Gastrointestinal Health and Autoimmune Conditions
Gastrointestinal Health and Autoimmune Conditions
Gastrointestinal Health and Autoimmune Conditions
The immune system is an amazing protective mechanism, defending our body from numerous exogenous offenders like viruses, parasites, toxins, or endogenous threats like malignant cells. GI tract represents almost 70% of the entire immune system!
GI Immunodeficiency, unfortunately, is becoming the next epidemic. A lot could be accomplished by keeping the GI tract healthy with natural methods and practices, boosting immune system with diet, botanicals, proper supplementation and lifestyle modifications!
Food Allergies, Sensitivities and Intolerances
Gastrointestinal Health and Autoimmune Conditions
Gastrointestinal Health and Autoimmune Conditions
Food Allergies and Loss of Oral Tolerance, unfortunately, accompany many autoimmune conditions.
Creating a diversity of GI Microbiome with dietary strategies could bring significant symptomatic relief.
Proper testing and elimination of foods that cause immune system to react are necessary steps for the management and reduction of flair ups. I cannot emphasize enough that Dietary changes could make a huge positive breakthrough in the management of autoimmunity!
Pain and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Gastrointestinal Health and Autoimmune Conditions
Triggers - Mold, Bacterial and Viral Infections
These conditions are becoming ubiquitous in our modern society. Reasons are multi-factorial, which requires a practitioner who is up-to-date with new scientific information and protocols for these autoimmune conditions.
Read my Research Paper on the subject of Fibromyalgia and what Functional Medicine approach could offer!
Triggers - Mold, Bacterial and Viral Infections
Triggers - Mold, Bacterial and Viral Infections
Triggers - Mold, Bacterial and Viral Infections
Most autoimmune conditions are triggered by a specific environmental stressor or event which could include viral or bacterial infection, mold, Lyme disease with numerous bacterial and viral co-infections etc.
Before starting any Nutritional Protocol, it is imperative to properly test and identify infections/pathogens that could impair your ability to heal and detoxify.
I personally have spend years creating the right protocols for my own challenges in this category. It is certainly a life long journey!
Nutrigenomic Questions
Triggers - Mold, Bacterial and Viral Infections
Use of Botanical Medicine
It is difficult to navigate this rapidly growing field of science, but genetic predispositions (SNPs) and the way they are influenced by our immediate environments is profound!
However, we are not just a collection of genes, we are so much more! We now understand that diet, lifestyle and environment are the most important factors in gene expression or silencing.
I, myself, am a carrier of one of the most well researched FTO SNPs (I call it FATSO gene) which makes me 70% more likely to be obese. However, I will never be :o) Let me share how...
Use of Botanical Medicine
Triggers - Mold, Bacterial and Viral Infections
Use of Botanical Medicine
Herbal and Botanical products are certainly the most appreciated and most popular products in my practice. My Graduate degree included a course in Botanical Medicine, most powerful and intuitive field of healing that existed and nourished us for many centuries. We can now understand and build upon our ancestor's knowledge using the latest advances in human biochemistry and plant medicine.
Botanicals could be incorporated into our daily life in many forms: teas, foods, body care products, aromatics, supplements, tinctures etc.