autoimmunity

Autoimmunity: Some New Hacks

Autoimmunity: Some New Hacks

The old model of autoimmunity involves having the genetics for autoimmunity and experiencing a trigger. These days we know more about the root causes of autoimmunity and what we can do about it to live a full and rewarding life. Genetics is much more complicated… Click to Continue →

Autoimmunity: Just One Disease Expressed in Different Body Parts post image

Autoimmunity is a broad condition that has been segmented by medical specialties. There are over 80 different diagnosable autoimmune diseases and they are all treated in different, yet somewhat similar ways with the ultimate goal being to suppress the inflammatory immune response. However, in conventional… Click to Continue →

Autoimmunity and Your Total Body Burden of Toxicity post image

One of my favorite health activists, Heather White from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), was interviewed at the Autoimmunity Summit today! She is trained as a lawyer and has worked in politics and law in Washington DC. Now she is a health advocate for EWG… Click to Continue →

Vaccines: A Known Trigger for Autoimmunity – NEW Research on Who May Be at Risk post image

There is an epidemic of autoimmunity in the western world today. There are several known triggers in the environment that may set off an autoimmune reaction in a child or an adult. The key to prevention is to know who is at risk. We now… Click to Continue →

How Gluten Affects Your Gut, Your Health and Puts You At Risk For Autoimmunity post image

It should be common knowledge by now that symptoms of gluten sensitivity may not only be gut symptoms -- they may be in the brain, joints, muscles, skin, and other areas removed from the intestine. It is a health risk if you are gluten sensitive… Click to Continue →

Why You Can’t Lose Weight – the Link To Autoimmunity and Inflammation – New Research post image

You may have tried many diets over the years and have even been successful on them. But, stray just a little and the weight goes right back on and then some. If this sounds like you, then you need to read this article because it… Click to Continue →

3 Reasons for Autoimmunity and How To Manage It post image

The million dollar question is why does autoimmunity happen to some people and not others? We are coming much closer to an understanding of how and why autoimmunity happens and who is at risk. The First Reason: Leaky Gut, Dysbiosis and the Microbiome Leaky Gut… Click to Continue →

Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA): A Powerful Anti-Inflammatory post image

Researchers at The Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory (NIMML)  at Virginia Tech have found that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) a naturally occurring fatty acid found in dairy and ruminant products is actually a powerful anti-inflammatory. Additionally, they found that CLA can be administered directly… Click to Continue →

Old Friends: The Hygiene Hypothesis post image

Our western civilized world is in the midst of an autoimmune crisis. We have so successfully scrubbed and sanitized our world, that we are exposed to much fewer microorganisms than our ancestors. The Hygiene Hypothesis proposes that our immune system evolved in circumstances that allowed… Click to Continue →

The Autoimmune Crisis: What To Do About It post image

Autoimmune diseases are rampant today. The conventional medical paradigm is to diagnose each different set of symptoms as a unique and separate condition and to treat these symptoms with powerful drugs. This never gets to the actual root cause of the disease.

Alternatively, the holistic model is to seek out and treat the actual cause of illness. There is much research suggesting that chronic inflammation is at the bottom of a great many diseases that plague us today.

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