This category of chronic illness includes conditions like Ankylosing Spondylitis, Celiac Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Late Stage Lyme Disease & Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease, Type 1 Diabetes, Endometriosis, Fibromyalgia, Grave’s Disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, Narcolepsy, Psoriasis, Reactive Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and Ulcerative Colitis.
These factors combined lead to systemic inflammation and immune system overload.
That’s where holistic – also known as naturopathic, integrative, functional, and complementary and alternative – medicine can help.
*Lowering toxicity is not “magic”. Some companies, though, are gimmicky and try to claim that only their “proprietary” supplements can help your body detox effectively. Your body detoxifies itself, but that doesn’t mean these processes never benefit from support. True detoxification support can be achieved through reducing the use of food, household items, and beauty products that contain toxic additives; improving any of the body’s detox mechanisms that aren’t functioning optimally, and supporting genetic detoxification genes that may be weakened by common mutations.
That’s why I decided to become Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition, a Clinical Herbalist, and a Certified Health Coach – to help other people like us with autoimmune diseases and similar chronic illnesses get to the root of their health conditions and restore their quality of life through holistic modalities.
That’s also why I started this health blog, Naturally at Home – as a free resource to others who have multiple chronic conditions and don’t know where to turn for help.
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Over the years, Jonathan and I have learned (little by little) how to take care of our health on a budget. Today, I’d like to share our real life tips with you. When we collectively share our experience and tried and true advice with one another, life with chronic illlness and autoimmune disease feels a lot less overwhelming.
Ultimately, when your lifestyle, body, and mind are healthy, you can trust that the weight your body naturally falls into is the one that’s best for your overall health and wellbeing.
We’re going to do a deep dive into the many individual factors that may be contributing to your weight gain, and how to address each component holistically.
In this post, I share my tried and true methods for removing lectins from beans and grains, so if you are sensitive, you don’t have to cut them out of your diet in order to enjoy improved gut health and reduced inflammation.
I have sucessfully been able to balance my blood sugar (reverse years of hypoglycemia) through several specific holisitic diet strategies. As a result, my health has turned around in a way that has been absolutely life-changing.
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome can severely weaken the tissues of the body and cause many debilitating symptoms, so it often requires complex treatment across several specialities.
For the first time in so long, I feel like I am really, truly healing. I can feel it in the very depths of my body and soul. Something is changing, and I am recovering in a way I have never experienced before.
The population of people with chronic illness and autoimmune disease do not always have expected reactions to healthy lifestyle choices that benefit the average person or population as whole. The goal of this post is to help work through that confusion.
Living a life with chronic illness and autoimmune disease can feel rocky, unstable, and unpredictable at times. Today, I want to remind you that doesn’t mean your health knowledge and progress you’ve made so far is invalid or worthless.
Recovering from trauma and PTSD of any source is a long, difficult process. These strategies have brought me far on my healing journey, and I hope they can for you as well.
You can get high quality, effective treatment if you see a naturopathic or functional medicine doctor. There’s also a lot you can do on your own, though. Let’s explore:
Sometimes life gives you lemons, and you can’t make lemonade. Some days the pain and overwhelm are too much to bear. Other days I can find joy in the little things, as well as hope in the progress I have made and the potential for continued improvement.
*Disclaimer – I am not a Licensed Medical Doctor and do not diagnose, treat, or cure disease. I am not a Licensed/Registered Dietitian and do not practice Medical Nutrition Therapy. Legally, I am able to provide nutritional counseling, herbal consultations, health coaching, and health education services. I make a referral to the appropriate practitioner whenever a client has a health need that falls outside my scope of practice. I publish health articles for educational purposes, not as a substitute for medical care.
