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...
As Chief Innovation Officer, I had the pleasure to virtually sit down with Dr. David Ludwig to discuss his latest study: The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic. David Ludwig M.D., Ph.D., is an Endocrinologist and Researcher,...
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...
As Chief Innovation Officer, I had the pleasure to virtually sit down with Dr. David Ludwig to discuss his latest study: The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic. David Ludwig M.D., Ph.D., is an Endocrinologist and Researcher,...