{"id":60188,"date":"2025-05-28T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60188"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:56:19","slug":"the-vast-dangers-of-corticosteroids-and-the-safe-treatments-for-autoimmunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60188","title":{"rendered":"The Vast Dangers of Corticosteroids and the Safe Treatments for Autoimmunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-60189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Corticosteroids.jpg\" alt=\"Corticosteroids\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Corticosteroids.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Corticosteroids-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steroids are named after the steroid cholesterol which was first described in gall stones from Ancient Greek chole- &#8216;bile&#8217; and stereos &#8216;solid&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Steroids have two principal biological functions: as important components of cell membranes that alter membrane fluidity; and as signaling molecules. Examples include the lipid cholesterol, sex hormones estradiol and testosterone, anabolic steroids, and the anti-inflammatory corticosteroid drug dexamethasone.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of steroids are found in fungi, plants, and animals. All steroids are manufactured in cells from the sterols lanosterol (opisthokonts) or cycloartenol (plants).<\/p>\n<p>Sterols: any of a group of naturally occurring unsaturated steroid alcohols, typically waxy solids.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Corticosteroids are widely used in medicine, but their safety has long been questioned, with more and more dangers being discovered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Understanding the effects of the body\u2019s natural corticosteroids explains many of the common side effects from synthetic steroids like diabetes, fractures, and tissue loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Steroids exemplify a common criticism of modern medicine \u2014 treating symptoms rather than addressing the root cause can lead to far more severe chronic health issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">While they are frequently misused, in some cases, steroids can also be lifesaving, hence requiring knowledge of their appropriate uses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Superior natural and conventional alternatives to steroid therapy now exist, reducing the justification for using these unsafe drugs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/05\/23\/vast-dangers-of-corticosteroids.asp\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/05\/23\/vast-dangers-of-corticosteroids.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steroids are named after the steroid cholesterol which was first described in gall stones from Ancient Greek chole- &#8216;bile&#8217; and stereos &#8216;solid&#8217;. Steroids have two principal biological functions: as important components of cell membranes that alter membrane fluidity; and as signaling molecules. Examples include the lipid cholesterol, sex hormones estradiol and testosterone, anabolic steroids, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60188\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Vast Dangers of Corticosteroids and the Safe Treatments for Autoimmunity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60192,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60188\/revisions\/60192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}