The role of inflammation and the value of CRP as a predictor are still very much open to debate, and even supporters of the inflammation theory admit that it is unlikely to become more important than cholesterol.

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Gold is a great predictor of our economic health because as the most constant, objective measure of value in existence, its price is the single best measure of the value of the most important price in the world: the U.S. dollar.

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