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I'm interested to know where you got the idea that autoimmune disorders are due to lifestyle?

• MrRiddle 6y ago
  Please read the site guidelines and refrain from ill intentioned comments.
  • jlokier 6y ago
    In my opinion DangitBobby's comment is reasonable and interesting, not ill-intentioned. lm28469 quoted a list which includes "autoimmune problems" and linked all of them to gluttony, sloth and lack of will. That strikes me as nonsense. To the best of my knowledge, people suffering with autoimmune problems can't just fix it with a bit of will, and life's hard enough without people making it worse by telling them their disease is their own fault. But regardless of what I think it is perfectly reasonable to question that link.
    • MrRiddle 6y ago
      OP said “almost exclusively” leaving room to exclude autoimmune diseases. > “ life's hard enough without people making it worse by telling them their disease is their own fault” This is absolute nonsense.
      • jlokier 6y ago
        > This is absolute nonsense. Please refrain from breaking the site guidelines...
• s1artibartfast 6y ago
  I assume they are primarily referring to the effects of obesity and type II diabetes on the immune system dysfunction in general. That said, it seems that obesity also plays a major role in autoimmune disorders. >Moreover, obesity worsens the course of RA, SLE, IBD, psoriasis and PsA, and impairs the treatment response of RA, IBD, psoriasis and PsA. Extensive clinical data and experimental models demonstrate the involvement of adipokines in the pathogenesis of these autoimmune diseases. Obesity appears to be a major environmental factor contributing to the onset and progression of autoimmune diseases. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568997214001414 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S15689...