Green smoothies are being tested for the autoimmune disease lupus.
There are dozens and dozens of calendars I try to stay on top of each month, and one I always look forward to is THE International Journal of Disease Reversal and Preventiona peer-reviewed medical “journal was created to document the science of nutrition and lifestyle to prevent, inhibit and reverse disease,” with an editor-in-chief no less prestigious than Dr. Kim Williams, past president of the American College of Cardiology. I had the honor to join the editorial advisory board, along with so many of my heroes. The best part? It’s free. Go to IJDRP.org and enter your email to subscribe at no cost and you’ll be notified when new issues come out, which you can download in full in PDF format. (Did I mention it’s free?)
When it comes to chronic lifestyle diseases, he wrote Dr. Williams, “Instead of preventing chronic lifestyle diseases, we [doctors] manage. Never cure, just mitigate. Why? Because of economics, culture, custom and tradition.” There are many of us, however, who “envision a world where trillions of dollars are spent not on medical care that should never have been needed, but on infrastructure, the environment, education and the advancement of science. For this reason, it comes THE International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention (IJDRP)” Despite all this, he wrote magazine co-founder, “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.”
To give you a taste of the magazine: How about piercing plants against one of the most inflammatory diseases out there – lupus, an autoimmune disease in which your body can start attacking your DNA? Inflammation of the kidneys it is A common consequence, and even with our arsenal of immunosuppressive drugs and steroids, inflammation of the kidneys caused by lupus can lead to end-stage renal disease, which means dialysis and even death. That is, unless you packet Eat some of the most anti-inflammatory foods around and your kidney function improves so much that you no longer need dialysis or a kidney transplant. Another similar case presented with remission of symptoms and normal renal function unless the patient deviated from the diet and his symptoms recurred.
As I discuss in my video Anti-inflammatory diet for Lupuseven simply section animal products can make a difference. Researchers randomized people to remove meat, eggs and dairy from their diet without significantly increasing fruit and vegetable intake and found that this could reduce C-reactive protein levels by almost a third within eight weeks, as you can see below and at 2:21 in mine video. (Our C-reactive protein level it is a sensitive marker of whole-body inflammation.)
But with the wolf, the researchers didn’t chaos around. Each day, the study subjects had to eat a pound of leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables like kale, fruits like berries and lots of chia or flax and drink a gallon of water. We’re talking a green smoothie diet to quell lupus flare-ups. (Note, however, that if your kidneys are already at risk, this should be done under a doctor’s supervision so they can monitor your electrolytes like potassium and make sure you don’t become fluid overloaded.) Bottom line? With such remarkable improvements due to dietary changes alone, the hope is that researchers will take up the mantle and officially put it to the test.
Reversals of autoimmune inflammatory skin disease can be especially surprising optically. A woman with a 35-year history of psoriasis, who had been unsuccessfully treated for 19 years with medication, suffered from other autoimmune conditions, including Sjogren’s syndrome. She was put on a super healthy diet full of greens and other vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, avocados and some whole grains, and boom! Within a year, she went from 40 percent of her entire body surface area inflamed and affected to 0 percent, completely clear, and, as a bonus, her Sjogren’s symptoms also subsided, while helping normalize her weight and cholesterol . You can see before and after photos below and at 3:39 in mine video.
I think I only have one other wolf video: Wolf Fight with Turmeric: Good as gold. It’s not for lack of trying, though. There just hasn’t been a lot of research out there.
I’m talking about another autoimmune disease, type 1 diabetes, in Treating Type 1 Diabetes: A Plant-Based Diet.
To read and subscribe—for free—to THE International Journal of Disease Reversal and Preventionvisit www.IJDRP.org.
