Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Chronic Illness

When I started researching Autoimmune Disorders something kept bothering me. It was how they described what is happening in your body when you have an Autoimmune Disorder. Here is an example of how they describe Autoimmune Disorders from the top spot on Google:

So in my early days of research I tried to find out why the body was “attacking itself” and the answer was; “no one knows”. And I sought the answer to why the body cannot suddenly know what it’s own cells look like and was given the same answer; “No one knows!”

That did not sit right with me. Why would the human body that has existed as the genus homo for over 2 million years be stupid enough to attack itself? And why would the body suddenly not recognize an enzyme that is made by our own body? It is hard for me to fathom that the non-thinking biology of the human species would have a drive to harm itself in any circumstance.

So I knew they were getting something basic very wrong, because it they had the basic idea right they would have found a cure already. Imagine someone tells you that a road you are walking on goes east when it actually goes west, so you keep on walking and do not even take out a compass to see if the premise was even correct. This is what I felt they were doing.

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