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This week: how's it for you? Thyroid autoimmunity, corn/gluten rage and my daily menu. Enjoy x Hello - No 15 Newsletter already - is it working for you? Thanks for all your lovely comments, emails and support on here and Facebook last week after my third (!) foot injury! It’s healing well. I’m trying to …
Quote of the week this week comes from Dr K, talking about the importance of glutathione status. I find missing glutathione genes and low glutathione status a lot, especially in autoimmune and multiple sensitivity to food and chemical cases. I have missing genes myself and I'm pretty certain it has played into my immune and …
Which stage of autoimmunity are you? Can you reverse it? There are three stages, as explained by Datis Kharrazian... 1. Silent autoimmunity: Antibodies are positive but there are no symptoms or tissue loss.2. Autoimmune reactivity: Antibodies are positive and there are some symptoms, but no noticeable tissue loss.3. Autoimmune disease: Antibodies are positive, symptoms are pronounced, and there …
A lot of you have thyroid issues, so I thought this statement might be useful for you. The two main antibodies used to screen for Hashimoto’s are thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (Tg). It’s important to check both because either one can be elevated, although TPO is more commonly elevated.An important thing to understand about thyroid antibodies is that your …
Quote of the week today comes from Dr Kharrazian, the author of Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms When My Lab Results Are Normal? I see this all the time: people told they don't have thyroid issues, even though their autoimmune antibodies are higher than they should be. It's an early warning sign, folks! …
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Did you know that we can have different reactions to eg. gluten, wheat, egg, corn, bacterial pathogens or toxic chemicals in two different immune systems? The mucosal system and the systemic system are connected but can act independently of each other. So, we are merrily doing blood tests to look for antibodies to pathogens, food, …
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That's the number one question I have been asked - only about 20 times a day for the last 10 years, ha! So, I thought a kind of cheat-sheet based on my experience might help. What tests should you do - for an MOT (40s and 50s take note!), for preventing illness (20s and 30s), …
I couldn't have put this better myself: Managing autoimmunity goes well beyond nutritional supplements and a restrictive diet. Instead, you must focus on treating the whole person and all the various factors that are a part of their life.— DR Datis Kharrazian One thing Dr. Kharrazian continually sees are people who are always looking for the …
There is such a lot of myth and confusion surrounding autoimmunity. Most people think there's nothing they can do about it - it's just bad luck. That is definitely not the case, at least in some people. The biggest thing to remember is that autoimmune diseases take years to develop. The point of testing for …
Just to let you know I penned a new Autoimmunity factsheet for the A-Z yesterday. I am being asked more and more about it and realised I didn't have anything to point people towards. So, here it is for you with the intro to start you off: Autoimmunity Factsheet Years ago, we used to think …