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The run-down of this
article:
- It’s all about the money baby (opinion)
- What is an Autoimmune Disease?
My Theory:
- What is Leaky Gut?
- Molecular Mimicry – The logistics of intolerances
- The catalyst GMO Crops- What these foods do to your insides.
- The answer is in your DNA but not how you have been taught.
- Tumor Necrosis Factor
- Want to try the herbal approach? (No promises here of course but hey who knows!)
Yesterday, on a
very rare occasion, I was watching television when I saw a commercial for rheumatoid
arthritis. On the commercial they mentioned how rheumatoid arthritis is an
autoimmune disease, meaning that the immune system is essential attacking the body-itself
(I will explain in more detail later). They also state how when taking the
medication, the medicated could experience a lower resistance to certain viruses,
etcetera and of course they mention how the medication is not a cure for rheumatoid
arthritis but simply slows down degeneration.
This is where a light bulb finally came on in my head.
I am not sure if all medical students are taught the
pathogenesis of things like autoimmune disease but I know they learn about
pharmacology. I began to see a tangible, in living color example of how pharmaceutical
companies use the public’s ignorance on the origin of human disease as a
vantage point to make monetary gains. I knew that somewhere doctors did know
this information because in that moment in time all of the bits of information
I had been reading about snapped together in one big ah-ha moment to create
this writing. If a simple self-taught at home herbalist could come up with a
simple theory. The creators of these chemical cocktails must know the major
cause of autoimmune disease. Meaning they are tricking the masses into buying a
quick fix without education on the other options, which I must mention requires
lifestyle change which is never the preferred route for most Americans.
So what is an Autoimmune Disease?
Like I mentioned above the immune system is supposed to protect our body from
foreign antigens when a person has an autoimmune disease the immune system
starts attacking itself.
There are many forms and types of
autoimmune-inflammatory diseases some examples include:
- Celiac’s disease or other inflammatory bowel diseases
- Psoriasis
- Thyroid Disease
- Lupus
- Type I Diabetes Mellitus
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Scleroderma
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
My Theory
Please note in scientific
research today there are many causes for autoimmune disease this is what I
believe (naturally wanting to become a nutritionist) that most of disease
starts in the gut. So let’s start with this our beloved gut lining. The source
of what many have told you is the center for immune system regulation. Remember
that, how everyone tells us to eat yogurt? Well it’s true but there are many components
that contribute to healthy food assimilation.
First - Healthy Flora without foreign
invaders (Bad Guys)
Second - Healthy Mucosal-Endothelial
Function (Yum)
Okay I will stop with the fancy
medical terminology!
To put it simply we need healthy
good bacteria to fight off bad bacteria and yeast from taking over our gut
environment. We also need healthy lining to our stomach, which is composed of a
series of hair like protrusions called villi as a buffer between stomach lining
and blood stream to absorb vitamins-nutrients.
In my opinion what becomes the
catalyst to these autoimmune diseases is called leaky gut syndrome but stems
from molecular mimicry and intolerance. When food passes through your digestive
tract, that food is viewed by the body at a molecular level. When the body does
not recognize a particle like for instance the protein molecules in cheese and
wheat, the immune system deploys it’s antibodies to rid the body of the unknown
particle-viewed threat. Now this process by itself is harmless but it is the
next that is devastating to health. Since the molecular structure of cheese and
wheat proteins are similar to the molecular structure of collagen sometimes the
body will mistake your own collagen for foreign proteins and the immune system
starts to attack itself.
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This causes pain but on a deeper level affects the systems of the body like the immune system, digestion and overall joint function, even sometimes the brain-nervous system. What happen is the body starts to break down the lining of the stomach, the thyroid, and/or the collagen rich linings of the joints in the knees and hands. Inflammation sets in and the pain begins but when the pain has started this means the damage has already been done. Once these processes get to a certain point they cannot be reversed but for many they can reverse or even prevent permanent damage. This is what starts out as an intolerance or allergy and becomes the full blown disease later down the line.
