Genetics accounts for only about 10% of the risk of developing an autoimmune condition. 1 Inflammatory environmental factors (aka root causes or triggers), which lead to intestinal hyperpermeability (aka a leaky gut), account for 90% of the equation. The lion’s share of the equation are lifestyle factors we can control! I call them F.I.G.H.T.S.™ for Food, Infections, Gut health, Hormone balance, Toxins and Stress. Each category encompasses both the root cause and the solution.
Food
Eat To Beat Autoimmune and Strengthen Your Immunity
Food isn't like medicine. Food IS medicine. Learn how to beat autoimmune and prevent infections with food, nutrients, and meal timing.
Beat Autoimmune with Baby Steps: Nourish Yourself Daily
Simple, foundational strategies help you calm your nervous system and nourish yourself so you can heal and thrive.
Top 10 Autoimmune Trigger Foods
To reverse autoimmune conditions it's important to remove foods that create leaky gut and over-burden the immune system. These are the top culprits that perpetuate autoimmunity.
Is Everyone Affected by Gluten?
"An estimated 99 percent of people who have a problem with eating gluten don’t even know it. They ascribe their ill health or symptoms to something else–not gluten sensitivity, which is 100 percent curable." -- Mark Hyman, MD
Top 6 Autoimmune Triggers: Start With Food
No doubt about it, food offers the biggest bang for your buck in terms of healing. Just removing your trigger foods and adding in nourishing ones can put you well on your way to healing, reversing and preventing autoimmune conditions. Learn which ones are the culprits and which ones are beneficial.
Infections
Simple Strategies to Strengthen Your Immune Function
This is arguably the best time to strengthen and optimize immune function. Learn simple strategies for modern times with roots in primal cultures.
Top 6 Autoimmune Triggers You Control: Infections
Infections and autoimmune conditions go hand in hand. Learn about the common infection connection and what you can do to clear infections and beat autoimmune.
Raise Your Metabolism to Clear Infections and Beat Autoimmune
A low and slow metabolism (hypometabolism) is associated with autoimmunity and greater risk of infections. Learn simple strategies to raise your metabolism to clear infections and beat autoimmune.
Rejuvenate Your Immune System to Beat Autoimmune
Infections like Lyme, Candida, and parasites are common with autoimmune disorders. Learn how to rejuvenate and unburden your immune system.
Gut
Top 6 Autoimmune Triggers You Can Control: Leaky Gut
Hippocrates was right: All disease begins in the gut, and so does health. Learn about the connection between leaky gut and autoimmune conditions; and then how to heal and seal your gut to reverse autoimmunity.
Hormones
Top 6 Autoimmune Triggers: Hormone Imbalances
To reverse and prevent autoimmune conditions you must address your root causes head on. Good news: hormones are downstream from the other F.I.G.H.T.S.™ factors! Learn how to balance your hormones naturally to beat autoimmune.
Toxins
10 Ways to Lighten Your Toxic Load
Toxins are The Big Reason autoimmune disorders are epidemic. Here are ten things you can do to lighten your toxic load right away.
Beat Autoimmune with Baby Steps: Detox Daily
If you want to reverse or prevent an autoimmune condition, you've got to identify and remove your triggers. The first step is not what to add but what to remove.
Banish Belly Fat to Beat Autoimmune
Belly fat is a big risk factor for insulin resistance, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, and Alzheimer's. The combo of fasting and a keto diet works!
Top 6 Autoimmune Triggers You Control: Toxins
Stealthy but powerful toxins are driving the autoimmune epidemic. Learn how to clean up your own environment to get on and stay on the path to good health.
Stress
Manifesto for Healing Autoimmune Conditions
Healing is a multi-layered journey involving body, mind and spirit. To fully reclaim your health, it’s essential to address ALL areas. Which will you try today?
Beat Autoimmune with Baby Steps: Prioritize Emotional Wellbeing
Healing from autoimmune disorders is a WHOLE-istic journey, involving mind, body and spirit. This step is all about tending to your emotional wellbeing. If you skip this step, healing may be elusive or incomplete.
Beat Autoimmune with Baby Steps: How to Have a Healing Mindset
Healing is a mind-body-spirit adventure, and it starts with embracing a healing mindset. Because whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right!
My 8 Essential Holiday Stress Melters
The holidays can be a source of stress and sadness for many. Good news, here are eight free, easy and scientifically-proven strategies to lift your spirits any time of year.
Seven Simple Stress-Reducing Strategies to Beat Autoimmune
Stress is perhaps the biggest driver of autoimmune disorders. To heal we must proactively engage the relaxation response. Here are seven of my personal favorite strategies.
Featured Posts
The 6 Keys to Beat Autoimmune: F.I.G.H.T.S.™
Good news! You can reverse and prevent autoimmune conditions by working at the root cause level. F.I.G.H.T.S.™ represent all the root causes you can control.
Why You May Not Be Fully Healing and How You CAN
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
– James Baldwin, Author & Activist
If you have been trying for any length of time to heal from an autoimmune disorder (or more than one!) you may reach a point where your healing has stalled or you feel like you've plateaued. Or, in some cases you may feel like you fully reversed the autoimmune condition(s); and then, much to your shock, frustration, and major disappointment, symptoms return, sometimes with a vengeance. What in the world is going on?! That's a great question and there...
What are the Top Autoimmune Root Causes?
Once you know the top autoimmune root causes you'll be empowered to reverse and prevent autoimmune conditions, naturally.
Featured Podcasts
Jill Carnahan, MD – Healing from Cancer, Autoimmunity, and Mold Illness
We discuss Dr. Jill’s healing journeys from multiple health challenges including cancer, Crohn’s, celiac, Hashimoto’s, and mold illness.
Antony Haynes – Dynamic Muscle Training for Health and Longevity
Antony Haynes and I discuss counteracting sarcopenia with strength training, protein, and daily habits for a long, healthy life.
Mindy Pelz, DC – Menopause Reset
Dr. Mindy Pelz overcame both chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and awful menopause symptoms naturally. Now she helps others do the same.
