July 29th, 2012
By Craig Fear
This is part two in a continuing series on autoimmune issues and diet.
In part one I discussed the success I had with my client, Amy, in helping her with her rare autoimmune disease known as Behcet’s disease, by instilling the principles of traditional diets.
Today, we’ll hear from Amy herself on the work we did together. Keep Reading…
July 23rd, 2012
By Craig Fear
When Amy walked in my office for my free initial consult, I wasn’t sure I could help her. She came to me seeking help for a rare autoimmune disease called Behcet’s disease (pronounced Beh SHETS) which is characterized by inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body.
Autoimmune diseases are conditions where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues. Multiple sclerosis, lupus, type 1 diabetes, hashimoto’s thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and parkinson’s are some of the more well-known autoimmune diseases.
Behcet’s disease is one of about 100 autoimmune diseases that afflict some 24 million Americans. That’s 1 out of every 12 Americans. And they afflict women more than men, 1 out of 9, to be exact. They are the number two cause of chronic illness in America and one of the leading causes of death for women under the age of 65.
Here’s the scary part. The incidence of autoimmune diseases has tripled in the past few decades.
Why? What’s going on? Keep Reading…
July 2nd, 2012
By Craig Fear
If you had told me back in college that I’d one day be doing traditional food cooking demos, I’d probably have said you were crazy. I didn’t even know what traditional foods were back then!
On the other hand, I did know a lot about late night 7-11 nachos, late night Denny’s breakfast specials and late night Taco Bell runs.
That, of course, is one of the many reasons I’ve learned about traditional foods.
When my health started crumbling in my late 20s, I went searching for answers.
Thankfully, I found some in traditional foods. Keep Reading…
