Sodium and Autoimmune Disease: Rubbing Salt in the Wound?04:33

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Published on June 25, 2017

Two ways in which salt may drive autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, type I diabetes, Sjögren’s syndrome, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis.

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What about childhood asthma unrelated to exercise? Check our my last video, How to Treat Asthma with a Low Salt Diet.

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• Dietary Treatment of Crohn’s Disease (
• Why Do Plant-Based Diets Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? (
• Fighting Lupus with Turmeric: Good as Gold (

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