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This causes pain but on a deeper level affects the systems of the body like the immune system, digestion and overall joint function, even sometimes the brain-nervous system. What happen is the body starts to break down the lining of the stomach, the thyroid, and/or the collagen rich linings of the joints in the knees and hands. Inflammation sets in and the pain begins but when the pain has started this means the damage has already been done. Once these processes get to a certain point they cannot be reversed but for many they can reverse or even prevent permanent damage. This is what starts out as an intolerance or allergy and becomes the full blown disease later down the line.
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Main intolerance indicating symptoms:
- Nutritional deficiencies due to malabsorption
- Gastro-intestinal problems (bloating, pain, gas, constipation, diarrhea)
- Weight management issues
- Aching joints
- Asthma
- Depression
- Eczema
- Headaches or Migraines
- Exhaustion or Chronic Fatigue
- Irritability and behavioural changes
- Infertility, irregular menstrual cycle and miscarriage
- Cramps, tingling and numbness
- Slow infant and child growth
- Decline in dental health
So why are wheat and cheese the
main inflammatory bad guys?
Mostly, because of man. Science
first genetically modified wheat back in the 1980’s and then started changing
wheat DNA by injecting certain genetic features via bacteria. Yup, I just said
it. The way scientist genetically modify food is thorough infecting the DNA
with bacteria. They genetically modified
wheat to up it’s gluten content to make the bread making process more
profitable. Gluten is the substance in wheat that makes it gummy, fluffy and
rise so effectively with the aid of heat and yeast while baking. The problem is
the body is used to digesting 1/10 the amount of gluten that is present in one piece
of bread today. So let me paint the picture for you. The gluten is indigestible
so it gunks-up the intestinal tract, the body sees it as foreign, attacks the particles
and potentially turns on itself while lastly this contains the liver toxin
yeast which will grow uncontrollably causing endless health issues usually
treated by antibiotics! The antibiotics given to solve what appears to a
medical doctor as a bacterial infection, kill the probiotics that are made to
fend off the yeast and bad bacteria. So after the antibiotics you have
literally a wasteland of dead bacteria and yeast both good and bad. For most of
the American population this will sit in the stomach because of the lack of
correct fiber to sweep the toxic burden out! So know we have damaged stomach lining,
weakened immune system, bogged down liver and congested digestion! The reason
why milk becomes a problem is because we remove the enzymes and probiotics in
the pasteurization process that make milk possible for digestion and
assimilation. Just to add this in I have mixed feelings about milk but maybe
one day I will get into all of that!
So what’s the problem with taking these pharmaceutical “solutions” didn’t
the doctors say it would slow the process of degeneration?
Well yes, this may be true but
you should also know the bio-mechanics of what this drug is doing on a cellular
level. When you have an autoimmune disease like Rheumatoid Arthritis you have a
large amount of this immune modulator called Tumor Necrosis Factor. This causes
a lot of inflammation and turns on the body’s pain signals because of immanent or
present damage to the body. These drugs suppress of decrease TNF in the body.
Let’s ask another question though, what is TNF normal function in the
body?
Tumor (Abnormal Growth of Tissue) Necrosis (Death) Factor (Outcome)
This part of our immune system
regulates cancer growth and the infiltration of viruses. So when you take this
drug you are also risking your body’s ability to fight viruses and cancer.
Keep in mind that epi-genetics
tells us that it is not primarily our genetics which are the most important
part to health but that our environment: what we eat, amount of emotional
stress and physical stresses attribute to the majority of whether we get a
disease or not. Most likely you are still in control of your health, so there
are no excuses.
So you want to try the holistic
or herbal approach?
If you already have a chronic
disease, I cannot help you but an Integrative Medicine Physician, Naturopathic physician
or Holistic Nutritionist could help you on this journey. (One day once I get my
degree I will be right there for you!)
Now for the people who are
already, otherwise healthy and would like to make sure you are maintaining this
healthful lifestyle, I would love for you to schedule an online consultation
with me! I can help you with easy recipes, detoxification tips and anything
else like how to ferment at home or start an at home garden!
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