Auto Immunity and the Gut

Autoimmune conditions mean that instead of protecting the body from infection or illness, the immune system reacts abnormally and starts attacking healthy cells and tissue. Research suggests that it's triggered by a combination of genetic, environmental and possibly hormonal factors.

Some people are thought to be more vulnerable to the spectrum of auto immune disease when they're born and that certain events, such an infection, trauma and stress can trigger problems with the immune system.

The goal of a nutritional program is to remove immune triggers from your diet that promote inflammation and yeast overgrowth in the gut, and increase intestinal permeability (this is when the gut is leaking toxins and a systemic problem arises). By calming inflammation in the gut, you will be able to better calm inflammation throughout the body and brain, including autoimmune flare-ups.