I recommend reading my 2017 book 'The Kindness of Human Milk' which covers many aspects of Western Diseases. This questions the designation 'autoimmune' and includes many aspects of human and animal health. Soon in press will be another concise book 'On The Origin of Western Diseases'.

Both will be available on Amazon.

They are Connected and there is immense crosstalk. Autoimmune diseases can cause leaky gut, and Gi diseases and dysbiosis can cause autoimmune disorders .

Professor Jamie G Anderson "They are Connected" Thank you for your remark. I would hope your opinion is the consensus for the entire scientific community. However, I do not see the usefulness of the term autoimmune itself. The idea that you can have both seems to me to be soft-talking. In other words, slowly peddling the idea of Human Microbiota to be seen as what any symbiote is a shifting blend of symbiosis, commensalism, and parasitism without insulting the esteemed long-term proponents of autoimmunism.

The Cardiovascular Example

50 years ago when I was at University Cardiovascular diseases were all thought to be genetic and autoimmune. If I apply Oakham's Razor there is no possible reason to classify these diseases as autoimmune. After all, a team of biologists and dentists proved that oral bacteria exists in arterial plaque 1. which is composed of calcium phosphate identical to that of dental plaque with all this implies yet...

Hypertension 2. or Stroke (Aneurysms)3. Even something called Autoimmune heart disease 4. is still around. Indeed the cited Wikipedia page states "Aetiologically, these are most commonly seen in children with a history of sore throat caused by a streptococcal infection." It does not take a genius to see that genetic or autoimmune shou;ld be scrubbed from most or all of the record concerning cardiovascular disease. Professor Anderson, perhaps you can suggest another disease where there is a raison d'etre to still use the term autoimmune?

Sincerely

Chris YUKNA

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Thank you Larry Churchman I think that breast milk is undervalued in this pharmaceutical-dominated world, after all, human milk is the only food that has evolved to provide everything a child needs for literally years. But as I don't have unlimited time, nor discretionary money to buy and read your book, could explain a bit further your proposal?

TNX

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When breastfeeding is the sole food for a neonate it provides immunological protection as maternal antigens are on the safe or self list to facilitate survival of the pregnancy relationship. Other foods contain foreign antigens and start a multitude of immune reactions that may continue into later life. One such response is asthma caused by early feeds of dairy-based formula milks and continued consumption of dairy milk and beef in adulthood.

Larry Churchman certainly interesting especially if you know about Cronobacter infections in infants less than 12 months old are often linked to powdered infant formula. Speaking of one of the mysteries of breast milk oligosaccharides I mean babies as well as most bacteria in the infant microbiome can not digest these sugars. Why evolve to produce so much? Indeed, Bifidobacterium infantis (or B. infantis) — known to efficiently break down this set of milk sugars (oligosaccharides) has just about gone extinct in developed countries. I would like to hear your thoughts Please.

The processing of formula milk powder favours the persistence of live Cronobacter in the end product. This bacterium is resistant to dessication.

I think we can explain the loss of B. infantis populations in developed countries by consideration of increased hygiene in birthing environments, overuse of antibiotics, and consequent loss of passage of this organism from generation to generation. These were the essential features that restricted the spread of the immunologically protective form of the polio virus and created the recent polio epidemics. We are now sold a suspension of a safe viral variant for oral administration that replaces the faecal rich viral transfer in a natural birthing environment...

The best doctors in the world will not change the medical catastrophe that is on our doorstep. I hate to sound like Smoky the Bear but only You Can Prevent these "autoimmune" diseases. St Judes and all the other Children's hospitals will not prevent juvenile leukemia, which only appeared in the 20th century. The Joslin Clinic will not lower your risk of becoming diabetic. Dana Farber will not put a stop to cancer. The mayo Clinic will not fend off Alzheimers (often called the fourth type of diabetes after types 1&2 plus gestational). You can give all your money to arthritis.org but this will not reduce the number of incurable cases in our future. I am so fed up that friends, colleagues and family are suffering and eventually dying of the diseases of civilization. All autoimmune or diseases of civilization are actually the leaky gut syndrome. Ultra-processed food with the ubiquitous high fructose corn syrup and metabolites like iron enriching our diet to abnormal levels has shredded our intestines and allowing bacteria to invade areas of our bodies like blood vessels, nerves, or organs like the brain or pancreas which should be sterile. How can I be sure? Let's examine cardiovascular disease. The very same pathological bacteria that produce dental plaque on your teeth are found in arterial plaque. ORAL BACTERIA FOUND IN ARTERIAL PLAQUE 2005. https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(14)62989-5/fulltext this has been known for almost two decades. The arterial plaque is made from the identical material: calcium phosphate, a favorite building block for bacteria trying to hide from immune reactions. This calcium phosphate leads me to believe that other diseases like Multiple Sclerosis and Psoriasis maybe specifically caused by oral bacteria. However, you have trillions of microbes in your microbiota and so leaky gut is a multisymptom-atic syndrome with as many suspects. How can WE arrest these nefarious diseases of civilization? Prevention is crucial and that means no more soft drinks, sugar bomb cereals, but more importantly cook real food, not microwave foodstuff provided by big pharma/agribusiness. How to treat these scourges? Intermittent water fasting for 16, 24, 48, and 72 hours or more appears scientifically promising to reduce or even reverse most of them. I am not suggesting that once you have cancer and there is a treatment that you abandon your doctor's advice. But imagine if we began to eat mostly real food like our grand parents did, and perhaps skip breakfast and lunch (24 hour fast) once a week, what would happen to our health. This post is for my Dad who died twice with dementia

Much, possibly most so-called autoimmune disease begins with bottle feeding of a milk made from dairy or soya.

I personally escaped from rheumatoid arthritis and several gut and mind disorders by

1) fasting for ten days on just water

2) working through an elimination diet

3) removing dairy and beef from my diet, also removing sugar and all other grass-based foods from my diet

I have been on this strict diet for nearly 40 years and free from migraine and all headaches, free from arthritis, free from gut issues. All this without medication...

Larry Churchman more power to you. I agree with steps one and two. I live in France the origin of Pasturazation and ironically I can still get raw milk and cheeses made with unpasteurized milk. This fact means cow's milk comes with its own bacteria to digest it. But products where antibiotics are used on healthy animals are to be avoided, salmon, chicken, and beef for example Another aspect to consider in metabolic diseases is the emperor of metabolites iron. Processed corn, wheat, rice, etc. are enriched worldwide with iron powder with no modern science or testing to back this decision up. Look at the diseases caused by iron overload and tell me how they differ from the diseases of civilization

Chris

Can autoimmune diseases be cured? Scientists see hope at last

"After decades of frustration and failed attempts, scientists might finally be on the cusp of developing therapies to restore immune ‘tolerance’ in conditions such as diabetes, lupus and multiple sclerosis...

Instead of suppressing the entire immune response, researchers try to selectively wipe out disease-causing cells or deprogram them by administering the very antigens that they attack. In one study, engineered immune cells put 15 people’s autoimmune conditions into remission. “The results are mind blowing, boggling, outstanding,” says neuroimmunologist Lawrence Steinman..."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00169-7