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When it comes to autoimmune disease, I believe we should focus on progress, not perfection. Although we’d rather be symptom-free, flare-ups happen. Having a “Flare-Up Tool Kit” in place anytime symptoms come up can help guide you through without falling into overwhelm. Tune into this video to learn the 5 components of my flare-up toolkit!
Read MoreJeff Chilton is one of the original people who brought medicinal mushrooms to the US market and is a trailblazer in the field. He is a wealth of knowledge and his passion about the medicinal and and nutritional benefits of mushrooms is so contagious! In this episode you’ll learn everything you need to know about the nutritional benefits and medicinal uses. We'll also discuss things you should think about when you're choosing a mushroom supplement or adding them to your cooking or recipes.
Read MoreWhen dealing with chronic illness, it’s important to investigate the “root cause” of what’s going on in the body. Often times treatments for autoimmune disease involve medications or interventions to manage or suppress symptoms, but they don’t always dig down to the root to see what’s going on at a deeper level. When we’re working in functional medicine and looking at things through a functional nutrition or functional medicine lens, it really is all about identifying the root cause of disease and understanding how your personal history influences disease expression. The most important tool in the functional medicine toolkit is the functional timeline. This tool allows us to put our presenting illness or symptoms in context with our entire life, and helps to identify the roots of illness to move towards resolution. In this post, we’ll look at the functional timeline and the ATMs, or the antecedents, triggers, and mediators of health!
Read MoreOur Western medical establishment typically defines alternative medicine as any practice that doesn’t come from evidence gathered using the scientific method. And while I believe standards and regulations to be crucially important when creating guidelines to treat human beings, (do you want your surgeon doing anything other than the gold standard?) I do believe this labeling creates a very limited viewpoint.
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