Reading Time: 6 minutesYou 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesMitochondria 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesSymptoms 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesFunctional Medicine helps us understand the connection between our environment, lifestyle and behaviour and address them at a root level
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe good news is that you do not need to be at “war” with your body.
Having an autoimmune condition doesn’t mean your body has given up on you! Living with a chronic illness means that your body is trying its best to adapt to the environment you are asking it to live in.
Reading Time: 6 minutesFatigue is one of the most common symptoms when it comes to autoimmune diseases. Some common underlying reasons are lack of proper sleep, low iron levels and poor nutrition. However, there may be other causes that are less common and hence remain unaddressed.
Reading Time: 5 minutesDealing with any such conditions requires us to make changes in terms of our lifestyle, our diet and our mindset. As a result, the steps that my clients have to take can become really overwhelming. To avoid this, I take my clients through a step-by-step process that consists of 6 stages. By going through this process, they become much more aware of their own bodies, feel more energetic and confident as they finally start addressing the root causes of their disease.
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn autoimmune diseases, chronic pain is often the first sign of an underlying imbalance. At other times it is a byproduct of the tissue damage that accompanies many autoimmune conditions. Either way, there is a lot of evidence that links chronic stress to pain that accompanies any chronic illness.