The Autoimmune Epidemic

According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), there are over 72 million people in America struggling with 130+ various autoimmune conditions.  Mayo Clinic states that an autoimmune reaction is when the immune system launches a misdirected attack on your own tissue, changing the function of organs and causing damage to the body.  The autoimmune response is the single most common mechanism behind disease today.  The primary current medical treatment for autoimmune conditions are immune suppressing drugs.  In other words, if your immune system is malfunctioning, just turn it off.  Humira is one example of an immune suppressing drug and is currently the most profitable drug in the world with sales of over $30 billion annually.  All immune suppressing drugs have serious side effects, including increased risk of cancer and serious infections.  

From a more natural, vitalistic perspective we should first ask WHY would the immune system attack the body?  The human body is the greatest creation ever known and is designed to function for health and survival, and heal itself automatically.  What would CAUSE an autoimmune reaction??

In my 30+ years of private practice and clinical research, I have observed with certainty the one thing that underlies all diseases as well as autoimmune conditions is STRESS.  Stress can be defined as any internal or external entity that causes the body to change its function in an effort to adapt or survive.  Stress can be classified into two categories:  “current and ongoing” and “past, but not recovered”.   In addition, there are seven types of stressors:

• Physical trauma/posture

• Mental/emotional

• Electromagnetic (EMF)

• Dietary excesses/deficiencies

• Food sensitivities/allergies

• Toxins

• Microbes/infections

These seven stressors can combine and accumulate resulting in body, organ, and gland stress ultimately leading to an autoimmune condition. 

The Koch Natural Health System is based on the principals of neurology, chiropractic, acupuncture, bioenergetics, quantum physics, psychoneuroimmunology, and clinical nutrition. The Koch Natural Health System was developed to analyze, treat, and reduce the Cumulative Stress Condition (CSC).  When stressors are properly identified, neutralized and resolved, in a specific sequence, the body can begin to function as it was designed, heal itself, and health can improve.

The Koch Natural Health System that employs no drugs or invasive procedures.