Robert Whitfield MD introduces autoimmune disease by defining it as the immune system attacking the body’s own cells. He states that causes are often unknown but expresses skepticism about accepting "I don't know," and previews his view that most autoimmune problems result from a combination of pre-existing genetics and system/enzyme-related issues.
So your body has a set of defenses that protects you. And when your immune system attacks your own cells, that's basically an autoimmune disease. And there's a whole host of these. And we can go into that in just a moment. True to form, in most cases we don't actually know. So I think, as everybody's probably gathered by listening to my show, is I'm not super accepting of the I don't know answer. So curious about this, and I'll give my 2 cents and my thoughts about it. I think most of what we consider to be autoimmune issues will be a combination of pre existing genetics, you know, certain system, you know, issues that may be enzyme related.
