Women appear to develop autoimmune disease more than men.  An auto immune disorder is the third most abundant disorder in the United States.  There are more than 80 different types of this dysfunctional immune response diseases.  But why do women have 80 per cent of these dreaded disorders ( Fairweather D. Rose NR. Women and auto-immune diseases. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10 (11): 2005-11)?

The Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation reports that 70 % are women that suffers from this crippling disease. Other common autoimmune diseases that effect women more than men are:lupus, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis and scleroderma.

We still don't know why, but one common sense fact is that women have more antibodies than men.  Another factor of turning on these wrong chemical messengers to turn on healthy cells is stress,  Stress sends out a different message to our cells and may disrupt the natural order. Infections such as viral and bacterial early in life,could play a role in this mix of good cells going bad. Once you turn your immune system on, sometimes it does not turn off, when the job is complete.

One more interesting observation to note is that female hormones tend to have pro-inflammatory effects on cultured immune cells. So, what's a women to do?  It almost sounds like we are set-up to inherit this dreaded immune problems.  My counsel try to stay in balance with life.

How?  With our hurried, super stressed life, take time to take better care of yourself. Start with a good women's complete vitamin/ mineral supplement.  You may want to add specialty selected optimal, added supplements too, such as fish oils, alpha lipoic acid, probiotics to deal with your individual situation.

Try and eat unrefined, high fiber, mostly vegetation diet.  Meat cause mucus in the body hard to break down. Limit refined sugar.  And do some type of exercise on a regular basics.

Remember you are as old as your arterial flow!

And pamper yourself, women need to be pamper, it turns on the right receptors sites for a balanced body.

Happiness is a choice, and laughter is good medicine!