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    Anti-adrenaline Drugs Like Clonidine May Prevent Diabetes Type I

    Peat mentioned a few times that the pancreatic damage seen in type I diabetes is caused by prolonged exposure to PUFA, as unsaturated fats are toxic to the insulin-producing beta cells in that organ. Many of the cases of new onset diabetes I occur after a period of extreme exhaustion and/or...
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    Estrogen Causes Asthma; Progesterone, T, DHT, And DHEA Are Protective

    Most of the forum members probably know that the incidence of "autoimmune" conditions is much higher in women then in men. This fact gets consistently ignored by doctors working in the field as a mere fluke, or due to "unknown hormonal interactions" which are nonetheless deemed not causative of...
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    Ketotifen May Treat Hashimoto's

    I am posting this study for those people who need an alternative to thyroid hormone treatment. This is a human study, so it is even more relevant for people with Hashimoto's. Given the main effects of ketotifen as a histamine and leukotriene antagonist, as well as some serotonin antagonism it...
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    Estrogen (estradiol) Promotes Autoimmunity

    If there is any doubt in anybody's mind about the role of estrogen as a cause of autoimmune conditions I hope that his will clarify the situation some more. The excerpt below is from the study on adrenals and Alzheimers I posted today but I thought that this excerpt deserves its own thread given...
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