Autoimmune: Root Causes
Autoimmune disease discussions are one of the best examples of getting lost in the details the symptom patterns of how the immune system is attacking the body, rather than why.
The problem of where to begin is that there is no common definition of what constitutes a root cause, so I will provide one.
Root causes must be from outside the body because body parts generally don’t cause their own problem.
Genetic causes are rarer than people think.
Actually genetics is mostly epi genetic environmentally triggered.
The appeal to genetics is usually an excuse for not knowing.
Root causes from outside the body:
The mind, not the brain, can be seen as outside the body as being disconnected from the body when ideas are wrong.
It is widely acknowledged that autoimmune symptoms often begin with a noticeable environmental trigger of toxins and infection.
Nutritional deficiencies are hard to perceive because each nutrient has so many functions it can create numerous symptoms when deficient.
The connection is that toxins and infections drain nutrients that are needed in higher amounts to address.
Toxins and infections can damage digestion and thus utilization of nutrients we have.
Complex consequences can ensue from damage to gut lining which is a major immune system barrier that is breached as leaky gut to allow foods and toxins into the lymph and blood that overwhelm the immune system.
leak gut is a symptom pattern to help visualize connections.
The key symptoms pattern that characterizes autoimmunity is antigens attacking body parts.
This appears to be an overactive immune system—at least that is part of it.
But this can also be caused by under activity of other parts of the immune system that would regulate responses of other parts of the system. Under activity suggests more directly nutritional deficiencies as a root cause.
Another interpretation is that the immunity is the redistribution of scarce nutrients to more immediately crucial areas, like taking sulfur from the joints to help blood circulation to the brain, which, failing, is one of the fastest ways to die.
Sulfur and cholesterol are also important on the skin where vitamin D is made to help with the immune system as a whole.
So instead of always seeing the body as always wrong, autoimmune reactions can be understood as optimizing within suboptimal constraints.
I got this general idea from Dr Stephanie Senoff a sulfur researcher at MIT.
Dr Wahl’s protocol was such a big deal to people who had not considered nutrition.
Other than that, it’s not that highly original and is just saying many things that apply to many chronic health problems.
Nutritional deficiencies and needs vary too much to be the same for everyone, so I prefer nutritional customized to the individual.
You can find lists of 6 or 9 nutrient deficiencies related to autoimmunity, so there is no total agreement. These are nutrients typically missing in many conditions and would vary within autoimmunity as well. The point is to identify and treat nutrition, toxic exposures and infections.
Another thing that I would like to see explored are the roles of pathogens in dysregulating the immune system.
We know that pathogens like worms can suppress the immune system.
Since good bacteria communicate problems to local areas that need immune system help, immune system signaling is lacking when bad bacteria or candida take over.
Who calls the police when only criminals live in the neighborhood?
Can pathogens make false calls or pull the fire alarm when there is no fire?
I would like to see if there is research on that.
Research shows that pathogens can affect the brains of hosts in the video, “Invasion of the Brain Snatchers.” Watch that before bed and sweet dreams.
The label “autoimmune disease” should not be oversimplified into a concrete, well defined thing.
A better label for complex conditions is “syndrome,” as in chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS, which as the same general root cause as autoimmune and less common symptoms patterns among people who identify with that label.
CFS has no diagnosis nor does one need to be told they are too tired to function. The medical system needs a diagnostic code, but that’s another issue.
The thing to focus on are:
I have written about all these elsewhere and my personal story that are easy to find in a few clicks.
If reading this Please think very carefully before you respond if you just want to argue based on what you assume without really rationally considering new information.
People who are not healed of autoimmunity do not know everything about it.
The problem of where to begin is that there is no common definition of what constitutes a root cause, so I will provide one.
Root causes must be from outside the body because body parts generally don’t cause their own problem.
Genetic causes are rarer than people think.
Actually genetics is mostly epi genetic environmentally triggered.
The appeal to genetics is usually an excuse for not knowing.
Root causes from outside the body:
- Attacking: infection, toxicity, stress
- Missing: nutrients, movement
- Mind: responses to stress, how people make health choices:
The mind, not the brain, can be seen as outside the body as being disconnected from the body when ideas are wrong.
It is widely acknowledged that autoimmune symptoms often begin with a noticeable environmental trigger of toxins and infection.
Nutritional deficiencies are hard to perceive because each nutrient has so many functions it can create numerous symptoms when deficient.
The connection is that toxins and infections drain nutrients that are needed in higher amounts to address.
Toxins and infections can damage digestion and thus utilization of nutrients we have.
Complex consequences can ensue from damage to gut lining which is a major immune system barrier that is breached as leaky gut to allow foods and toxins into the lymph and blood that overwhelm the immune system.
leak gut is a symptom pattern to help visualize connections.
The key symptoms pattern that characterizes autoimmunity is antigens attacking body parts.
This appears to be an overactive immune system—at least that is part of it.
But this can also be caused by under activity of other parts of the immune system that would regulate responses of other parts of the system. Under activity suggests more directly nutritional deficiencies as a root cause.
Another interpretation is that the immunity is the redistribution of scarce nutrients to more immediately crucial areas, like taking sulfur from the joints to help blood circulation to the brain, which, failing, is one of the fastest ways to die.
Sulfur and cholesterol are also important on the skin where vitamin D is made to help with the immune system as a whole.
So instead of always seeing the body as always wrong, autoimmune reactions can be understood as optimizing within suboptimal constraints.
I got this general idea from Dr Stephanie Senoff a sulfur researcher at MIT.
Dr Wahl’s protocol was such a big deal to people who had not considered nutrition.
Other than that, it’s not that highly original and is just saying many things that apply to many chronic health problems.
Nutritional deficiencies and needs vary too much to be the same for everyone, so I prefer nutritional customized to the individual.
You can find lists of 6 or 9 nutrient deficiencies related to autoimmunity, so there is no total agreement. These are nutrients typically missing in many conditions and would vary within autoimmunity as well. The point is to identify and treat nutrition, toxic exposures and infections.
Another thing that I would like to see explored are the roles of pathogens in dysregulating the immune system.
We know that pathogens like worms can suppress the immune system.
Since good bacteria communicate problems to local areas that need immune system help, immune system signaling is lacking when bad bacteria or candida take over.
Who calls the police when only criminals live in the neighborhood?
Can pathogens make false calls or pull the fire alarm when there is no fire?
I would like to see if there is research on that.
Research shows that pathogens can affect the brains of hosts in the video, “Invasion of the Brain Snatchers.” Watch that before bed and sweet dreams.
The label “autoimmune disease” should not be oversimplified into a concrete, well defined thing.
A better label for complex conditions is “syndrome,” as in chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS, which as the same general root cause as autoimmune and less common symptoms patterns among people who identify with that label.
CFS has no diagnosis nor does one need to be told they are too tired to function. The medical system needs a diagnostic code, but that’s another issue.
The thing to focus on are:
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Toxic exposures.
- Fighting infection.
I have written about all these elsewhere and my personal story that are easy to find in a few clicks.
If reading this Please think very carefully before you respond if you just want to argue based on what you assume without really rationally considering new information.
People who are not healed of autoimmunity do not know everything about it.
Eat to energize, detoxify & immunize.
Move to circulate, align, & relax.
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I work over video: Facebook, Zoom, Google, from Michigan, USA
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