Is this the REAL Root Cause of Autoimmune Disease?

Its not a 2 billion year old mechanism, it's sin. The truth will set you free and the bible hints at God giving us all a conscious to know truth deep down but you must submit to it

Excellent. But, where there is no obesity, food prepared from scratch, whole fresh vegetables and protein, no fast foods, no processed foods, in a country where there is availability of farm fresh foods because it was way behind the curve for wealth so processed foods would have amounted to a once or twice a year fresh fish and chips prepared and cooked in the local Italian chipper. No use of all the offerings of fancy “cleaning products” in the environment, no other hygiene or make up products but serious and life long stress. Is that sufficient to trigger MS in 40’s and and then MCAS post everything Covid, a syndrome, about which very few General Practitioners or Internal Medicine consultants know anything. So I’ve observed a family member forced to research and treat themselves which is a hit and miss affair but very much reliant on and grateful for the information from doctors online. Those who are not afraid to share their experiences of treating their patients in real time since much of it is new to them also but they have the courage to talk about older well researched remedies repurposed, like LDN and Methylene Blue, Nicotine patches and more. But it is horrendous to be so helpless as to have to bring studies in to one’s medical practitioners and find their secretaries, binning the documents because it’s too much work for the consultants to attempt to read and keep up with new information. And the General Practitioners are over worked, too much so, to find time to keep up either. It’s no wonder that they carry out a plethora of tests and send their patients home with, “All is fine. There’s nothing wrong” only for the patient to return having put T1 and T2 together and found some easing of symptoms only for the Consultant to write out a prescription for the same over the counter meds! At least, one can say, unlike 30 years ago, no, she’s not imagining it because the evidence is available in studies accessible on the internet so that old attitude won’t wash anymore. But I find that then people, with these debilitating illnesses and ME/CFS or Fibromyalgia can be added to the list, are probably rooted in the same mitochondrial disorder and I will stand corrected if I am wrong and are not properly understood so therefore, patients are left to suffer unless they find a good advocate for themselves who can make their cases for them. And I’m not talking about the American medical system which I gather is much more difficult than some European systems. So please, do carry on educating the public. We have a great need for knowledge so that we can represent the needs of family, friends and neighbours, where necessary and I assure you, the needs of family is great. Thank you for this wonderful and enlightening talk. Best wishes and keep it up!

Some drs bury patients....some bury science because they live on platitudes....nothing changes....

the fact no one is talking about the hidden herbs by anette ray is actually insane

everyones out here trying to fix their health with supplements and forgetting that nature made natural healers for us centuries ago. for everyone reading this i recommend you read the hidden herbs by anette ray

if youre dealing with random health issues and haven’t read the hidden herbs by anette ray… youre just robbing yourself

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Two billion years ago! More evolution nonsense. You might note Nick that time is not your friend but the enemy. Even if life could magically generate from inanimate objects, the chemicals (never mind where they came from) would be degraded in a few hours, not in billions of years.

I blame PFAS

keto/carnivore should be first line therapy for ALL autoimmune disease for all patients worldwide

Seed oils??

Have been doing a deep dive on Professor Seyfried on cancer, Dr. Davis on gut symbiosis and now this looks like it needs to be studied. I have to wonder how this ties in with the gut biome, I have to believe there is a link. The mitochondria health seem to hold the key to many, if not most of our chronic issues.

Every time I watch one of your videos I wish I had a microbiology degree because I know my understanding is not as quick as I wish it were. Thank you for tackling tough subjects and adding such clarity.

Yes, in fact, autoimmunity can be traced back to a 2 million year old organelle: in the sense that we wouldn't exist, and couldn't have autoimmunity, without it. It's really just a matter of definition, or a way of thinking about autoimmunity, but what's bad for mitochondria is bad for us.

A couple more suggestions: try to avoid artificial emulsifiers--e.g. polysorbate 80. They can damage gut mucosa, exposing mitochondria to allergens that would otherwise be dealt with by our digestive systems. And home air purifiers can help to remove toxic dust from the air we breathe.

This hits hard for me, 30's male, diagnosed with UCTD (leaning towards Lupus), all started 3 years ago. After getting grips with life, I decided to control the one thing I could control, being my diet. I've drank koolaid from many dietary camps (vegan, carnivore, etc). I've landed with the simple setting of just whole foods + leaning to low fodmap foods, as they cause me issues. There are some issues I do not believe I will ever get into full remission (raynauds), but everything else has fallen asleep and I've been very fortunate to understand that food is medicine.

The crap we eat is what's causing the mitochondria to leak in the first place.

During 2 billion years of evolution everything could be changed and fixed. All these mechanics should have have positive fitness now - it's not a bug it's a feature.

we wouldn't exist without our relationship to the bacteria that connected and became our mitochondrial energy system. This is a profound symbiosis that made life possible at an early part of our planets development. While this evolved relationship may not be perfect... I am grateful for the very things that make us who we are today.

My shift to the ketogenic diet on the other hand has been profound. I am finally free of all the garbage corporate psychopaths have propagandized and shoved down our throats for the past several decades. This is the true evil afflicting our society today. I am truly grateful for all the hard work folks have done in the past decade to enlighten us about how foods work in our body and how we can better live our lives.

Thanks for educating those who don't know.

Very useful and comprehensive (in a great brief way). Super fun fact about cats and mitochondria too 😄

I don't think you explained the connection between malfunctioning mitochondria and the "fix the problem" suggestions. For example how does sleep fix malfunctioning mitochondria?

