{"id":16494,"date":"2015-06-25T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T10:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/natural-organic-blog\/?p=16494"},"modified":"2015-06-25T10:50:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T10:50:29","slug":"heal-autoimmune-disease-with-the-aip-paleo-diet-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/blog\/heal-autoimmune-disease-with-the-aip-paleo-diet-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Heal Autoimmune Disease with the AIP Paleo Diet & Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know that diseases like type 1 diabetes, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis have more in common than you may realise? What about multiple sclerosis, motor-neuron disease or an underactive thyroid? The thing that these diseases all have in common is that they are all autoimmune diseases.<\/p>\n

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What is Autoimmune Disease?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An autoimmune disease occurs when something in your immune system has gone awry and your body begins to attack its own tissues<\/strong><\/em>, just as if they were foreign invaders like a virus or bacterial infection. This can lead to a multitude of symptoms as your body begins to gradually attack and eventually destroy a particular gland, joint or tissue. You may also be surprised to know that when you have one autoimmune disease, you automatically become more prone to getting others.<\/p>\n

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The Trouble with Conventional Treatments<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The standard classical medical approach is to go on the attack, and begin to use medications which control inflammation but also suppress the immune system. Examples of these drugs include cortisone, immune-suppressant drugs like Methotrexate, and even chemotherapy agents. This of course leads to terrible side effects, and often no relief from the symptoms either.<\/p>\n

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Healing Starts in the Gut<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There is however, another more natural way to treat and manage autoimmune disease; another way to prevent your immune system from attacking your own tissues, thereby healing the inflammation and pain being caused. That way is to start at the very source of your immune system; your gut.<\/strong><\/em> Yes the gut. All the food you eat is absorbed by your body, and from there it either begins to nourish you, or to harm you by increasing your body\u2019s toxic load and allowing foreign invaders across into your bloodstream. This in turn triggers your fragile immune system to begin making autoantibodies<\/strong> <\/em>(blood proteins which attack the body\u2019s own cells). If healing begins in the gut, then naturally it makes the most sense to begin with a healing diet.<\/p>\n

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Paleo & Autoimmune Healing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the best ways to heal a leaky gut is to follow a Paleo diet. This is a nutrient-dense diet that focuses on removing all the foods that irritate and inflame the gut lining<\/strong><\/em>, such as:<\/p>\n