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How to fight & prevent autoimmune
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Hi John
Most of us have seen or read about how life was in the Middle Ages in
history class and from tales like Robin Hood or King Arthur...
A king's castle was typically surrounded by a moat and an army of guards,
and when a visitor would approach the castle, a guard would say, "
Hark!
Who goes there? Be ye friend or foe?"
Then based upon the response, the visitor received either a warm
welcome...or maybe the tip of a
sword if they were a foe!
Well, your
immune system is a lot like an army of guards in a Middle
Ages kingdom. It's
always on alert, scrutinizing
every single
molecule that comes into your body from food and the environment and
deciding whether it's a friend or foe.
It's sharp and
very sensitive -- it HAS to be that way. Otherwise,
you might ingest a dangerous substance that could make you sick or kill you.
Unfortunately, the immune systems of increasing numbers of people are being
triggered
to behave inappropriately and react as if something is a "foe"--even
if it's a "friend."
And that is how an
autoimmune disease is born.
Here is the scoop on what's behind these mysterious conditions that
currently affect about 1 out of every 12 people.
The many faces of an
autoimmune disease
With autoimmune diseases, your body sees its
own cells as enemies and
wages war against itself.
Your immune system strikes out against your cells, harming your tissues and
eventually causing impairment or loss of normal bodily functioning.
This can occur virtually
anywhere in your body, so the range of
autoimmune diseases can run the gamut. 80 different autoimmune diseases
have been identified so far, with some of the most common ones being:
- IBD (inflammatory bowel disease, including
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Type 1 diabetes
- Multiple sclerosis
- Lupus
- Scleroderma (thickening and hardening of the
skin)
- Sjogren's syndrome (chronic dry eyes)
- Graves' disease (overproduction of thyroid
hormones)
- Hashimoto's disease (underproduction of
thyroid hormones)
- Glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation that
can lead to kidney failure)
- Guillain-Barre' syndrome (weakness, numbness
and paralysis)
- Psoriasis
You can't fool me!
When your immune system is functioning normally, it can't easily be
fooled
-- it effectively distinguishes between things that should and shouldn't be
inside of you.
For example, when you take in food, your immune system recognizes it as
nourishment
and sends out a message to its "army" to stay calm. This is a
reaction known as
tolerance.
Without tolerance,
every time you ate something, no matter what it
was, you'd have a severe allergic reaction!
However, when your immune system is presented with a "foe" (an
antigen),
it summons its army of cells to protect you, and in doing so, ignites
inflammation
to the affected area.
This is called
intolerance.
It's what's going on when you have a
sore throat or stuffy nose, for
example. Your immune system is trapping the invader (in this case, an infection
or virus) and preventing it from going all through you.
So, what's taunting your
immune system anyway?
When your immune system is repeatedly “taunted” and exposed to things that
are
actually or could be
mistaken for an antigen, it can be
triggered into going overboard and reacting with intolerance...even when it
shouldn't.
Here are 5 possible contributing factors that can taunt your immune system
and encourage a shift in its reactions from tolerance to intolerance:
1) Poor digestion
Improperly digested food molecules that aren't broken down completely enough
like they should be can seep through your intestinal wall and get into your
bloodstream.
Because they're too big to be used for
nourishment, your immune
system can see them as an
antigen--even though they're
food --
and trigger an inflammatory response.
This is how many
food sensitivities are created.
2) Reduced barriers
Your body has many
natural barriers that prevent antigens from
seeping into your bloodstream.
These include your
saliva, the
acid in your stomach, the
bile
from your liver,
peristalsis (the muscle contractions in your GI tract
that push food along),
mucus and the
friendly flora in your
intestinal tract.
Lacking in
any of these can "open the door" for real or
perceived antigens to sneak through, get into your bloodstream and ring your
immune system alarm.
Here's food for thought: Considering the
staggering numbers of people
who regularly use
antacids and acid reducers (both OTC and
prescription), that's a
whole lot of people disabling one of their
body's most important "barriers" and opening the door for immune
system problems.
Plus people who regularly rely on
laxatives to have a bowel movement
are weakening their bodies' ability to carry out
peristalsis--another
barrier.
So it should be no wonder that autoimmune diseases are on the
rise,
my friend.
