Diet and Lifestyle May Decrease Inflammation and Calm an Overaggressive Immune System
There is no question that in today’s world we are bombarded by toxins in our daily environment- from the air we breathe to the water we drink to the food we consume to the products we use on our body. This toxin overload in conjunction with modern high levels of stress, poor nutrition, suboptimal sleep and…
In addition to a smartly designed dietary protocol, supplements may aid in your Hashimoto’s healing journey, especially if your digestion is severely impaired, which prevents you from extracting sufficient nutrients from food. You may be able to discontinue most supplements once your digestion is fixed and you have adopted a well-balanced diet. “Start Low and…
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a complicated autoimmune condition with many layers that must be unraveled for its effective treatment. Even though conventional medicine may look at each body system as a separate category and is primarily concerned with the thyroid’s ability to produce thyroid hormones, Hashimoto’s is a far more complicated issue than just hypothyroidism. The thyroid is part…
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic autoimmune disease that affects the joints, and often times other organs, with varying severity among patients. It initially affects small joints, then progresses to larger joints, and eventually can attack the skin, eyes, heart, kidneys, and lungs. Often, the bone and cartilage of joints get destroyed, and tendons…
Lupus is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with a wide range of clinical manifestations that include multiple organ system effects. Types of Lupus There are four main classifications of lupus: neonatal, discoid, drug-induced, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 1) Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus (NLE) It is a rare form of lupus observed in newborns and results from…
Ulcerative colitis is an idiopathic inflammatory condition of the large intestine (colon), which results in diffuse friability and superficial erosions on the colonic wall associated with bleeding. It is the most prevalent form of inflammatory bowel disease worldwide. It characteristically involves inflammation confined to the mucosa and submucosa of the colon. Typically, the disease starts…
Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals after exposure of the intestinal mucosa to gluten in combination with the influence of environmental factors. It is an immune-mediated disorder caused by genetic, environmental, and immunological factors. It has a prevalence of ∼1% in most countries worldwide. Like many autoimmune diseases, celiac…
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or Hashimoto’s disease is a complex autoimmune condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the cells of the thyroid gland. It affects up to 10 percent of the US population with its prevalence increasing with age. Hashimoto’s which is the name of the Japanese physician Hakaru Hashimoto who discovered it eventually results…
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