Posts Tagged ‘Autoimmune’
Mineral Deficiencies, Heavy Metal or Toxic Mineral Excess & Auto Immunity
In our clinic, I help many people with auto immune diseases. Defined as any of these diseases where your body turns on itself and attacks itself, the list of auto immune diseases is a long one, containing 98 medically diagnosed conditions including: Addison’s disease targeting the adrenal glands Autoimmune hepatitis affecting the liver Crohn’s disease…
Read MoreHow I Treat Autoimmune Hypothyroidism
I’ve written previously about the nutritional factors that can impact energy production and our energy levels. Sometimes though, there are other factors beyond purely dietary factors, that may be impacting your energy levels. For many people, feelings of constant fatigue may also be related to hormonal problems, particularly with the thyroid. One of the more common…
Read MoreAutoimmunity and You
Auto immune conditions are increasingly becoming the most complex, and costly, health related conditions to treat. As incidence rates sky-rocket, immune system over activation, or auto immunity, is becoming the common thread that ties together conditions as diverse as: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Lupus, Psoriasis, and, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. While western medicine…
Read MoreDoes this Look Like You? 5 Signs of Common Nutrient Deficiencies and How to Fix Them
When you look in the mirror in the morning can you read the important warning signs your body is giving you about nutrient deficiencies? Can you look at your hands to identify whether you may be at risk of cardiovascular disease or liver problems? If often seems that as we’ve come to rely on blood…
Read MoreFive Signs You Have a Gluten Problem
For far too long it has been assumed that only people with Celiac’s need to avoid gluten. The connection of gluten and Celiac’s disease put gluten squarely in the realm of the gastroenterologist and gut – to propose that gluten could cause other non-gut related problems has been considered taboo until recently. But is it…
Read MoreUsing Fat to Beat Mercury Toxicity
Many people are scared about including too much fat in their diet, and it’s not surprising after the low fat crusade of the last decade has given us an incorrect notion that all fat is the baddie! But, what if I told you that if you’re regularly exposed to environmental toxins like mercury from amalgams,…
Read MoreGot Mercury Amalgams? Iodine May Be Beneficial
Did you know that most people with mercury amalgams, the most common form of dental filling, regularly have high levels of heavy metals in their body and suffer from heavy metal toxicity? Mercury is a highly toxic substance that should be avoided at all costs. The US Environmental Protection Agency classifies mercury filling material, once…
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