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THE INCIDENCE OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE has tripled in the last few decades. 24 million Americans are now affected. In fact, it affects more women than heart disease and breast cancer combined. But autoimmune disease isn't just one condition.



You're probably familiar with the most common autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, type-1 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and psoriasis. But there are many more autoimmune diseases that affect the nervous system, joints and muscles, skin, endocrine gland, and heart.

 Autoimmune disease occurs when the body's immune system attacks its own tissues rather than a foreign molecule , such as a bacteria. There are more than 100 different autoimmune diseases.

 The root causes of almost all autoimmune disorders are the same : microbes, environmental toxins, infections, allergens, stress, and poor diet.

The conventional approach to autoimmune disease is to shut down the immune response with powerful medications including NSAIDs like Advil or Aleve, steroids like prednisone, anticancer drugs like methotrexate, and the new drugs like Embrel, Humira, and Remicade that block the effects of a powerful inflammatory molecule called TNF alpha .   These new drugs slow down your immune system so powerfully that they increase your risk of cancer or life-threatening infections.  And they have frequent and serious side effects and often give only partial relief. These drugs do nothing to address the cause of disease.

It is optimal to deal with the multiple causes of autoimmune disease comprehensively by adding back the things the body needs to function optimally: whole, clean food; nutrients, exercise, stress management, and clean water and oxygen.