Autoimmune cookbook

Autoimmune diseases do not develop overnight. Hidden inflammations and self-destructive mechanisms can destroy the body for many years before symptoms appear. This process is denoted by the so-called autoimmune spectrum: at one end of the scale are the still undetectable changes, and at the other end are conditions that are already severely detrimental to quality of life, leading to complete inoperability. Every person with an autoimmune disease is somewhere on this scale. More severe symptoms may never occur, only latent, chronic discomfort such as obesity, slowed thinking, mood swings, incessant headaches, allergies, depression, sleep problems, upset gut balance, and last but not least, unexplained chronic fatigue. These symptoms, in the absence of a specific diagnosis, are often attributed to "stress." In addition to the named autoimmune diseases, autoimmune processes are increasingly being discovered in the background of physical and mental ailments for which no such connection has been suspected so far. Unfortunately, almost everyone has heard of the most common autoimmune diseases: type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, intestinal colitis and Crohn's disease. intestinal syndrome, polyarthritis, thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s and Graves-Basedow disease), alopecia (spotted baldness), and the line could go on. These include those that can be controlled with strict adherence to lifestyle and diet, and are completely or largely asymptomatic; Since three factors certainly play a role in the development of autoimmune diseases (hereditary factors, environmental effects, and permeable bowel syndrome, i.e., the lifestyle that causes it), it is advisable to think about which of these we have the most influence on? The answer is obvious: to the third, that is, what we eat, what we drink, how we live. In light of all this, perhaps the most important thing is what you need to eat every day for the body’s nutrient stores to replenish, for the digestive system to clear and heal. Abstinence from anti-inflammatory foods suppresses the autoimmune processes in the body, but health also requires nutrition, which can only be achieved by consciously basing our daily meals on foods with the highest possible nutrient density. ELMIRA MEZEI, a nutrition consultant and reformer, one of the pioneers of the Hungarian paleo movement, the dreamer of countless healthy and mouth-watering foods, the author of dozens of highly successful cookbooks, has embarked on a very strict eight-week autoimmune diet on his own initiative. The cure has proved so useful and successful that it has been cooking and living ever since. In the Autoimmun cookbook, he collected recipes for these dishes. In the preface to the volume, he outlines exactly what we mean by autoimmune diseases, and in the introduction, he shares his own story with readers, so each line is authenticated by personal involvement and personal experience.