3) Leaky gut
Poor digestion and the resulting too-large food molecules forcing their way
through your intestinal wall can eventually cause it to become too
porous.
This is known as
leaky gut syndrome (or intestinal hyper- permeability).
This opens the door even MORE for antigens to seep into your bloodstream and
irritate your immune system.
Leaky gut can also be caused or contributed to by intestinal infection,
drugs (especially NSAIDS), excessive alcohol use, trauma, aging and stress.
4) Vaccinations
Because they're
injected, vaccines introduce large protein molecules
directly
into your bloodstream, so they don't have a chance to be properly broken down
by your
digestive tract.
Ding-ding! Sound the alarm for an immune reaction!
This is why vaccines have been shown to trigger
allergies where there
were none before.
5) Dysbiosis
Dysbiosis is an intestinal flora environment where your
harmful
bacteria outnumber the
friendly ones...and since this is where
70% of
your immune system resides, that's not good.
Numerous published studies link dysbiosis to autoimmune reactions and
diseases.
Well, now that you know some of the ways that your immune system is taunted
into
overreacting, now let's take a look at ways you can help...
Support a smarter immune
system
You can encourage your immune system to stay strong AND act appropriately by
giving it a little help in these ways:
1- Encourage good
digestion
This is a function of both the
foods you eat and your body's
enzyme
supply.
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food part of good digestion by using the
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foods that are not only scrumptious, but are also a snap to prepare and much
easier for your system to digest.
When your system can more effectively break down your foods, not only can
you have less trouble with heartburn, acid reflux, gas and bloating, but you
help ensure that your foods are
small enough when they're absorbed so
they don't taunt your
immune system.
The
enzyme piece of good digestion is affecting increasing numbers of
people, and it's the result of our diets.
Because of our "modern" hard-to-digest diets of fast food and
packaged meals, many people are expending WAAAY more enzymes to accomplish
digestion than Nature intended.
Eventually your body may not be able to produce what you need any more -- so
you (and your immune system) can suffer from the resulting poor digestion.
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dairy, etc.
2- Supplement with
probiotics
Probiotic supplementation has been shown to help counteract three of the
immune system "challenges" above--
reduced barriers, leaky gut and
dysbiosis!
The dose of helpful bacteria in probiotics helps beef up one of your key
natural "barriers," as well as strengthens your gut wall to make it
less leaky and encourages a shift away from dysbiosis into a healthier flora
environment.
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One of Super Shield's strains, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus, helps to strengthen
gut-barrier
function and has been shown to have a beneficial impact on
autoimmune
conditions as well as constipation, diarrhea and IBS symptoms.
Additionally, Super Shield's 12 other superstar strains will help keep your
gut flora in proper balance, encouraging the formation of more
anti-inflammatory
immune cells.
3- Nutrient repair
Nutrients such as Vitamins A, C and E and zinc have been shown to support
gut wall integrity.
Eating a healthy diet like I mentioned above can help give your body the
nutrients it needs. Supplements are fine too, but you should look to your diet
first
to get your body its nutrients.
Here are good food sources of each:
Vitamin A: Carrots, spinach,
bell peppers, romaine lettuce, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, broccoli, tomatoes,
asparagus, parsley and basil.
Vitamin C: Citrus fruit,
tomatoes, red peppers, broccoli, cranberries, cabbage, potatoes, guava,
strawberries and kiwi.
Vitamin E: Wheat germ oil,
sunflower seeds, vegetable oils, turnip greens, nuts, nut butters, rice bran
oil, barley and avocado.
Zinc: Spinach, calf's liver, beef, asparagus, shrimp, yogurt,
broccoli and summer squash.
4- Rethink immunization
The choice of whether or not to
immunize is yours...
But before you rush to get your flu shot or whatever, remember the effect it
could have with
taunting your immune system, and consider ways (such as
a healthy diet and probiotic supplementation) to
safely and naturally
strengthen your body's immune system and let it function as it was designed to.
Remember, the less that you "taunt" your immune system, the more
likely it is that it will react
appropriately when it truly should to
protect you from dangers, yet recognize when it should "back off."
And that can naturally help you fight autoimmune conditions, or make you a
less likely candidate for developing them.
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
PS: Rebecca’s
getting back to her old self again!
Dear Sherry,
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