The Autoimmune Epidemic

By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Douglas Kerr (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 10 February 2009 | Edition Number 1

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From the foreword by Dr. Douglas Kerr, Director, Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center

""The Autoimmune Epidemic" by Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an astounding book....It is the kind of book that will rivet you and scare you. It will make you angry. It will amaze you with the courage of some of the people described in the book..."The Autoimmune Epidemic" is every bit as compelling as Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."..It is also every bit as necessary as "An Inconvenient Truth...."

You will leave this book with no reservations about the veracity of the conclusions: put simply, there is no doubt that autoimmune diseases are on the rise and increasing environmental exposures of toxins and chemicals is fueling this rise. The research is sound. The conclusions unassailable....

Reading "The Autoimmune Epidemic" is a necessary first step. Reading "The Autoimmune Epidemic" is a life-altering event. It needs to be."

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"In this important book, Donna Jackson Nakazawa sounds the alarm about the rise of autoimmune disorders, and the too-often unexamined evidence of linkages to the environmental contaminants we encounter on a daily basis in our homes, schools and workplaces. I encourage every American to read this book and learn about the choices you can make to reduce the spread and impact of this growing epidemic." --Senator John Kerry

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Forword	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Red Flag Disease
The Cold, Hard Numbers	p. 23
"The Western Disease": A Raising Epidemic	p. 25
A Growing Autoimmune Patient Laod	p. 27
Patients on the Sidelines	p. 29
A Case of Blinded Science	p. 32
The Postwar Chemical Explosion: A New Plague of Autogens	p. 38
The Invisible Invaders: The Driving Force Behind This Epidemic
The Burden of Chemicals We All Carry in our Bodies	p. 44
Our Autogen-Filled World: How Did We Become So Contaminated?	p. 46
The Danger of Tiny Doses	p. 54
Understanding How Chemicals Trigger Autoimmunity	p. 62
Different Autogen Thresholds in Us All	p. 71
The Barrel Effect	p. 72
The Story in the Numbers	p. 75
Dirty Little Secrets: Cluster Epidemics from Buffalo to Texas
The Personal Becomes Political	p. 89
The Strange History of 858 East Ferry Street	p. 91
A Gathering Storm of Protest	p. 98
"The Situation Is Worse Than You Think"	p. 102
The Near Impossibility of Proving a Cluster	p. 108
Cleaning Up the Mess, Finally	p. 113
Clusters Around the Globe	p. 116
Searching for a Fresh Start	p. 120
A Potent Package: Viruses, Vaccines, and Heavy Metals
The Lupus Hunters	p. 126
A Walk on the Wild Side: Changing Viruses and Global Warming	p. 138
Avian Flu: An Autoimmune-inducing Virus	p. 140
Vaccination Station: Autoimmunity Gets a Shot in the Arm?	p. 141
The Role of Heavy Metals	p. 145
The Genes-Mercury Dance	p. 148
Looping Back to Vaccines	p. 154
The Autism-Autoimmune Connection	p. 155
The Hygiene Hypothesis	p. 157
Blasting Our Cells	p. 163
The Allergy Connection-and Why Even Those Without a Generic Predisposition to Autoimmunity Are Now at Risk	p. 166
The Autoimmune Disease Detectives: Era of the Mavericks
Cooking Up a Cure for Paralysis	p. 179
The Blood Detectives	p. 185
Can We Predict Who Will Develop Type 1 Diabetes	p. 190
The Genetic Link	p. 194
The Gender Equation	p. 197
A Patient's Diagnostic Portrait	p. 198
The High Cost of Preventive Treatments	p. 199
"I Felt Like a Ticking Time Bomb"	p. 205
The Road to Regeneration	p. 209
The Diabetes Cure: Turning Over Paradigms	p. 211
Can the Mouse Cure Be Applied to Humans?	p. 215
Shielding Your Immune System: Rethinking Food, Stress, and Everybody Chemicals
Discovering that Food Is Medicine	p. 221
The Rise in Factory Made Foods	p. 225
The Autoimmune Diet	p. 229
Choosing Organic Foods	p. 235
The Quest for Safe Foods and Supplements	p. 238
Understanding the Stress Connection	p. 248
The Biology of Emotion	p. 252
How the "Precautionary Principle" Can Help	p. 255
Protecting Your Immune System	p. 257
Autoimmune and Related Diseases	p. 263
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the Autoimmune Connection	p. 269
Notes	p. 271
Acknowledgments	p. 319
Index	p. 321
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