Chris Kresser: I don’t know of anything specifically to do that, Ashley other than addressing the GI issues. But you may want to check pancreatic function if elastase is still persistently low after addressing the underlying problems.
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- What do you use to directly raise elastase, type II-driven. I have a client who completed a four-month case review process taking Digestion GB, among other food supplement lifestyle interventions, and her follow-up tests revealed an even lower elastase. Granted this is a very complicated case in postmenopausal demographic.
What do you use to directly raise elastase, type II-driven. I have a client who completed a four-month case review process taking Digestion GB, among other food supplement lifestyle interventions, and her follow-up tests revealed an even lower elastase. Granted this is a very complicated case in postmenopausal demographic.
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