PART 2
By Gabriel Arruda
Speaker/Director of Reverse Autoimmune.com
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There are specific chemicals which have been proven by research to have a strong link to developing autoimmune diseases. Unpacking the details behind this topic also helps explain the mystery of why women get autoimmune diseases more than men.
So which chemicals are they?
Studies have found a strong relationship with autoimmune diseases and a class of chemicals called organic solvents.
Look at the research from this 2012 study called, “Organic Solvents as Risk Factor for Autoimmune Diseases.”
“We found a significant association between OSs (Organic solvents) exposure and the increased risk of developing an autoimmune trait” 1
“Our results indicate that OS (Organic solvents) exposure is a risk factor for developing ADs (autoimmune diseases).” 2
“Concerning MS, when an independent analysis was done for each disease, MS show a significant association with OSs exposure.” 3
Organic solvents are typically used to dissolve substances or for cleaning things.
Commonly found in:
Regularly breathing or having skin contact with cleaning products that contain chemicals in the organic solvents category is linked to developing an autoimmune disease. There are 40 something chemicals in this category and most of us couldn’t pronounce 90% of them. One of them is 29 letters long! So instead of attempting the daunting task of trying to memorize all these chemicals to the point where you could identify them on labels I found you can accomplish the same goal by just applying a good rule of thumb.
Just stick with natural cleaning products.
Bottom line: The fewer the crazy looking words on the label the better.
If you can’t pronounce it, you probably shouldn’t clean with it or put it on your body because it could be an organic solvent leading to an autoimmune disease. There are many excellent natural cleaning agents like vinegar, lemon, and baking soda, and there are even whole companies that are committed to only putting out natural cleaning products.
In an 2014 study entitled “A Potential Link between Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity,” it cites a number of changes in our food that has caused potential risk factor for autoimmune diseases.
What food changes? It says:
“new breeds of food plants and food animals, genetic modifications, chemical ingredients, flavors, and preservatives.” 4
What this study is saying is that many of these new chemicals in our food is a potential risk factor for autoimmune diseases.
What food chemicals are these?
There is one chemical in particular we need to especially be aware of. It’s called TMPD, also commonly known as pristane. It is associated with causing abnormal immune functions in humans. Hello, autoimmunity!
TMPD also causes lupus-like autoimmunity in mice, caused them to develop arthritis, and produced chronic inflammatory response in their liver, spleen and lymph nodes.
Scientist believe that TMPD may be involved in the development of: 5,6
Thankfully the researches tell us.
“(TMPD) is a common constituent of mineral oil… and is found in a number of processed foods made for human consumption.” 7
Yikes! We could be eating this stuff! Be a label reader and keep your eyes peeled for this stuff otherwise you could be paying money to contribute to your autoimmune disease. And this is just one of many chemicals out there causing problems for autoimmune patients.
Again, we can be safe by just applying the same simple rule of thumb. Only get the food that is actually real food and has the least amount of chemical ingredients. For my wife and I, when we see long complicated words and ingredients like Red#40 we just put it back on the store shelf.
More than 75% of all autoimmune patients are women.8 Women have 90% of all thyroid diseases, and they make up 90% of all lupus sufferers.9
Why? These figures are too high to just be chance. Most professionals agree that there is something going on that causes women to be so disproportionally afflicted with autoimmune diseases.
It’s estimated by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) that the average women applies 168 chemicals to her body every day via the use of personal care products. In contrast, men only apply half that number.10
And many of these chemicals are known to contribute to autoimmunity.
Here are few examples …
The autoimmune disease primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), has been associated with exposure to nail polish. 11Who’s using this product the most?
Also over 400 different types of lipsticks contain lead.
That represents about 60-80% of all on the market.
Your lipstick very well may have lead!
Another study found that hair dyes are linked with causing autoimmune diseases. 12
Again, who’s using these products the most? Women.
Are you getting the picture as to why women are so effected by autoimmunity?
The Environmental Defense, a Canada-based group, issued an alarming report. They tested 49 popular beauty products for eight different heavy metals, and here’s what they found:
% OF BEAUTY PRODUCTS WITH HEAVY METALS
Arsenic – 20%Did you notice that lead, nickel, and beryllium were found in 90-100% of the 49 tested beauty products. Don’t be fooled, heavy metal poisoning directly contributes to autoimmunity and can absolutely ruin your life.
The problems these metals lead to are numerous and terrible.
Here are just a few of the known results: 13
The point is, if you’re using popular cleaning and beauty products, you’re also getting slowly poisoned with substances proven to be a contributing factor to autoimmune diseases.
Don’t worry, there are natural-minded companies putting out clean beauty products.
The more of the safe, natural beauty products you buy, the more of them there will be on the market.
Having healed from an autoimmune disease myself, I know from experience how important it is to keep yourself from toxic contamination and to cleanse. If you don’t cut off the toxin supply, you can do all the healthy things you want, but you’ll just be spinning your tires. This is because the toxins will continue to provoke an autoimmune response in your body. You have to turn off the faucet of toxic exposure.
On to toxin # 1. In my opinion the most dangerous one of all.
This next one is so sneaky and so common that chances are you already ate this food item today.
