The invention relates to a method of assessing the pro-inflammatory immune health of a healthy individual comprising: (a) establishing a benchmark pro-inflammatory protein value set, wherein the pro-inflammatory protein value is determined by a calculation made using levels of pro-inflammatory protein measured in samples of non-blood body fluid collected from healthy individuals at one or more time points in a 24 hour period; (b) determining an optimal pro-inflammatory protein value range from the benchmark pro-inflammatory protein value set established in (a) by using descriptive statistic methodology; (c ) establishing a pro-inflammatory protein value for said individual to be assessed, wherein said value is determined by the same calculation as set forth in (a); and (d) comparing the value established in step (c) to the optimal pro-inflammatory protein value range determined in step (b), wherein a pro-inflammatory protein value for said individual that is within the optimal pro-inflammatory protein value range is indicative of good pro-inflammatory immune health and wherein a pro-inflammatory protein value that is outside the optimal pro-inflammatory protein value range is indicative of inferior pro-inflammatory immune health.
METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE PRO-INFLAMMATORY IMMUNE HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL