You need to stand up for what your body needs when dealing with any chronic illness, here’s why
“What would it take to live a life your body would love?“ Rachel Carlton Abrams A lack of awareness about…
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Balancing the immune system is an effective way to treat autoimmune disease without strong immunosuppression
Your autoimmune disease diagnosis is NOT a life sentence.
No diagnosis is. You don’t have to be sick all time or be in constant pain. You don’t have to deal with severe exhaustion, all day, every day. Your immune system can be healed, and you can do it.
How food can be used as medicine and heal you from autoimmune disease
If we treat “food as medicine” we can change the way our genes are stimulated and respond, thus creating health through changes in our biological functioning.
How do you cope with painful, chronic, incurable diseases?
You accept your body just as it is, right now, with all its warts, flaws and imperfections. You forgive your body for any mistakes just as you would for a good friend. More importantly, you stop being at “war” with your body.
Increasing low energy levels begins with supporting your mitochondria
Mitochondria is an organelle or the “little organ” that is found in each and every cell (apart from red blood cells) in our body. Any dysfunction in this organelle will lead to a dysfunctional cell and eventually a tissue. After enough damage has accumulated, the entire organ system will become dysfunctional and contribute to chronic disease progression.
Should you try to improve your immune system if you have an autoimmune disease?
A healthy immune system is one that can self regulate and have an appropriate and balanced immune response. So it’s not really about how to boost your immune system. Having a healthy immune system is about balance.
Why are autoimmune diseases on the rise? Here are 3 reasons why
What has helped our species to survive over millions of years is now working against us. The thing is, our bodies will prioritise survival over everything else. We often live in an environment that seems constantly threatening to our immune system. As a result, our bodies are living mostly in a “chronic survival mode”.
Accepting your body with love is when you begin your healing journey
Symptoms are our body’s way of sending us messages and letting us know that something is wrong. There is something amiss, some kind of imbalance that needs to be dealt with. It is telling us that we need to take action now so that things don’t become progressively worse.
There is no cure for autoimmune diseases. But did you know that you can reverse it?
Functional Medicine helps us understand the connection between our environment, lifestyle and behaviour and address them at a root level
The strength of your immune system depends on your gut health
More than 70% of your entire immune system resides in your gut. Gut health and the strength of your immune…