Autoimmunity 

An autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system can’t tell the difference between your body’s healthy cells and a foreign invader (like a virus, parasite or bacteria), and it wrongly attacks healthy bodily tissue. This leads to systemic inflammation and a spectrum of symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, digestive issues, hair loss and unexplained weight loss or gain. Getting an official diagnosis can be difficult because symptoms are often non-specific and don’t fit a predictable, regular pattern.

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50 million Americans (and rising) currently have an autoimmune disease. While they may be chronic, this doesn’t mean that symptoms can’t be alleviated, and quality of life improved. Studies indicate that 70% of all autoimmune diseases result from lifestyle factors like nutrition, exposure to toxins, infections, stress, poor sleep quality, gut dysbiosis and more. When I learned this while researching my own autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, I felt hopeful. If we have control over a majority of our disease process, that means we hold the power to improve health outcomes by taking a whole-body approach. This is where I come in.