In honor of National Autoimmune Awareness Month, we started a series of information and resources posts on autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions, in hopes of raising awareness and connecting patients and others with useful information.
The bustling, teeming colonies of microorganisms in your mouth might be responsible for cancer in your pancreas. How do the critters in your mouth regulte such distant and severe diseases? Our visual annotated oral microbiome research bibliography conveniently provides you with a one-stop destination for exploring current research on the correlation between the oral microbiome and disease.
Autoimmune disease is an umbrella term for the numerous diseases that affect the immune system. The overlap of symptoms makes them difficult to diagnose and understand. Continue reading to help bring the invisible epidemic of autoimmune disease into the limelight.
Just as food is fuel for our bodies, it is also one of the best natural medicines for our bodies. Autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s Disease can be largely affected by certain foods. Continue reading to learn how to use food as a health enhancer and a therapy agent to help mitigate the symptoms of Hashimoto’s.
Food not only keeps us alive, but it can be used to help us thrive! Diet plays a significant role in the world of autoimmunity. Learn everything you need to know about the interplay between food, genes, microbiomes, and more to achieve optimal health through food therapy.
Food can be a wonderful, indulgent component of daily life. For patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, however, functional disorder and inflammation of the intestines poses a serious hurdle when considering what foods to consume. To help make navigating food for patients with IBS easier, here is a compilation of helpful tips on managing your diet, what foods to indulge in, and which ones to avoid for patients with IBS.
Current treatment options available to autoimmune patients include a village of discrete specialists and countless hours of one-on-one appointments and therapy. However, the Allegheny Health Neteork Autoimmune Institute is revolutionizing autoimmune treatment and prevention by providing a one-stop, wholistic approach to managing and combating chronic conditions. Read more about Dr. Bonnie’s experience at this avant-garde institute here.
A gluten-free diet isn’t just “trendy”; it is essential for people suffering from Celiac’s disease– an autoimmune disorder that damages the small intestine when gluten is ingested, leading to a wide range of health problems. Continue reading to discover the latest advances in celiac disease research and their implications for the understanding of other autoimmune diseases.
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system damages the lining of the small intestine in response to foods containing gluten.
Antibiotics not only kill detrimental bacteria, but also healthy bacteria. Our friends from Daily Dental Care have a deep understanding of this concept, and so they’ve kept this in mind while developing their Oral Care Lozenges. Click here to find out more of how Daily Dental Care has allowed for the selective elimination of bad bacteria through careful nutrient regulation.