This is a stupid article and very uninformed as to how autoimmunity occurs. When someone has what is called "intestinal permeability" or more colloquially, "leaky gut", proteins and other things can "leak" into the gut and cause the immune system to respond. What happens is this; if a protein gets into the bloodstream, the immune system may mistakenly identify it as something it has noticed before, and therefore, killer cells will go to that location and attack the body. what the killer cells attack equals the exact autoimmune disease. If its connective tissue, that's lupus, if its myelin , it's ms, and so forth. The answer to autoimmunity is to 'heal and seal the gut". What can you do to accomplish this; Make and consume bone broths of every type. They heal the gut and thus, cure autoimmune diseases.
This is a stupid article and very uninformed as to how autoimmunity occurs. When someone has what is called "intestinal permeability" or more colloquially, "leaky gut", proteins and other things can "leak" into the gut and cause the immune system to respond. What happens is this; if a protein gets into the bloodstream, the immune system may mistakenly identify it as something it has noticed before, and therefore, killer cells will go to that location and attack the body. what the killer cells attack equals the exact autoimmune disease. If its connective tissue, that's lupus, if its myelin , it's ms, and so forth. The answer to autoimmunity is to 'heal and seal the gut". What can you do to accomplish this; Make and consume bone broths of every type. They heal the gut and thus, cure autoimmune diseases.
Moreover, avoid processed foods and anything with wheat, soy, dairy in it to heal leaky gut and stabilize the flora in your digestive tract
Our health begins with our gut!