- An autoimmune condition occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own cells.
- Fulvic acid reduces the release of pro-inflammatory molecules in the gut, de-sensitizing the immune system.
- Fulvic acid also reduces harmful bacterial overgrowth while lowering oxidative stress, both of which trigger autoimmune reactions.
Autoimmune disease can be challenging to treat or even diagnose because symptoms often manifest throughout the whole body, with multiple issues that seem to exacerbate one another. Autoimmune conditions are understood to occur when the “body attacks itself,” in other words, when the immune system mistakenly responds to the body’s own tissues as though they were dangerous.
Whatever form it takes autoimmune conditions are characterized by immune dysregulation/overactivity, inflammation and the production of antibodies that damage parts of the person’s own body. Conditions include celiac disease, Hashimoto’s and Grave’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.
Finding the root cause of autoimmune conditions
Autoimmune symptoms can be varied, and have a host of different triggers, but they most often are characterized by inflammation, where the immune system is triggered by the body itself. Ordinarily, the immune system has ways to recognize and respond to foreign bodies such as toxins, viruses and bacteria or even cancer cells. It produces antibodies to tag these cells, and the immune system then recognizes these antibodies and destroys the threat.
In autoimmune conditions, however, it’s this ability to distinguish between healthy tissue and foreign body that becomes dysregulated. Any healthy tissue can be attacked, including the skin, joints and connective tissues. Symptoms generally include fatigue, fever, skin rashes and generally feeling unwell.
The truth is that the cause of most of the 80+ autoimmune or immune-related conditions is unknown. There may be a genetic component. Fortunately there are many different ways to tackle inflammation and modulate the immune response to bring about some symptom relief. One exciting new avenue for research is the use of fulvic acid.
How fulvic acid can help autoimmune conditions
Fulvic acid can be a powerful tool in the treatment of autoimmune conditions because it can interfere with the autoimmune process, reduce inflammation and better help the body fight disease.
Mast cells are very important cells that located at the barrier between the body’s tissues and the external world, for example in the skin and gut. They are responsible for activating the immune system should any dangerous substance break past protective barriers, and they do this by releasing pro-inflammatory molecules such as cytokines and histamine. It’s these molecules that cause observable symptoms like joint pain or skin rash.
Even if the autoimmune condition is not gut-related, there is typically some degree of impairment to gut membrane permeability, and the gut lining may be too porous. This means that toxins, bacteria and waste can penetrate the intestinal barrier and enter the bloodstream. From here, the mast cells are activated and a cascade of inflammation begins.
Fulvic acid can help because it actively heals and seals the gut lining, strengthening crucial tight junctions between intestinal cells, lowering inflammation and therefore dampening the immune response. Fulvic acid has also been shown to destroy bacterial overgrowth and allow the body to restore a better microbiome composition. Supplementing with fulvic acid can improve the structural integrity of the gut and therefor its function, as well as act to reduce oxidative stress.
In total, this means that the body’s natural defense mechanisms are gently realigned, and overactive inflammation soothed. Fulvic acid has been shown to have impressive effects when taken by people with a range of autoimmune conditions, as well as allergies, inflammatory conditions and even diabetes.
Autoimmune conditions are on the rise all over the world, but there is mounting evidence that fulvic acid can be a powerful ally in not only the treatment of symptoms but in the healing of underlying immune dysregulation.
AEON is the only fulvic acid supplement of its kind, since it contains purified 100% fulvic acid sourced from the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and nothing else. Though naturally occurring fulvic acid has been used in traditional medicine for centuries in the form of raw shilajit, purified, potent AEON is many times more concentrated, and is truly the next step in the evolution of fulvic acid.
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