Dr Anthony Jay's AJ Consulting site has a big section on products that have less or no endocrine disrupting chemicals.

I would love a deep dive. I would be especially interested in the relationship of the Prevotella genus in relation to AI. I see there is a correlation between it and RA, gum disease and Barrett's esophagus, all of which I have.

Wow, I’m a scientist (nothing useful like medicine, lol) and this is the first time I have come close to understanding a plausible hypothesis for AntiSynthetase Syndrome, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks enzymes like Jo-1 that help attach amino acids to tRNA. And wholeheartedly agree, my symptoms are food-triggered, diet is key. (AutoImmune Protocol for me!) Thanks, Nick!

I think in a swedish study, wheat consumption of the mother and incidence of type 1 diabetes in the child also correlated linearly

I have allergic reactions to petroleum products. Of course we all recognize common petroleum based products. (The one that bothers me the most is brake fluid. I also get very sick in polluted cities which may have petro-smog hanging in the air.) Those are obvious. But what do we really know about petroleum allergies for FOOD and PRESERVATIVES that are petroleum based? I feel like I am a canary in a coal mine for petroleum allergies and I do my best to avoid them in my foods. Of course the biggest culprit for me is plastics in my food, including as you say, NOT heating food in plastics. What say you on this topic? (Yes, I have a non-specific auto-immune disorder, and RA markers without disease (yet), and CRP inflammation that is not related to plaque build-up.) What else do I need to do to improve my health besides my keto-ketovore diet?

I started a keto diet during a Crohn’s flare up. It had a substantial and obvious anti-inflammatory effect starting from about 2 weeks in. Anyone with Crohn’s it’s worth giving it a go.

Thank you for this education. Root cause starts with human ignorance, innocent or not. I see that Europe now requires warning labels when a food product uses artificial colors as they contain petroleum based chemicals and heavy metal(s) impurities. One example, Turmeric from Bangladesh and other parts of South Asia has been implicated in lead contamination, with some spice processors using a lead-laced chemical compound to enhance color.

My favourite health related content. The research is meticulous and the delivery is light hearted and not trying to sell me any products. Ticking all the boxes. Excellent!

I just realized I have the exact same glasses frame, is yours perhaps Lacoste?

No, my friend. Sucralose is not part of a holistic approach where you heal by balancing the body.

You are wrong about sugar. It's the best anti-inflammatory when eaten in the absence of fats, including fat in the cells, which can take some time to go away with a no-fat diet. See, the best diet for autoinmmune conditions in very low fat.

Imagine if you were basing your analytic thought on the wrong paradigm? Why not base creation on what God has said in the Torah? Why did he build us this way?

Since 2 years i have a mitochondria disease. I have a german doctor who gives me IV treatments and at home a lot of vitamins. And i mean a lot from vit C B to gultzthion Magnésium CoenzimeQ10 etc. But i still feel tired... i eat more végétables. But nothing works...

How do you think this plays into AS of the HLA-B27+ nature, where an offending bacterial infection of some sort is usually the trigger?

Amazing video! Please do more on autoimmunity. My 15 yr old daughter was diagnosed with SLE. Your videos are so thorough. Thank you!❤❤

Carnivore 6 years now.... 26 diseaes/allergys/autoimmune disorders is gone that i lived with since i was 5 years old.. turning 50 soon...

It's simple. $$$$$$$$$$$$$ in sickness and drugs and bad food and chemicals and control and .....

Nick, great video! However please deal with the change in photobiology given living indoors under electric light with no IR, and under blue LED at night. Also the melatonin links.

Bring on the deep dive!

I thought I knew about my health. After reading “Secrets of True Healing”, and I realized I had no clue. It’s wild how much we aren’t told.

I always reverse my psoriasis when i cut carbs and eat moderate protein to improve my blood sugar and psoriasis go away ... Last time when i have psoriasis i eat only meat eggs butter some veggies and water , few days and clear skin. When i have low blood sugar its not active. Today is 2,5 years when i eat even 100-150 grams of carbs but not more than 45 grams per meal. Same for protein not more than 45 g per meal. I am 171cm/70 kg 44yo male , strength training , some cardio , sleep well . I hit 90-140 g protein and 30-150 g carbs rest is fat. The key for me is always to be insulin sensitive. But cortisol level is important to. My food is clean fresh. No dirty process food. Vitamin D is crucial to.

QUESTION! Of the factors that could Break Endosymbiosis, why isn’t INFECTION considered to be another factor??? We are seeing autoimmune issues coming from Covid, Shingles, Flu etc. Why would it not be included???

A: Probably not. A hypothesis is a guess, a theory that going back "billions of years" lends no credence to at all than if it happened yesterday. Therefore the ability of ever providing any evidence of a time when mitochondria didn't exist as it does today is unlikely, since it is more likely that this is how we were created from the beginning.

Psa_139:14  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

Great video, thank you

We definitely need more autoimmune videos please

Thanks!

Vitamin K2 deficiency leads to autoimmunity.

To sum up, get good sleep, eat a healthy diet, manage your weight, cut back on the carbs. All the nonsense (?) about mitochondria is therefore irrelevant. Look, I haven't read the paper, but the notion that something as complex as the immune system gets boiled down to 'foreign' mitochondria confusing the immune system, sounds prima facie, pretty far fetched. It would have been useful if you'd presented their arguments, and evidence, for this claim.

What a well thought out, well organized presentation. Your great memory and intelligence and positive attitude are so well suited to your two chosen fields. Your presentations are similar to finding a glass of cold water on a very hot day.