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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The amount of salt in our diet could be involved in driving our own immune systems to rebel against us, leading to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, early laboratory findings suggest.
Several teams of scientists have simultaneously published data in the journal Nature suggesting a link.
Salt may activate a part of the immune system which can target the body.
Experts said the findings were very interesting and plausible, but were not a cure for people with MS.
The body's defence against infection can go horrible awry, turning on the body and leading to autoimmune diseases including Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21685022
Several teams of scientists have simultaneously published data in the journal Nature suggesting a link.
Salt may activate a part of the immune system which can target the body.
Experts said the findings were very interesting and plausible, but were not a cure for people with MS.
The body's defence against infection can go horrible awry, turning on the body and leading to autoimmune diseases including Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21685022