Posts Tagged ‘autoimmune disease’
Eating Like a Caveman in a Modern World
Multiple Sclerosis Completely Reversed With Nutrition Dr. Terry Wahls was stricken with the autoimmune disease, Multiple Sclerosis. She saw the best doctors that the Western world had to offer. None of the conventional treatments could help her, so she turned to Functional Medicine and nutrition. She changed her diet and changed her life… Autoimmune Disease and Gluten It is a
Predictive Antibody Tests for Autoimmune Disease
In this Gluten Free Society sponsored interview series, Dr. Peter Osborne and Dr. Tom O’Bryan discuss predictive antibody testing as a tool to help predict the onset of autoimmune diseases years before they happen. Commonly Diagnosed Autoimmune Diseases – Rheumatoid Arthritis SLE (Lupus) Celiac Disease Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (hypothyroid) Psoriasis Reactive arthritis Grave’s Disease Osteoporosis Diabetes Predictive antibody testing is now
Gluten and the Autoimmune Disease Spectrum
New Research Links Gluten Sensitivity to Multiple Autoimmune Diseases Research continues to link the autoimmune spectrum of diseases to gluten sensitivity. In a recent study, gluten intolerance was found to be present in patients with multiple types of autoimmune conditions: “Results of our studies revealed in the group of 110 patients with diagnosed gluten enteropathy, coexistence of autoimmune disease,
Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Disease
A recent paper published in the Annals of the New York Acedemy of Sciences connects intestinal permeability (AKA leaky gut syndrome) with the development of autoimmune diseases. The authors base their findings on what we know of celiac disease and Type I Diabetes. Both diseases share the same HLA-DQ genetics. As well, they both share the same environmental trigger –
Celiac Disease and Type I Diabetes Linked
Celiac disease often precedes Type 1 diabetes in children with both conditions. As a matter of fact, up to 10% of children with Type 1 diabetes have clinical celiac disease, according to findings presented at Gastro 2009 in London, UK by T. Hansson of Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. Hansson explained that researchers detected elevated levels of celiac disease-associated antibodies in
Schizophrenia Patients Riddled With Autoimmune Disease
Is Schizophrenia an autoimmune condition? The following was taken from a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry: “A history of any autoimmunedisease was associated with a 45% increasein risk for schizophrenia. Nine autoimmune disorders had higher prevalence rates among patients with schizophrenia than among comparison subjects…, and 12 autoimmune diseases had higher prevalence rates among parents of schizophrenia
Gluten Senstivity – Who Should Be Tested?
There are several diseases that are caused by gluten sensitivity. Learn who should be tested…
