Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP) is a Human Protein produced by the embryo during fetal development and serves two critical functions: Normalizes Immune System responses so the mother’s immune system doesn’t attack the embryo. Symptoms of autoimmune diseases: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s/Colitis), Myasthenia Gravis, MS, etc. go into remission during pregnancy and this correlates very well with the rise and fall of AFP. Delivers nutrients from the maternal bloodstream to rapidly growing embryo. AFP binds these hydrophobic nutrients and circulates with them until it finds AFP receptors which are present on all embryonic cells. It then binds to the receptor and is transported into the cell where the payload is released. After birth, the production of AFP stops, and the receptors disappear.