Autoimmune+Dis-eases

//Western Diagnosis//
Auto Abs produced to an endogenous Ag

Possible mechanisms: -Sequestered Ag released into serum -self Ag immunogenic due to chemical, physical, or biologic alteration -Foreign Ag may induce immune response that cross-reacts with self Ag -Mutation in immunocompetent cells -Immune response to an obscure Ag (virus) Possibly held in check by T-suppressor cells Genetics Gender - women more affected than me Environmental factors: virus, drugs, tissue injury Specific tissues affected Ag-Ab complex deposition

//Medical Nutrition://
• Autoimmune disorders: • Avoid gluten, milk and dairy • ID remove/ rotate food allergies • Treat infections • Gastric hypoacidity/Panc insufficiency • Omega 3 FAs Cod liver oil – 1 tbsp/d Or EPA/DHA 1000 – 1500mg each • Carnitine 1000mg • Enzymes 4-6 caps between meals • DHEA/ Rehmania formulas?/ • Testosterone/ hormones • VitC • Lipoic Acid

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Autoimmune dis-eases are directly linked to food and/or environmental hypersensitivity

=AutoImmune Dis-eases=

-Acute Anterior Uveitis -Acute rheumatic Fever -Addison's Dis-ease -Alopecia Aerata -Ankylosing spondylitis -Atrophying Polychondritis

-Biermer's Anemia (Pernicious Anemia) -Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy -Bullous Pemphigoid

-Celiac Dis-ease -Chronic Active Hepatitis

-Dermatitis Herpetiformis -Dermatomyositis -Discoid Lupus Erythematosus

-Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita

-Giant Cell Arthritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica -Goodpasture's Syndrome -Gougerot Sjogren Syndrome -Granulopenias (some) -Grave's dis-ease

-Hashimoto's Thyroiditis -Hemolytic Anemias (some) -Hypophyseal Insufficiency

-Idiopathic Membraneous Nephropathy -Ideopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

-Juvenile onset Diabetes (type 1 diabetes) -Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

-Lioid Nephrosis in Children

-Mixed Connective Tissue Disease -Multiple Sclerosis -Myasthenia Gravis

-Narcolepsy

-Pemphigus -Primary Biliary Cirrhosis -Psoriatic Arthropathy

-Reactive Arthritis -Rheumatoid Arthritis

-Sceroderma -Sterility (some forms) -Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

-And other Dis-eases...

=Treatment=

Orthomolecular Treatment
-Proteases (Pepsin) -Pancreatic Enzymes -Alkyl Glycerol (AKG) -Carnitine