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“I Know only One Thing : That I Know Nothing!”

Socrates, Greek Philosopher (469-399BC).  

Autoimmunity

The Immune System has as its main purpose body protection.

It identifies aggressive germs and destroys them. Main path of introduction of such is through the mouth.

Hence, the Gastro-Intestinal System is essential in immune mechanisms. This is by no way a matter of percentage and cannot be discussed this way.

In autoimmune mechanisms the gut plays the central role.

Its flora has a huge importance, and balance between noxious and friendly germs is essential, in order to avoid a flare-up of immune reactions. 

Fifty years ago, professors in medicine taught 10% of its mucosa desquamates every day. Though, nowadays it appears that this value depends largely on our food.

Especially aggressive germs, but also Gluten and Lectins injure its lining and increase this value.

What is inside the bowel is considered by immunity as non-self, is digested, and it gives the order to the organism to destroy similar body components.

This happens also for elementary nutriments like fat, sugar and proteins.

Meat, especially very near to Self, as the one of Mammals is concerned in the first place.

Less so for Poultry, common ancestors being Dinosaurs, and Fish (Amphibians).

Simpler, more ancient creatures are even less concerned, least is such reaction with Greens (without Lectins). 

Cooking, especially if thorough, destroys to a big extent Gluten, Lectins and iso-immune constituents like proteins, and makes food tastier.

This fact was obviously already known 5’000 years ago (Moses, Ancient Egypt). 

The Case of Glucose

Sugars and Starches in excess in our food increase the prevalence of autoimmune disorders.

As Glucose (and Glycogen) is an essential component of every single body tissue, the command to “Destroy” given by the Immune System infringes on every single organ.

Neural manifestations of Diabetes mellitus, coined as “Neuropathy” 40-50 years ago, can thus be fully considered a true Neuritis. 

Some clue indicates that prevalence of autoimmune disease has increased since wide use of fridges and ingestion of mainly fresh or sterilized food. 

Though many germs developing on food are deletary to our immune system and overall health, some, for instance mold of rye bread (Professor Gaston Turian, Mycologist, 1977, Geneva) and cheese, can be salutary. 

The ones growing on meat should be definitely discarded. 

Auto-immune disorders are claimed progressing all over the World.

Change in food processing in industrialized society can be one explanation.

Adaptation of eating habits may play a decisive role in those illnesses, still poorly understood, and with few therapy options.

You would remember the fairy tale of Heidi, an English young girl, unable to walk, and brought from misty London to Swiss Alps in her roll chair. 

Is it a true story from 19th century? 

She is declared healed after a short staying there, due to fresh air, able to walk and run again.

– Or was it rather Swiss alimentary culture, which was responsible for this healing, molded rye bread and cheese?

Such a regime could work still today on a protracted Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Or, did you know, that German culture linked with high consumption of beer, would be responsible in a same explanatory way for less auto-immune diseases, and especially lupus erythematodes (LED), a feared disease between practitioners, in our modern culture?

It is well known since almost 50 years, that people suffering from msyophobia (fear of germs) suffer more frequently of all kind of auto-immune illnesses.

We are composed to a bigger part of germ DNA than human one. If you disrupt this

balance, auto-immune disease ensues.

Also bronchial asthma, hay fever and hyperactive rhinitis are some of the other entities due to similar shortcomings in our bodies. 

Recent publications point to evidence of increasing neoplastic prevalence with high alcohol consumption. One possible explanation could be that such beverages sterilize the intestine and reduce essential for health gut flora. Hence it would be important to enjoy them only in moderate amounts. “Everything with measure!” says Philosopher of Old. 

Current literature recommends one glas of red wine for women each day and two for men. 

A tight link exists between autoimmune and neoplastic disease. Many patients suffer both. 

It is important to observe ancient table traditions. 

In French one, for instance, servings start with a fresh salad, continue with a second, a soup, then main dish, which is accompanied usually with wine, most of the time red, and end with a dessert and cheese. 

Saying goes like this: “Laissez une petite place pour le fromage!”  

Multiple Sclerosis

MS is a tremendous debilitating disease, leading frequently to invalidity.

Corticosteroids are applied almost randomly, trying to pinpoint bouts of illness, but to largest opinion are unsatisfactory.

This ailment is of unknown etiology, being one of many autoimmune ones.

It is probably multifactorial and needs a genetic background.

Frequently linked to tumors, viruses have been implicated.

Most important is probably the Ebstein-Barr virus.

Nutrition plays probably also a central role.

Recently Helminthic therapy has been employed with positive results.

Pinworms are abundant in earth, and eating green salad regularly substantiates intestinal pool of them essential for immune balance.

Mold in vegetal food, for instance rye bread, contributes also to this one.

Lactobacilli, as in Yoghurt, Bifidus, or cheese, are not to be forgotten.

Vinegar and alcohols also contain microorganisms essential for our health.

Flesh of vertebrates is very near to our own genetics and exposes to risk of reaction against self-constituents.

Fish are the farthest species, common ancestors being Amphibians.

Seafood, like mussels, shrimps and clams would be a much better source of proteins.

The best regime would be, of course, a vegetarian one.

Because of wide destruction on myelin, abundant input of Essential Fatty Acids is mandatory.

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