When faced with a chronic illness or diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, it's easy to ask yourself "Why me?"

How is it that some people who eat a standard Western diet appear to be disease free, while others who have made attempts to change their eating habits still struggle with chronic disease and cancer?

The truth of the matter is that there is "not a single thing" that influences whether you develop an autoimmune disease or a chronic illness. Various aspects of your environment interact with your genes to create a state of health or disease. Here are the 7 main factors that influence disease development.

1. nutritional deficiencies

Optimal health requires a maximum of micronutrients, ie the vitamins, minerals, essential fats and antioxidants in your diet. Diets that don't have enough fruits and vegetables don't have the vitamins and minerals your body needs to thrive. A diet with insufficient fruits and vegetables, and therefore insufficient micronutrients, has been linked to higher rates of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis.

2. Unrecognized food sensitivities

Gluten sensitivity is the most common food sensitivity in Western society, and yet 90% of us report no problems with digestion or other gastrointestinal problems. Food sensitivities are often an invisible part of many illnesses, including psychological problems, neurological problems, autoimmune problems, skin rashes, asthma, allergies, and more. If you have a chronic health problem, try following a gluten-free diet for a month – you may feel better than you've felt in years.

3. Toxins excess

Today, our environment is full of pollution and toxins excreted from vehicles, factories, plastics in our homes, mercury in dental fillings, and agricultural chemical sprays. These chemicals interact with our cells, with the signals that are sent between cells, and with our mitochondria, disrupting normal function and increasing inflammation. These toxins increase both the likelihood of contracting a chronic disease and the severity of the disease's symptoms. Reducing your exposure to plastics, solvents and heavy metals will help you achieve and maintain good health, as will increased consumption of vegetables and berries, which improves processing and elimination of these toxins.

4. excess stress

Stress is necessary for life. Without the stress of gravity, our bones and muscles would dissolve. Chronic stress, however, upsets the hormonal balance and increases inflammation in general. Practicing meditation or other stress-reducing activity daily can help reduce stress levels and protect cells from inflammation.

5. Inappropriate exercise

Our ancestors walked 3-9 miles on average each day, and our brain and body expect us to move daily. Insufficient physical activity over a lifetime has a huge impact on the chances of developing dementia before the age of 60 years. Regular exercise can also improve mood and decrease inflammation in the body.

6. inadequate sleep

There are many studies linking the quality and duration of sleep with health. Getting adequate sleep is important in managing stress, reducing fatigue, providing hormonal balance, and promoting cellular health. Sleep is the body's opportunity to heal and grow. Not getting 7-9 hours of sleep a night greatly interrupts normal body biology. Even if you think you're fine with less than 7 hours of sleep, your body pays a high price and becomes more susceptible to heart attack, obesity, diabetes, as well as early memory decline and autoimmune problems.

7. Inefficient enzymes (DNA)

Each of us has a unique combination of efficient and inefficient enzymes, courtesy of the DNA we inherited from our parents. It is the interaction between the efficiency and inefficiency of these enzymes with our diet and lifestyle choices that determine which chronic diseases we get. Consuming a nutrient-rich diet, reducing the risk of food allergies, eating and living organic, following a regular stress-reduction practice, and getting 7 or more hours of sleep a night dramatically reduces the risk of these inefficient enzymes leading to chronic illness. .

Ultimately, our diet and lifestyle choices are responsible for creating either health, abundant energy, joy and a clear mind or problems with fatigue, mental confusion, pain and other physical complaints. Disease starts with a broken chemical in our cells that arises from our diet and lifestyle choices. Eat and live for your cells today and feel better tomorrow.

Terry Wahls, author, physician, professor, researcher and patient, has reversed multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease through diet and lifestyle changes.

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