![]() ![]() This is consistent with chiropractic concepts and teaching on innate intelligence.Ģ ![]() “What does an immune system do when it’s not properly trained? It overreacts,” accounting for the rise in autoimmunity. “The hygiene hypothesis stated that our environment has become so clean that it has left our immune system insufficiently trained.” Over-cleanliness and other infection suppression efforts damage the immune system. He attributes this to the “hygiene hypothesis,” noting that a lifelong adequate immune response requires that humans actually be infected early in life. Yet, Richtel thoroughly explains that the most important immunology problem today is an immune system that is working too well, overworking, resulting in the escalation of autoimmune diseases. It seems that everyone is obsessed with enhancing immunology. ![]() As always, I read this book with an eye toward chiropractic applications, and I found three that are noteworthy:ġ ![]() When I saw this book profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Science News and Scientific American, I quickly picked it up. My entire career, I have had an interest in chiropractic and the immune system, sparked by seeing published anecdotes, journal studies and my own clinical experiences. ![]()
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