Like the MD said, so as not to get sidetracked into thinking that inflammation is our only problem, inflammation is an important sign of disease, however it is a symptomatic affect that we focus on to find the primary cause of the malfunction, and while the advance knowledge of our systems cellular voltage state, shared by Dr Tennant, is the most seminal, we still need to be, of course, aware of the presence or lack of the raw materials in our systems, needed for proper functioning of cells and organs and how missing intestinal flora and membrane health(gut wall or cell) can cause the breakdown of function leading to chronic disease.