• Mattol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    But can you really get an autoimmune disease by eating too much supplements? I thought the body would just not retain them. It’d be quite difficult to eat exactly the quantity required without any self regulating mechanisms in place.

    • badmemes@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      Except for the Vitamines E, D, K and A, Vitamines are takes up in a controlled way so you cant really overdose them. Overdosing VitA can cause blindness So thats no joke either.

      Im no expert on supplements but I know that the new chemotherapies for cancer that include an upregulation od the immune system have autoimmune diseases as a side effect. But I guess you would have to apply that harsh measures to unleash autoimmune diseases.

  • loki@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Sounds plausible, but It would make a lot more people change, if it was a study and not just a “an immunologist explains”