An estimated 50 million Americans suffer from some type of allergy. According to the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association, 50 million Americans live with autoimmune disease. Coincidence? Probably not. Allergies and autoimmune disease are interconnected. Both allergies and autoimmune diseases are caused by a hypersensitive, overactive immune system. The body’s immune system, primarily responsible for attacking viruses, parasites and bacteria, targets the body. With autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks the body’s tissues and organs. With allergies the immune system attacks proteins found in various substances, like food. In recent years scientists have discovered a link between allergies and autoimmune