And we're off at the Big Ten Championships with a second-place finish!
4V8 Heat Results:
1. Washington -- 7:26.8
2. U-M -- 7:43.9
3. Ohio State -- 7:46.9
4. Indiana -- 8:17.9
5. Wisconsin -- 8:27.1
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1 in 10 Americans now has an autoimmune disease.
Lupus.
Crohn's.
Hashimoto's.
Type 1 diabetes.
Multiple sclerosis.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Your doctor will tell you it's genetic.
Or bad luck.
Or that your immune system just "turned on itself."
Harvard researchers disagree.
A pediatric gastroenterologist at Mass General (Dr. Alessio Fasano) spent 20 years tracking down the missing piece.
What he found changed the conversation.
Every autoimmune disease he studied shared the same three ingredients:
- A specific environmental trigger
- Genetic predisposition
- A leaky gut
Take any one of those away, and the disease doesn't start.
The gut isn't just where food gets digested.
It's a one-cell-thick wall -
The only thing standing between your bloodstream and everything you eat, drink, and swallow.
When that wall is tight, your immune system stays calm.
When it's leaky,
Undigested food particles and bacterial fragments slip through into your blood.
Your immune system sees invaders and attacks.
But the particles look a lot like your own tissue.
Attack the gluten fragments → attack the thyroid (Hashimoto's)
Attack the bacterial fragments → attack the joints (rheumatoid arthritis)
Attack them over and over → attack the nerves (MS), the gut (Crohn's), the pancreas (Type 1)
This is called molecular mimicry.
Here's what people report when they heal the gut wall:
Skin clearing up
Brain fog clearing up
Digestion finally working
Joint pain fading within weeks
Autoimmune flares slowing down
Energy returning after years of fatigue
The things that punch holes in the gut wall:
Gluten (yes, even if you don't have celiac)
Glyphosate on conventional crops
NSAIDs (ibuprofen, aspirin)
Ultra-processed food
Chronic stress
Antibiotics
Poor sleep
None of these are rare.
Most people have all seven running on autopilot.
I've been saying for 30 years: almost every chronic disease traces back to a broken gut.
The science keeps catching up.
The good news?
Unlike your genes, the gut wall is something you can actually rebuild.
Comment RESTORE and I'll send you a free guide on how to heal the gut and calm the immune system naturally.
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Back home for the first time in two years.
Now across the country for the biggest stage of our season.
Race fast. Together.
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Carnivore crack snack. 🥓
When I first started carnivore I had WICKED cravings for something snacky, crunchy, and salty. This hits every single one of them.
Crispy bacon + whipped heavy cream & cream cheese with a little vanilla.
Salty. Crunchy. Creamy. Sweet.
Zero guilt. Zero sugar. Zero regret. 👑🥩
Drop a 🥓 if you need this recipe.