Autoimmune Disease Quotes

• I've battled psoriasis; I've had an autoimmune disease since I was two. So I'm very vigilant about taking care of myself and eating right and what I put in my body. It's something that I had to be aware of since a young age. So health is a big deal.

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  LeAnn Rimes

  Two   Age   Body  

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• There are many different causes of the scarring. Viruses are common. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, what we call autoimmune diseases where the body attacks the liver itself such as primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease; sclerosing cholangitis is an autoimmune disease; and so those diseases where the liver is being destroyed by either the virus or an autoimmune disease, it can only scar, and why it doesn't regenerate has to do with the fact that there is this ongoing scar tissue that blocks that regeneration.

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  John Roberts

  Block   Viruses   Different  

  Source: www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org

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• Why are entire flocks of industrial birds dying at once? And what about the people eating those birds? Just the other day, one of the local pediatricians was telling me he's seeing all kinds of illnesses that he never used to see. Not only juvenile diabetes, but inflammatory and autoimmune diseases that a lot of the docs don't even know what to call. And girls are going through puberty much earlier; and kids are allergic to just about everything, and asthma is out of control. Everyone knows it's our foods... Kids today are the first generation to grow up on this stuff.

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  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Girl   Growing Up   Kids  

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, November 2, 2009.

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• I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.

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  Venus Williams

  Pain   Energy   Ongoing  

  "Venus Williams withdraws from the U.S. Open; says she has fatigue-causing autoimmune disease". www.cleveland.com. August 31, 2011.

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• Whether the patient has a cardiac condition, hypertension, autoimmune disease, fibroids, or asthma, he or she must be informed that fasting and natural, plant-based diets are a viable alternative to conventional therapy, and an effective one.

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  Joel Fuhrman

  Fasting   Alternatives   Disease  

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