Why the Typical Autoimmune Treatments Don’t Work

Here are the most common autoimmune treatments you will find today:

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Medications

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The Paleo Diet or Wahls Diet

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Surgery

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Management Measures


Here is why these typical treatments don’t work:


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Medications

Though well-intentioned, for the most part all doctors can do for you is prescribe medications (most likely steroids) which will NEVER cure your autoimmune disease. All you will do is exchange one symptom for another.

Notice the side effects of these drugs used to manage lupus for example:

Lupus immunosuppressive agents/chemotherapy: “These drugs can cause serious side effects including nausea, vomiting, hair loss, bladder problems, decreased fertility, and a risk of cancer and infection. These drugs can also cause birth defects.” (Lupus Fact Sheet, WomensHealth.gov)

Are you noticing that many times the side effects of these drugs are the exact same as the symptoms of the disease itself?!? For instance, hair loss and bladder problems are two symptoms doctors will look for to diagnose lupus, and these are both side effects of taking the drugs given to manage lupus!

Another drug used to manage lupus is:

Corticosteroids: The short term side effects of these are “a round or puffy face, acne, heartburn, increased appetite, weight gain, and mood swings.  Long-term side effects can include: easy bruising, thinning skin and hair, weakened or damaged bones, high blood pressure, damage to the arteries, high blood sugar, infections, muscle weakness, and cataracts. Some people may have ulcers, depression, or even congestive heart failure.” (ibid)

What’s worse — the autoimmune disease or the side effects of the medications?

I’m not sure. And this is just lupus. The drugs for other autoimmune diseases are no better.

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The Paleo Diet or Wahls Diet

As a dietary approach to heal autoimmune diseases, many well-meaning health professionals have recommended a new fad diet called the Paleo Diet or a modified version called the Wahls Diet. Here’s why the Paleo and Wahls Diets don't work. The philosophy behind these diets is that we eat like our "hunter-gatherer ancestors." This means there is a major focus on meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds while completely eliminating all grains, legumes, dairy, sugar, and processed foods.

Leaky gut is the foundational problem of every autoimmune disease. Animal fat causes leaky gut.

Here’s the problem. These diets rely heavily on meat and animal products. Yet studies are showing that animal fat actually causes leaky gut. Leaky gut is the foundational problem for every autoimmune disease. Even a single meal containing saturated fat from animal foods causes a breakdown in the lining of the small intestine which is leaky gut.1, 2

Besides inducing leaky gut there are more issues with the high-meat Paleo Diet and Wahls Diet. Most meat contains large amounts of a particular estrogen hormone called estradiol which is known to promote cancer. Estradiol induces tumors in rats and mice, and when its levels become elevated in humans there is a corresponding increase in breast and uterine cancer.3

Because the Paleo Diet is high-meat, it is also high-fat. Studies show that high dietary fat intake drives up hormone levels leading to increased rates of breast, colon, and prostate cancer.4 Diets high in animal protein promote tumors and increase metastasis to the liver and lungs5 besides giving you kidney stones.6

This diet is going to worsen your leaky gut, wreak havoc on your kidneys, and drastically increase your risk of heart disease and cancer. Instead of using the Paleo Diet, I found a completely natural and healthy diet that stopped my autoimmunity in its tracks and actually strengthened my immune system instead of suppressing it.

(1) Deopurkar R, Ghanim H, et al. “Differential Effects of Cream, Glucose, and Orange Juice on Inflammation, Endotoxin, and the Expression of Toll-Like Receptor-4 and Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-3.” Diabetes Care. 2010 May; 33(5):991-7.
(2) Erridge C, Attina T, Spickett CM, Webb, DJ. “A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation.” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2007 Nov; 86(5):1286-92.
(3) Liehr JG. “Is estradiol a genotoxic mutagenic carcinogen?” Endocr Rev. 2000 Feb;21(1):40-54.
(4) Nagata C, Nagao Y, Shibuya C, et. al. “Fat intake is associated with serum estrogen and androgen concentrations in postmenopausal Japanese women.” Journal of Nutrition. 2005 Dec;135(12):2862-5.
(5) Li C, Bai X, Wang S, Tomiyama-Miyaji C, et. al. "Immunopotentiation of NKT cells by low-protein diet and the suppressive effect on tumor metastasis." Cell Immunol. 2004 Sep-Oct;231(1-2):96-102.
(6) http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-steps-for-preventing-kidney-stones-201310046721

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Surgery

This one is self-explanatory. Do you really want to have to look forward to a surgery in five to 10 years that wouldn’t even result in solving your autoimmune problem? A surgery just to keep yourself barely treading water? Every time you go under for surgery, every time you get cut open, you’re taking a risk. Not to mention that medical error has been charted as the #3 killer in America.

My mother had to undergo several surgeries due to her autoimmune condition. One of the worst ones was a liver transplant surgery. My poor mother went through was a nightmare with all of the surgeries she had to endure. My grandmother who had the same autoimmune disease was too old to qualify for a liver transplant and died a painful death.

Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.

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Management Measures

Then there’s management measures which may be slightly helpful but are not addressing the root cause. Therefore, you will only be managing your condition for the rest of your life. Some management approaches include avoiding sunlight, sleeping most of the day, or physical therapy. Is this really the way you really want to live your life? Do you want to spend the rest of your life trying to avoid the sun? Do you want to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a bed? Or spend the rest of your life having to go to physical therapy appointments? Not what you prefer? This isn’t what I wanted either.

All of the conventional treatments for autoimmune disease:

Either have side effects just as bad, if not worse, than the autoimmune disease itself.
Are actually perpetuating leaky gut, the foundation of all autoimmune diseases.
Increase your risk for kidney damage, liver failure, and cancer.
Or are risky and invasive.

Also none of these approaches actually address the root cause of autoimmunity. They are really only a pitiful attempt at trying to manage symptoms.

A real solution will identify the root cause and fix it there. When you treat the root issue, the body will heal. The root cause of all autoimmune diseases is leaky gut. And leaky gut is caused by toxins, a bad diet, and chronic stress. If you eliminate these things, your body will begin the healing process. Discover what the top 3 toxins causing autoimmune diseases are on the next page.

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