invader. This is far more likely to happen
when your immune system is already
overworked and stressed from dealing with all
the stuff that’s coming in through your food,
and going where it doesn’t belong.
MOLECULAR MIMICRY
In celiac disease, part of the
wheat protein looks a lot like a
particular virus, which looks a lot
like a particular gut protein. The
result of such mimicry is that
when this wheat protein is eaten,
the immune system is prompted
to attack the gut. A similar
mimicry among a protein found
in grains and legumes, part of the
Epstein-Barr virus, and part of the
collagen in joints produces
rheumatoid arthritis in genetically
susceptible people, as the immune