[We agree with Ms. Lappé that what we eat is killing us. Poor diet is the main cause of preventable chronic metabolic syndrome diseases (like type-2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and other obesity-related diseases), the treatment of which accounts for...
A food allergy occurs when the immune system mistakenly “flags” a food protein as harmful and responds by attacking it, causing an allergic reaction that can range from mild to severe or life-threatening. Food allergies are rising globally and nationally,...
What Is Inflammation? Inflammation is a natural response to injury or damage to tissues in the body. For example, you fall down the stairs and sprain your ankle; as a result, your ankle begins to swell, and redness and pain...
What Is Autoimmune Disease? Autoimmune disease is characterized by the inability of the immune system to distinguish between “self and nonself.” When this occurs, the immune system responds by producing autoantibodies that mistakenly attack healthy cells. In simpler terms, your...
[We agree with Ms. Lappé that what we eat is killing us. Poor diet is the main cause of preventable chronic metabolic syndrome diseases (like type-2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and other obesity-related diseases), the treatment of which accounts for...
A food allergy occurs when the immune system mistakenly “flags” a food protein as harmful and responds by attacking it, causing an allergic reaction that can range from mild to severe or life-threatening. Food allergies are rising globally and nationally,...
What Is Inflammation? Inflammation is a natural response to injury or damage to tissues in the body. For example, you fall down the stairs and sprain your ankle; as a result, your ankle begins to swell, and redness and pain...
What Is Autoimmune Disease? Autoimmune disease is characterized by the inability of the immune system to distinguish between “self and nonself.” When this occurs, the immune system responds by producing autoantibodies that mistakenly attack healthy cells. In simpler terms, your...