Many
clinicians believe that every disease is essentially the result of a breakdown
of our immune system. But in the bizarre case of auto immune disease, the
immune system actually becomes the body’s worst enemy itself by attacking
normal cells and tissues. If it attacks the joint space we call it Rheumatoid
Arthritis; if it attacks, our bowels, we call it Crohn's
disease or Ulcerative Colitis; if it attacks the
myelin sheath of our nerves, we call it Multiple Sclerosis; and when it attacks
the connective tissue of our body, we call it Lupus or
Scleroderma.
Medical practitioners
believe that autoimmune disease is the result of an “Overactive” immune system
that begins attacking “self” instead of “non-self”. But it made more sense
that, in the case of autoimmune disease, the immune system, rather than being
overactive, had instead become confused and
was now attacking the body rather than foreign invaders as it was designed to
do.
Many
researchers not only believe that Oxidative Stress is
the underlying cause of every autoimmune disease, but that it also could be the
culprit that causes our immune system to actually attack us. The fact of the
root cause of autoimmune disease is Oxidative Stress and
your Gene.
The root
cause of autoimmune disease is Oxidative Stress. The antioxidant level
in persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus,
MS,
Crohn’s and
Scleroderma are
significantly decreased. Low antioxidant levels have also been slow to increase
one’s risk of developing Rheumatoid Arthritis. The clinical
indicators of oxidative stress are also very high in these patients, especially
during a flare-up period of these diseases.
Antioxidant Supplementation would therefore be ideal for patient with these autoimmune diseases. Not
only can antioxidant supplements optimize the natural antioxidant defense
system but they can also enhance our immune system and help control and the circumvent
this entire vicious cycle.
The basic
traditional treatment of both Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid
Arthritis is the use of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and aspirin. While
these drugs reduce inflammation in joints, they are also responsible for
frequent adverse side effects of stomach ulcer and upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.
