Tag: vitamin d
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Nightshade Sensitivity: The Immune Mechanism, and Interventions
Some people experience joint pain as an inflammatory reaction to nightshades like tomatoes and peppers. Understanding the immune pathway behind that reaction — and what separates a reactive response from a tolerant one — points toward some practical places to intervene. The Immune Pathway Behind Nightshade Sensitivity Nightshade proteins are transported across intestinal microfold cells,…
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Food Allergies and Tolerance
Your immune system monitors everything that enters your body from the outside world, including food. Within the intestines, the default, healthy response to food is tolerance. But when someone has a food allergy, their immune system responds to that food more like it would to a bacteria or virus, treating it as a threat. That’s…
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When Your TSH Is Normal But…
If your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) is normal but you still feel exhausted, cold, and foggy, you are not imagining things. TSH is a useful screening tool, but it does not tell the whole story of thyroid function. Research points to several nutrient deficiencies and inflammatory conditions that can disrupt thyroid hormone levels — and…
