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We'll teach you how to reverse insulin resistance, achieve your ideal body weight, gain

energy, and get your best A1C following more than 85 years of evidence-based research in the

mastering diabetes program.

Our program teaches you how to reverse pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes and how to simplify your life with type 1 diabetes by maximizing your insulin sensitivity using food as medicine.

We're on a bold mission to reverse insulin resistance in 1 million people. We're glad to have you joining us.

In today's podcast, we'll be talking about molecular mimicry

and the havoc that this physiological process can wreak

in the development of autoimmune conditions.

Now, think of molecular mimicry as a way that your immune system gets tricked into attacking

a foreign antigen from your diet or from the environment, which can then result in your immune

system attacking self-made human protein molecules that can then set the stage for autoimmune

conditions that can lead to things

like cell death in the case of type 1 and type 1.5 diabetes, inflammation in the case of rheumatoid

arthritis, low hormone output in the case of Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, nerve pain in the case

of multiple sclerosis, or food sensitivities in the case of celiac's disease.

Now, molecular mimicry is a fascinating topic that affects millions of people around the world

and has become an increasingly important physiological phenomenon in public health.

And at its root, many molecular mimicry conditions that result in autoimmune disorders begin

in your digestive system, resulting from excessive oral medication use, diets that are high in refined

foods, diets that are high in animal products, or environmental toxins. Now, our guest today is

Clint Pattison. In 2006, Clint was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and within two years he could barely

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