Healing Autoimmune Disease: A Plan to Help Your Immune System and Reduce Inflammation

by Sandra Cabot, Margaret Jasinska

Autoimmune disease affects approximately one in 20 people and is one of the most significant health problems in the USA. There are more than 80 different autoimmune diseases, ranging from skin conditions such as psoriasis, to potentially life threatening diseases such as lupus, Crohn s disease and multiple sclerosis.An autoimmune disease occurs when a person s immune system launches an attack against their own cells, tissues and/or organs. This results in inflammation throughout the body, and potential damage to specific organs. Conventional medicine states that there is no cure for autoimmune disease, and the patient is usually placed on a cocktail of powerful immune suppressing drugs. Although in the short term these drugs can be life saving, in the long term they have significant side effects that are sometimes worse than the original disease, and they can even increase the risk of cancer.In this book, Dr Sandra Cabot and naturopath Margaret Jasinska give the reader a step by step plan for healing autoimmune disease, reducing inflammation, alleviating symptoms and halting autoantibody production, thereby stopping tissue destruction. This book offers a medically proven approach to assisting immune system disorders.In this book, the reader will learn: The role of specific foods and supplements in reducing inflammation and healing the immune system. The detrimental effects of gluten on the immune system, inflammation and intestinal health of people with autoimmune disease. How common nutritional deficiencies can raise the risk of developing an autoimmune disease. How leaky gut syndrome is a factor in triggering autoimmune disease. The role of hormones in influencing autoimmune disease. How vaccinations and environmental chemicals can trigger autoimmune disease in some people. Which specific foods to avoid and which foods to eat more of. Recipes for healing autoimmune disease"

Genres: Health

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2015

About the author

Dr Sandra Cabot has written many popular books on health and she is very well known under this name. Dr Cabot’s famous Liver Cleansing Diet book was awarded The Australian People’s Choice Award in 1997.You may find it interesting to know that Sandra chose the nom de plume of “Dr Cabot” in 1982, as in those days Australian medical doctors were encouraged to use a nom de plume (or writer’s name) if they were going to write books and participate in the health media. This was considered ethical behavior and was smiled upon by the medical registration boards, as it could then not be construed as to be advertising for extra patients.There are many well known medical doctors in Australia (such as Dr “Sally Feelgood” and Dr “James Wright”) who use a writer’s and/or media name for this purpose, and who continue to practise medicine under their professional names. This is considered to be more ethical and conservative, which is appropriate as the medical profession is a conservative profession.Dr Sandra Cabot’s professional name is Dr Sandra McRae and her ancestors came from Scotland and England. There is also a touch of French ancestry in Sandra, and that is why she chose a French nom de plume!Dr Sandra McRae is a registered medical doctor in NSW, Australia where she has medical practices in which she works with other medical doctors and naturopaths.

Dr Sandra McRae was born in Adelaide South Australia in 1952 and trained in medicine and surgery at Adelaide University in South Australia.

Sandra McRae graduated in medicine and surgery with honours in 1975 from Adelaide University South Australia.

In Australia a bachelor of medicine and surgery is designated by the letters MBBS, which appear after the name of the doctor. Sandra McRae is also a diplomate of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and this is designated by the letters DRCOG. Thus the correct title of Dr Sandra McRae in Australia is MBBS, DRCOG.

Dr Sandra Cabot is published in many different countries and languages. In the USA Sandra uses the letters MD after her name, which is the American equivalent of the Australian MBBS, and simply means Medical Doctor and not Medical Doctorate.

During the mid-1980s Dr Cabot spent 6 months working as a volunteer doctor at the largest missionary hospital in India (the Leyman hospital). Here she studied tropical & infectious diseases and tended to the poor indigenous women with obstetric emergencies.

Dr Sandra Cabot travels extensively giving lectures and public seminars and visits isolated areas in Australia to share her message of natural health. Dr Cabot has lectured for the American Liver Foundation and the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Society. Today she is asked by many different organizations and hospitals to lecture all over Australia and New Zealand. Some of the proceeds of Dr Cabot’s book sales are donated to support Women’s Refuges in Australia.

Reviews

[Msdot · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book full of advice. But the author lost some credibility when I get to the part "potential dangers of childhood vaccination".

[Shelley Roche · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would recommend anyone with an autoimmune disease to read this. I've only been following the guidelines of what they suggest todo for a few weeks. Feeling healthier, stronger and have more energy as each day goes by.

[Yycdaisy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very valuable book to people with autoimmune diseases. It's concise, but thorough. Similar to Amy Myers "The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases".

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aprendí algunas cosas sobre enfermedades autoinmunes, pero nuevamente la recomendación para una enfermedad crónica es una dieta restrictiva (que como nutrióloga, no estoy completamente de acuerdo).

[Andrea]

Actually no stars. What a pile of bollocks. Purify your blood, detox, FODMAP, foods can cure your auto immune disease bullshit blah blah die in a fire.