Why extremely restrictive diets can completely backfire and worsen your autoimmune symptoms
Reading Time: 6 minutesIf we are not mindful of each person’s unique requirements, dietary restrictions can become excessive and cause more harm than…
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Reading Time: 6 minutesIf we are not mindful of each person’s unique requirements, dietary restrictions can become excessive and cause more harm than…
Reading Time: 6 minutesLife after a chronic illness diagnosis such as an autoimmune disease can feel daunting and uncertain. It can feel like…
Reading Time: 6 minutesOur bodies and our immune systems have evolved over millions of years to protect us. It is what has kept our species alive. They are designed to keep us safe, to help us live.
Having an autoimmune disease doesn’t mean that your body is at war with you!
Reading Time: 10 minutesWe are led to believe that there is only ONE path to getting better.
And that the ONLY way to get better is to work against our bodies. Either because somehow our bodies are to blame for what is happening or because our bodies are broken and need to be fixed. That only medications and treatments will help us get better and there is no other option.
Reading Time: 6 minutesA healthy self care routine involves having the time to do the things that nourish your body, mind and soul.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s a whole shade of grey in between this black and white reality of having no autoimmune disease to being diagnosed with one.
This entire progressive state of disease is the spectrum of autoimmunity that has vibrant health at one end and degenerative disease at the other.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMany people are not aware that “incurable” diseases can be reversed by bringing the body back into balance. For eg…
Reading Time: 5 minutes 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat 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”.