Microbial Toxins - Strengthening the Immune System

Microbial Toxins

Toxins can also be produced inside the human body by the bacteria and yeast in the intestines. Examples of these toxins include endotoxins, exotoxins, toxic amines, toxic derivatives of bile, and various carcinogenic substances. Murray and Pizzorno suggest that intestinal toxins have been linked to a wide variety of diseases, including liver disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, psoriasis, allergies, asthma, and many immune disorders. One of the dangers of these internal toxins, they add, is that they prevent the development of natural antibodies that normally fight infections. In effect, microbial toxins form antigens which cross-react with the body's own tissues, thereby causing autoimmunity–that is, the body's immune system cannot protect itself. Autoimmune diseases that have been associated with cross-reacting antibodies include rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and autoimmune thyroiditis.