50 million Americans now have some type of autoimmune disease, according to the American autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA).

And of those cases, a whopping 75% of are women!

While genetics plays a role in your risk for autoimmune disease, it is only one piece of three-piece puzzle. In fact, researchers call this three-piece puzzle the autoimmune “triangle” or the “three-legged stool of autoimmunity”