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The Autoimmune Epidemic |  | Author: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Creator: Dr. Douglas Kerr
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 15739
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Reprint
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0743277767
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.978
EAN: 9780743277761
ASIN: 0743277767
Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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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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 useful January 30, 2010
M. Melvoin (USA)
There's a lot more things in the environment that can do you in than you would know without reading this.
 Excellent book November 11, 2009
L. Taylor (Utah)
As a person who has autoimmune disease, I can honestly say that after decades of personal research into all sorts of reasons "why," I think that this book comes the closest to providing that answer. Most other theories are just that. But this author provides substantial, accepted-as-research studies to back up her claims. It unfortunately all makes good sense to me.
If her theories turn out to be true, you have to wonder how it is that the USA has allowed itself to be the world's guinea pig. It seems that any company can put out any chemical to test on the public, or pollute as much as it can get away with, at will. It's shameful. If this is all true, the tobacco industry debacle will, in hindsight, seem miniscule.
So, yes. If you or someone you know has autoimmune disease, you should definitely read this book and then lend it out or buy one for that person. If you don't have autoimmune disease, you should definitely read this book so you can do everything possible not to unwittingly join the vast numbers of those of us who do.
autoimmune epidemic September 29, 2009
genya (oregon)
I noticed someone who criticized this book said it was the same old advice but I found it very interesting. I learned more about auto immune response and found it very informative. I have colitis and found the advice while familiar went a little further and gave me a little more insight. I would recommend this book.
You Need to Know About This! September 2, 2009
Trisha R. Norsworthy (West Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Autoimmune diseases are proliferating like crazy and as a society we are horribly uninformed. This affects us in several ways.
I have been diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases, which are generally incurable. Rarely do I encounter someone who doesn't tell me, "Hope you're all better by _______." No one knows what autoimmunity is, much less Sjogren's or Addison's diseases. So when I continue to be ill, I am written off as lazy. But these diseases cost society and my family a bundle in lost wages, medical spending, etc
Even though most of my friends are well educated, many of them don't know that autoimmune diseases are not the same as AIDS. Who will vote for funding for desperately needed autoimmunity research, when most of us think the studies already have been completed with AIDS funds? It's not even close to the same problem.
Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mis-identifies a part of the body as foreign, i.e. a flu virus, and then attacks destroying a needed part of your body. Autoimmune research currently receives a tiny fraction of medical research dollars, which is way out of proportion to the number of patients with one or more of the 100+ autoimmune diseases.
This book is fantastic and it's not only for patients. The author presents verifiable information, citing trustworthy sources, about the dangers in our food chain, cleaning products, environmental toxins and much more. You will learn why and how to keep yourself healthy--or to help your doctors if one of these nasty diseases has gotten hold of you. The reading is easy, but I learned so much.
The Autooimmune Epidemic May 31, 2009
Diane V (Boston, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Autoimmune Epidemic
A must read for anyone who has experienced an autoimmune disease, either first-hand, or as family member, or friend. This book makes some thought provoking observations about the current state of our environment and draws parallels to the changes in our water, air, soil and food sources with the alarming rise in various autoimmune diseases.
This is a meticulously researched work that balances good journalism with sound science. The author dedicates a chapter to a day in the life of a typical American family and uncovers the various pollutants and carcinogens that it is exposed to as a matter of course. To further illustrate, there is a fascinating (and maddening) case study of one community's epidemic of Lupus and the chemical contamination that may have caused it.
The message of this book is clear, there is a huge rise in the incidence of autoimmune disease and it is likely to become a public health emergency. Yet since autoimmune diseases are not one disease but many, each is seen separately and the epidemic has largely gone unnoticed.
The book ends on a somewhat optimistic note, documenting current research that shows how modern science is hot on the trail of the causes and cures of some of the more well known autoimmune diseases.
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