全球自身免疫性疾病病例激增

Autoimmune diseases range from type 1 diabetes to rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis.

自身免疫性疾病包括1型糖尿病、類風濕性關節(jié)炎、炎性腸病和多發(fā)性硬化癥。

In each case, the immune system gets its wires crossed and turns on healthy tissue instead of infectious agents.
上述每種疾病都會使免疫系統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)錯亂，攻擊自身健康組織而非病原體。

In the UK alone, at least 4 million people have developed such conditions, with some individuals suffering more than one.
僅在英國，就有至少400萬人患上這類疾病，有些人出現(xiàn)不止一種病癥。

Internationally, it is now estimated that cases of autoimmune diseases are rising by 3% to 9% a year.
據(jù)估計，目前全球自身免疫性疾病病例每年增長為3%至9%。

Most scientists believe environmental factors play a key role in this rise.
大多數(shù)科學家認為環(huán)境因素在其中發(fā)揮重要影響。

Fast-food diets lack certain important ingredients, such as fiber, and evidence suggests this alteration affects a person’s microbiome – the collection of micro-organisms that we have in our gut and which play a key role in controlling various bodily functions.
快餐飲食缺乏某些重要營養(yǎng)成分，如膳食纖維，有證據(jù)表明這種飲食改變會影響人體內的微生物群(腸道微生物群)，它們對調節(jié)身體各方面功能起著關鍵作用。

These changes in our microbiomes are then triggering autoimmune diseases, of which more than 100 types have now been discovered.
微生物群的這些變化便會引發(fā)自身免疫性疾病，目前已經發(fā)現(xiàn)了100多種該類型疾病。