If you do any of these it’s a sign your stomach is not able to digest. Your doctor may guess you have too much acid. Is this really the case? Surprisingly, it’s very rare for too much acid to be produced in the stomach. Acid is needed to break down protein you eat into smaller […]
IBS? IBD? Autoimmune issue? Any of those means your small intestine (not just your colon) is damaged and needs some TLC to heal. If you eat commercially produced foods the chances are you’re eating polysorbate-80. This industrial emulsifier is a common food additive. It’s even used in laboratory animals to produce inflammatory bowel disease. And […]
Vitamin D is a critical vitamin. It’s made in your skin by the action of sunlight on cholesterol. You are at risk of suboptimal levels if you Take cholesterol-lowering medications, steroids, laxatives, or certain other meds Are overweight Wear sunblock Don’t regularly get 15 minutes of bright sunlight on your bare skin Have an impaired […]
Carrageenan is a thickener used in many ready-made and free-from foods to improve the texture and stop things like yoghurts and plant milks from separating. A long-standing puzzle is why this “harmless” emulsifier is used to induce gut inflammation in experimental medical research, yet it is also approved as a food additive. Associate professor of […]
Toxic or “heavy” metals include mercury, lead, arsenic, and a few more. Many studies link high levels of heavy metals with autoimmune diseases, especially autoimmune thyroid conditions. 90% of people with hypothyroidism have autoimmune hypothyroidism. Standard medical tests miss this or get a false negative. One study even found that women with high mercury exposure […]
“Sugar-free” products usually contain zero-calorie sweeteners aspartame, sucralose saccharin. You might think “what’s not to like?” One of the problems with sucralose and saccharin is that they stop you from digesting properly. They impair protein-digesting enzymes called proteases. This is a problem because when you can’t digest a protein, it becomes food for disease-causing bacteria […]
According to research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology eating apple polyphenols (substances found in apple peels) can suppress out-of-control immune cell activation to prevent colitis. This study (on mice) is the first to show a role for T cells in polyphenol-mediated protection against autoimmune disease and could lead to new therapies and treatments […]