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    An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
    An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
    An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
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    An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

    Written by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

    Narrated by Chris Sorensen

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    An Epidemic of Absence asks what will happen in developing countries, which, as they become more affluent, have already seen an uptick in allergic disease: Will India end up more allergic than Europe? Velasquez-Manoff also details a controversial underground movement that has coalesced around the treatment of immune-mediated disorders with parasites. Against much of his better judgment, he joins these do-it-yourselfers and reports his surprising results.

    An Epidemic of Absence considers the critical immune stimuli we inadvertently lost as we modernized, and the modern ills we may be able to correct by restoring them. At stake is nothing less than our health, and that of our loved ones. Researchers, meanwhile, have the good fortune of living through a paradigm shift, one of those occasional moments in the progress of science when a radically new way of thinking emerges, shakes things up, and suggests new avenues of treatment. You'll discover that you're not you at all, but a bustling collection of organisms, an ecosystem whose preservation and integrity require the utmost attention and care.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 8, 2017
    ISBN9781541481374

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    • 5/5
      Not for the average lay person but as someone with strong familial autoimmune occurrences and a better understand of most things medical, I found this book to be very enlightening. I felt that the subject was presented in a very balanced and well researched manner allowing the reader to ultimately draw their own conclusions. I find myself wanting more information on the current state of this research...a new quest.
    • 4/5
      Our health depends on microorganisms in our gut and other parts of our body. The more this culture kills our inner ecosystems, the sicker we get. Our immune system needs the experience of maintaining an inner microorganism balance. It needs to encounter harmful organisms. It needs diversity. The culture we live in kills microorganisms, from city-living to antibiotics, to too much soap, and too much sterile food, it all harms us. A well-researched book that clearly shows the relationship to modern sterile living and the decline of our inner ecosystems. The less diverse our inner ecosystems are the more we have allergies, auto-immune issues, autism, and asthma. There is also a relationship between declining worldwide biodiversity and the biodiversity of our inner microcosms. If we want to be healthy, we must stop the ongoing killing of life on Earth.
    • 4/5
      Very interesting new look at the reasons for allergies, a bit tecnical in parts but on the whole intelligible for the general reader. I found it a very good read, even though some parts had to be read a couple of times over to understand, it opens up a completely new train of thought on this subject. It interested me primariy because I have some allergy and immunity problems myself.
    • 5/5
      Interesting insight into the possible causes of the increase in autoimmune diseases in our society.
    • 5/5
      This is not a difficult book to understand. Anyone who suffers from these types of diseases, or knows someone who does, should read this book.
    • 5/5
      I would recommend this book to anyone with a background or interest in biology, as it is heavy on the science. That said, that is what makes the book great, as it doesn't gloss over things but gives us all the research, for and against the various theories that have been proposed about the huge increase in allergies and auto-immune diseases in our modern developed world with its emphasis on hygiene. Fascinating and informative, it includes the author's own experience with dosing himself with hookworms to try to overcome allergies.