Read all about it! Autoimmune illness and vitamin D deficiencies

There is research relating autoimune disease, inflamation, and vitamin D deficiencies may all be related and infact a direct result of small intracellular bacteria that are thought to be the root cause of autoimmune illness.the cliff notes version is small intracellular bacterium invade the nuclei of many of the bodies cells over time
causing inflammation and chronic disease.in other words the invading bacteria stop the body from being able to properly regulate the vitamin d which in its active form is used to fight off bacterium,pathagins amongst other things as well, They release substances that stop the VDR (a intracellular hormone receptor which is resposible for activating vitamin d within the body turns out there is the active form and non active form of vitamin d the microbes confuse the vdr receptors and vitamin d stays on all the time doesnt shut down builds up in the body.

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Comment by Melissa Harris on February 14, 2010 at 12:29am
My head is spinning!! LOL! I wish I had all the answers to AA!!!!
Comment by George Ortiz on February 15, 2010 at 5:33pm
try changing your diet, try transitioning into a more vegan style diet raw uncooked fresh fruits and veggies ,no frozen foods canned ect.. sleep more dont go to bed past 9:00 pm get at least 9 hours sleep, find time to pray in peace every day, drink plenty of water execise run take in oxygen lots of oxygen and change any negative thought patterns, that might promote a acidocy within your body. cant hurt. have A great day thanks for reading and writting
George
Comment by Frederik on February 18, 2010 at 10:15am
There are people in this world living on nothing but rice and water their entire life. People who do not have clean drinking water. People who live of junk food and coca cola until they die of heart disease. People who smokes 80 cigarettes a day. People who dont sleep at all. People who arent religious. People who are suicidal. But they dont loose their hair.
Comment by Chris L on March 14, 2010 at 9:58am
Hi George, havent heard of Vitamin D theory before, will look into this, thanks. One thing that I have looked at before is acidity levels. At the time everything was pretty stressful for me, personal life, friendships, social activities, work, family etc and loosing my hair.. My reaction to stress was over eating (the wrong things), chocolate, crisps, fried food etc. Not only did I loose all my hair, I gained weight and felt really crap from eating bad food and lots of it, thus increasing the acidity levels in my body.

I found some research about gluten and alopecia so withdrew it from my diet, now the weight is coming off and I’m feeling a lot better, although no hair re-growth (yet). But interesting in reviewing the acid levels and seeing if I can do more to level it out, certainly the change in diet is helping, if not only helping me loose some weight.

My major concern is the lack of interest from my GP’s and so called specialists – no cure, nothing can be done response! Whilst going through this no one has actually sat down and asked questions – what, where, when etc, there could be a link, a common factor for us all, but without asking and comparing possible factors the medical field won't find out. Even today I read about tonsillitis and alopecia, again new to me but fits with me, I suffered many years from tonsil problems!

Anyone know of any such research – just asking what may appear to be irrelevant questions but could hold the key?!

In the meantime we are all doing what we can to help ourselves feel better, lets keep it up and fill in where the medical field isn’t supporting us!

Chris

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