Short description
From the Foreword: [An] astounding book . . . 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.--Dr. Douglas Kerr, Director, Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center.
Long description
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.
Review
For the first time sufferers from the epidemic of autoimmune disease are offered a ray of hope and understanding about why their bodies have rebelled against themselves. Seriously asking the question why, Donna Jackson Nakazawa provides answers and a roadmap for recovery which just doesn't exist with conventional medicine. -- Mark Hyman, MD, Founder and Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center; Author of the New York Times bestselling UltraMetabolism, The UltraSimpleDiet, and UltraPrevention ; and Editor in Chief, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine