size: 43 MB)
Many of my articles and videos interconnect large topics such as mental health, nutrition, thought paradigms and therefore are appropriately listed twice or more in their categories, for example:
Remember that you can access a listing of all the pages including SEARCHING FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS AND WORDS in the index of published pages.
Chronic Pain, Brain Health, Neuroinflammation, Autism, Fibromyalgia, Gaslighting, Social Defeat Stress
Vitamin D in Brain Health, Mood, Anxiety, Depression, Neuroprotection: This is Part2 in a series of high-detail video reviews on the clinical use and applications of vitamin D; this page includes an updated (2025) index of links to other videos and articles.
Health Homework (42) If you're not actively defending yourself against psychopathic people and businesses, then you're probably being abused; you have to become aware, see it, and protect yourself: 65% of the population are untrustworthy zombies and 10% are overt or covert psychopaths/sociopaths; thus 75% of the population—3 per 4 free-living people in the population—are potentially dangerous
Celebrating my 20 years of Deciphering Fibromyalgia: New Research to be published in July 2025 proves that I was right more than two (2) decades ago. I'm not cocky; I'm *RIGHT* ...+... Everything is a profit-center in Medicine.
Dr Vasquez, FIBROMYALGIA as a PROTOTYPE of GUT DYSBIOSIS; research to be published in July 2025 proves that I was right 25 years ago and that they still need another 15 years to catch up to me. Research to be published in July 2025 proves that I was right 25 years ago and that they still need another 15 years to catch up to me.
2016 Paris France (part2) Fibromyalgia and Brain (Neuro)Inflammation: Video recovered from the censored archives; the globalist powers don't want 1) me to talk about or 2) you to understand topics like fibromyalgia, neuroinflammation, depression, autism, vitamin D, etc.
2016 Paris France (part1) Fibromyalgia and Brain Inflammation, ie, Neuroinflammation: Video recovered from the censored archives; the globalist powers don't want 1) me to talk about or 2) you to understand topics like fibromyalgia, neuroinflammation, depression, autism, vitamin D, etc.
Autism and Vitamin D in 2025: Therapeutic Addition and Paradigm Shift: Live from the streets of New York.
…many many more to be added to this section…
Pages that need repair because of Vimeo’s censorship:
FIBROMYALGIA (part1) from My Personal Experience and Intuition to Molecular Documentation: Personally suffering with this enigmatic condition gave me an advantage over other researchers: I knew it was real, how and why it fluctuated, and I did not need to be convinced of its objectivity.
FIBROMYALGIA (part2) PROTOCOL complete 2-hour presentation: This presentation is nonstop 2 hours at the level of CME (Continuing Medical Education) although this conference was not CME and thus I was able to discuss specific products for implementation.
FIBROMYALGIA (part3) explained in 4 minutes (VIDEO): Here is FIBROMYALGIA part3
Microbiome and Dysbiosis
Microbiome Dysbiosis (1) Course Overview and Introduction to Major Concepts and Mechanisms
Microbiome Dysbiosis (3) Prototypes of Dysbiosis-Induced Disease (VIDEO:1hour,42minutes=102minutes)
Microbiome Dysbiosis (7) Dysbiosis by Location—Genitourinary Tract
Microbiome Dysbiosis (8) Dysbiosis by Location—Blood, Tissue, Parenchymal Dysbioses
Microbiome Dysbiosis (9) Dysbiosis by Location—Skin and Environmental Dysbiosis
MICROBIOME DYSBIOSIS (10) Gut Dysbiosis Prototypes and Solutions, part1, part2, part3, part4, part5
MICROBIOME DYSBIOSIS (11a) GUT-BRAIN AXIS and OPTIMAL DIET, Part 1 of 2 parts covering everything you need to know
Antiviral Nutrition Protocol Structure, Science, Application
Antiviral Nutrition Summary 2020 Remastered 2021 [ARCHIVED VIDEO]: Let's share the Paradigm Shift and get Everyone On-board; our freedoms and societies depend upon our liberating ourselves from the outdated pharmacocentric Vx-dependent model of Public Herding
ARCHIVED VIDEO Antiviral Nutrition March 2020 (final edit version2, 1hour) with 6 PDF publications from BMJ, JOM, Integrative Medicine and more: Archiving here for easy access + safekeeping.
ARCHIVED VIDEO Practical Implementation of DrV's Antiviral Nutrition Protocol (short version 25minutes): Now that this platform allows direct uploading/viewing of videos, I’m archiving for safekeeping this 25-minute summary.
[RECOVERED VIDEO] Antiviral Nutrition against Cv19 in early 2020: The Censored 1-hour Video Review that could have SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES: Published in early March 2020, this is the Censored 1-hour Video Review that could have SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES
Safety and Risks of Antiviral Nutrition [RECOVERED VIDEO]: This video was originally posted in August 2022 but was later censored and has now been recovered
Thought-Control for the Plandemic New Normal: Erasure of Ideas and Alternatives [ARCHIVED VIDEO from 2020 with updated text and videos] When the globalists took over control of the World Health Organization, one of the strategies that they used was to erase any consideration of alternatives so that more people would be forced into compliance
VIDEO REVIEW the Importance of Vitamin D in Antiviral Defense and Immunomodulation: The COVID Scandal of Intentional Ignorance [Goldmine5] Update for 2025: The videos originally posted to a single page titled “Vitamin D Goldmine” are being relocated/archived to their respective independent pages
AUDIO INTERVIEW Nutrition Against Coronavirus: UK Health Radio's Dora Walsh interviews Dr Vasquez
VIDEO [5hours;289minutes] 2015 European Congress on Antiviral Strategies and Immune Nutrition See Introduction+Video on this page (top of page)
Rapid Response to Conflicted NOT-Peer-Reviewed "Editorial" Strategically Overlooking ANTIVIRAL NUTRITION: Here is a copy of the Rapid Response that I sent to the Britannic Medicalization Joculation; see the linked PDF for complete context, citations, and my emails with the Editors.
[RECOVERED] Antiviral Strategies: Overview titled "Reintroduction"...sorry for any redundancy, but redundancy is better than lost or censored: I will post some of these recovered files, even at the risk of slight redundancy among some of them. I’d rather risk some slight redundancy than have the information safeguarded yet inaccessible
