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June 28, 2021

Autoimmune Diseases: Why does our body betray us?

The cells of our body are the smallest structural and functional units of life. Our body is a colony of trillions of cells. Cells, in turn, form tissues and organs. Proper function and cooperation between them determines the overall state of our health. When some cells mutate to such an extent that the body ceases […]

June 24, 2021

How important is breakfast for our health?

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are the three most basic meals of our daily diet. However, breakfast is by far the most important of all the meals of the day. When we wake up in the morning, we need to supply our body with the necessary amounts of energy in order to cope with our activities. […]

June 22, 2021

The role of Vitamin D in weight management

It is quite difficult nowadays to include in our daily diet the required amount of vitamins that our body needs in order to ensure our health. Mass-produced foods have been shown to be deficient in micro and macronutrients, especially vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Such deficiencies, however, can have unpleasant effects on our health, as […]

June 20, 2021

Leptin, the hormone that regulates our weight

In 1994, molecular biologist Jeffrey Friedman, a professor at Rockefeller University, announced the discovery of leptin after experiments on obese mice. Obese mice were found to lack the one and only gene which is needed so as to produce leptin. When they were given leptin, the effect was reversed and the mice began to lose […]

June 18, 2021

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: symptoms and treatment

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, is an inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland. It is a disease first described in 1912 by the Japanese physician Hakaru Hashimoto, from whom it’s named. In 1957 it was recognized as an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the thyroid gland, gradually […]

June 17, 2021

The real causes of autoimmune diseases

Autoimmune Diseases are chronic inflammatory diseases that occur when the immune system for some inexplicable reason turns against our body. Essentially our body attacks and tries to destroy its own cells and organs. There are at least 80 types of autoimmune disorders that can affect any part of a healthy body. An Autoimmune Disease can […]

June 16, 2021

Psoriasis: The deeper understanding of the disease

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory, non- contagious, autoimmune disease that presents as a chronic skin condition and has a significant impact on the psychology and quality of life of patients. According to the researcher, Dr. Usman Khalid, it is considered a systemic inflammatory disease that affects the whole body and not individually one part of […]

June 14, 2021

Cellular Health – The key against aging

Every human body is made up of approximately 13 trillion cells. From the moment of conception, every cell and therefore the tissues and organs begin an aging process. At some point in life and then, often after the age of 30, the first signs of aging begin to occur. For example, metabolism begins to decline […]

June 12, 2021

Crohn’s disease and Nutrition

Crohn’s disease is a chronic autoimmune, inflammatory disease of the digestive tract, which can affect any part of it, from the mouth to the anus. The onset of the disease is triggered by an incorrect attack of the immune system on the mucosa, namely on the inner surface of the digestive system. Thus, inflammation is […]

June 10, 2021

Lectins dietary intake and Autoimmune Diseases. Is there a link?

Lectins belong to a large family of proteins that can be round in almost all cell types and thus are present in all foods, mainly in legumes and cereals. Lectins can bind carbohydrates without any change in their structure. In this way, they play a very important role in the normal functions of the body. […]