Autoimmune diseases occur when our immune system starts to attach the cells of our own body. In asthma, the cells of our immune system (white blood cells) residing within the lungs are excessively activated. In arthritis our immune system attacks the normal cells lining our joints. And in inflammatory bowel diseases our immune system attacks the normal cells lining our gastrointestinal tract.

The result of our immune system wrongly attacking our body cells is inflammation. Inflammation in our lungs leads to difficulty breathing. Inflammation in our joints and muscles causes pain. And inflammation in our gastrointestinal tract causes a variety of different complications; diarrhea and/ or constipation, blood in the stool, abdominal discomfort and pain…

Fish oil possesses powerful anti-inflammatory properties. Once this was understood scientists began studying the effect of fish oil supplementation in a wide variety of autoimmune diseases.