hsCRP Clinical Inflammation Marker for Human Bisphenol A Food Contamination

Dietary intervention studies thus far have failed to be replicable or causal. The results, therefore, have failed to provide clinicians and the general public with consistent and useful information on which to base reliable food-related health decisions. This is particularly relevant regarding plastic-derived chemicals (PDCs), such as Bisphenol A, now that the federal CLARITY-BPA program has failed to achieve scientific consensus. Investigators propose a novel human dietary protocol that is both replicable and causal, based upon BPA's demonstrated inflammatory effects in humans. This first-of-a-kind dietary intervention study explores a potential causal relationship between human serum levels of BPA and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP), a proven clinical indicator of inflammation. Investigators used the equivalent of a USDA-defined "typical diet" followed by a PDC-reduced diet to compare blood levels of hsCRP. This proof-of-concept investigation is the first to use an easily accessible, medically-accepted clinical laboratory test to directly measure human health effects of PDC reduction. Unexpected new complications discovered during the investigation indicate that these results may yet be inconclusive for direct causal relationship. However, the novel lessons and techniques developed as a result of those discoveries offer further specific and improved methods and best practices that can enable future dietary interventions to produce replicable, causal results.

Inclusion criteria

• Overall good health
• hsCRP below 10
• Standard health review blood panel normal
• BMI less than 25
• % body fat less than 23%
• Resident of North San Francisco Bay area
• Willing to eat 100% of all foods and beverages provided.
• No food allergies
• Not taking prescription medications or supplements including daily aspirin.
• Written unformed consent
• Any one not compliant with inclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

• Subject in poor health
• hsCRP above 10
• Standard health review blood panel beyond minimum or maximum limits for any measurement.
• Taking taking prescription medications or supplements including daily aspirin.
• Any evidence of inflammation-linked disease or syndrome including cardiovascular, metabolic syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, auto-immune disease, depression, or other neurological or behavioral disorders.