Autoimmune Diseases - Japanese Acupuncture Lexington

Autoimmune Disease 1: is the imbalance of our immune system.

In Functional Medicine, we are talking about our gut. Think about you are planting the seeds and looking forward to seeing the abundant growth of vegetables and flowers during the summertime. Imagine if you water the garden too much and less sunshine or a lot of sunshine but you keep forgetting watering the garden. Do you think you will many vegetables and flowers in a couple of months? Probably not. We, humans and animals as well, live in the balance. Our gut has its own “eco-system”. One probiotic brand works for Susan (often constipated) does not work for Lisa (have Colitis). Taking Curcumin or Astragalus boost energy for Jason but Gary gets hives from it. It is all related to our immune system and genes (SNPs) are programmed for it. We all have different capacity of how much we can take (stress, food, medications) and tolerate (chemicals). We are all uniquely programmed which makes us so unique. This is the very fundamental factor but modern medicine is quickly going for the medication and it makes our immune system further confused. I will write more about this section soon!

Could it be T1 and T2 imbalances in my immune system?

My Blog (TH1 Organ-Specific vs TH2 Systemic) Autoimmune Diseases – food and supplement choices

Datis Kharrazian What you need to know about chelation, chemicals, and heavy metals when you have autoimmunity?

Datis Kharrazian Glutathione recycling for autoimmune disease

Rommel Geronimo T1 & T2 (video)

TH1 Dominant (Hashimoto’s is TH1 dominant)

What is the role of TH1 and TH2 in Autoimmune disease? – Mickie Trescott

Autoimmune Disease 2: is the Axis of Metabolic Control and Homeostasis.

Nervous System + Immune System + Endocrine System by WholisticMatters Please take a look at the “Pathophysiology Map” in this article. You see how Cytokines (cytokines are the cell signaling molecules which aid the cell-to-cell communication in the response to the immune “alarming” system and stimulate the movement of the cells towards the inflammation, infection, or trauma site) arrows from Immune System to CNS and Immune System to Endocrine System. Immune Cytokine Balancing/ Modulation/Calming affects our autonomic nervous system. Where’s the all coming from? Stress. Not just one but chronic ongoing stress causes the disharmony on this triangle. There is the test you can take and nutrition, and supplements help you to restore this disharmony. I will talk to you more soon.

Peter Osborne Gluten found to be a cause of an autoimmune Hair Loss “Alopecia”

Peter Osborne Gluten Sensitivity vs Celiac Disease vs Gluten Intolerance

Peter Osborne Definition of gluten needs reevaluating

Joseph Mercola Why the use of Glyphosate in wheat has radically increased celiac disease

Scientific American Predicting Disease

Celiac Disease 101

MS and Gluten article. It seems unrelated but yes, it is!

Dr. Axe Leaky Gut and autoimmune disease

Dr. Axe 4 steps to heal leaky gut and autoimmune disease

David Brady Autoimmune Disease: A modern epidemic

Consumer Report FAQ about GMO

The paleo diet Fibromyalgia Misdiagnosis: what else could it be?