If you have an autoimmune or other chronic health condition, you’ve probably received plenty of advice about what you should and shouldn’t eat.
Have you spent nights visiting Dr. Google, searching for answers? There is so much food noise.
Maybe you’ve tried eliminating gluten. 🍞
Or dairy. 🐄
Or sugar. 🍰
Or nightshades. 🥔
Or you’ve followed a very restrictive diet.
Nutrition can absolutely be an important part of supporting the body.
But here’s something to think about:
Your food may not be the only piece of the puzzle.
I see autoimmune health as much more complicated than simply finding the “perfect diet.”
Your immune system interacts with your digestive system, hormones, nervous system, environment, nutritional status and so much more.
And that’s why two people with the same autoimmune diagnosis can have completely different experiences.
One person’s biggest contributor might be digestive dysfunction.
Another may have significant environmental exposures.
Someone else may have years of chronic stress or emotional trauma affecting their physiology.
Another may be dealing with nutritional deficiencies, food sensitivities, or hidden pathogens.
Often there are several layers happening at the same time.
Here’s a simple exercise:
Think about your own health history.
When did you first begin feeling that something wasn’t right?
What was happening in your life at that time?
Were you experiencing:
✴️ major stress?
✴️ a difficult relationship or loss?
✴️ a move or environmental change?
✴️ an infection? Covid?
✴️ digestive problems?
✴️ hormonal changes?
✴️ significant exposure to mold or chemicals?
✴️ a period of poor sleep or exhaustion?
Perhaps, like me, all of the above?! 🥴
You don’t have to come up with an answer.
I just want you to start noticing the connections.
Your health history is a story.
And sometimes looking at the whole story reveals things that are easy to miss when we’re only focused on today’s symptoms.
This is one of the reasons I take a root-cause approach with my clients.
I’m not interested in giving everyone the same autoimmune protocol.
I’m interested in understanding your particular situation and helping you determine which areas may deserve attention.
Because there is no single autoimmune diet, supplement, detox or protocol that is right for everyone.
Your body deserves a more personalized approach.
And you deserve to understand what you can do to help yourself.
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