The cause of autoimmune disease can be summed up in one word. Toxins! It’s just a matter of finding out what toxins are in each persons particular situation.
When the body identifies something we ingest as a toxin, it attacks. Therefore, if we’re continually ingesting foods the body is identifying as toxins, our immune system is continually attacking them. This constant attacking occurs primarily in the small intestine because this is where the body’s first line of defense against invaders is. The results of this continual attacking is damage and inflammation in the small intestine which results in leaky gut. Leaky gut is one of the main factors in all autoimmune diseases, so if you have an autoimmune disease you probably also have a leaky gut.
Leaky gut is when the wall of your small intestine becomes damaged and permeable (meaning it gets holes in it). These holes in the small intestine allow large particles of undigested food, bad bacteria and toxic waste to leak out into your bloodstream. Your immune system recognizes these foreign invaders in your body and attacks them. Unfortunately, your own tissues can get caught in the friendly cross-fire and this is one of the main causes of autoimmune conditions.
Our small intestine is where most of the nutrients from the food we eat get absorbed into our bodies. Since damaged vilii in the small intestine comes along with all autoimmune diseases, we are not going to be absorbing nutrients like we need to which results in being malnourished in key nutrients, vitamins and minerals. A whole host of side effects can stem from this problem.
It’s when people cleanse that we see the most drastic changes in their health. Tumors shrink, blood sugar levels drop, chronic headaches go away, energy returns, depression is reversed, stomach pain subsides, inflammation calms down, eczema begins to subside and the list goes on. When administered properly a good cleanse is like hitting the reset button on your body.
STEP 5Studies clearly show that our bodies receive physical damage due to negative emotions. This negative physical impact is very similar to the effects of autoimmunity in the body. Chronic stress results in chronic inflammation and disease. The National Institutes of Health published an article in the journal Autoimmune Diseases in which it says, “chronic stress affects the composition of the gut microbiota” and “chronic stress also makes the gut leaky.”7 When we are stressed, our hypothalamus releases hormones that signal the pituitary and adrenal glands to release stress steroids such as adrenaline and cortisol.
As a motivational speaker, I’ve spent over 10 years traveling the nation helping hundreds of people deal with chronic stress in their lives. The methods I described in our Book are the ones I have been using for years. I have personally seen them bring healing and radically change the outlook of every person who puts them into practice.
(7) Campbell, AW. “Autoimmunity and the Gut.” Autoimmune Diseases. 2014;152428.
There is a very strong genetic link with autoimmune diseases. Often autoimmune disease manifest in “family clusters” where multiple family members have symptoms of autoimmune diseases.
In my family, there are six members including myself that have had an autoimmune disease.
Probably the most common genetic mutation in autoimmune patients is the MTHFR gene mutation. This gene mutation hinders the bodies from completing 250 crucial biochemical reactions.
In short, the results of this gene mutation are that you will have a malnourished and malfunctioning immune system and nervous system. This is not good!
Consequently, it has been found that a very large number of people who have the MTHFR gene mutation suffer from neuro-immune syndromes like depression, anxiety, insomnia, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and many other autoimmune related disorders.
This means that you can be doing all the right things to heal your autoimmune disease and yet still never fully heal because you have a problem at a genetic level that isn’t being addressed. You will be trying and trying but just spinning your tires. Thankfully there are ways to bypass the MTHFR gene mutation!
What are the symptoms of this gene mutation? How do you get tested for this gene mutation? What do you do if you have it? We have lot’s of information on this website that addresses these questions, but to get the full scope of all the answers we’ve found take a look below at our 142-page book, “How I Reversed My Autoimmune Disease.”And I’ve seen others do the same.
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References
1. Barragán-Martínez, Carolina et al. “Organic Solvents as Risk Factor for Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Ed. Sudha Chaturvedi. PLoS ONE 7.12 (2012): e51506. PMC. Web. 1 Mar. 2018.
2. ibid
3. ibid
4. Aristo Vojdani, “A Potential Link between Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity,” Autoimmune Diseases, vol. 2014, Article ID 437231, 18 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/437231
5. Pollard KM, Hultman P, Kono DH. “Toxicology of Autoimmune Diseases.” Chemical research in toxicology. 2010;23(3):455-466.
6. Reeves WH, Lee PY, Weinstein JS, Satoh M, Lu L. “Induction of autoimmunity by pristane and other naturally-occurring hydrocarbons.” Trends in immunology. 2009;30(9):455-464
7. ibid
8. https://www.aarda.org/who-we-help/patients/women-and-autoimmunity/
9. http://www.lupusny.org/about-lupus/who-gets-lupus
10. http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/2004/06/15/exposures-add-up-survey-results/#.WXjvQIqQwxg
11. M. E. Gershwin, C. Selmi, H. J. Worman et al., “Risk factors and comorbidities in primary biliary cirrhosis: a controlled interview-based study of 1032 patients,” Hepatology, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 1194–1202, 2005.
12. Hess EV, “Environmental chemicals and autoimmune disease: cause and effect.” Toxicology. 2002 Dec 27;181-182:65-70.
13. Patrick L, “Mercury toxicity and antioxidants: Part 1: role of glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid in the treatment of mercury toxicity.” Alternative Medicine Review. 2002 Dec; 7(6):456-71.