Functional Medicine
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Mental Health and Autoimmune Diseases Part 2
In my last blog and podcast, I talked about how those with autoimmune diseases and chronic illnesses are at an increased risk for having mental health issues and while dealing with a mental health issue alone has an extreme effect on a person’s health, having a mental health issue in conjunction with a chronic illness Continue reading
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Supplements for Autoimmune Diseases
There are many supplements and vitamins out there. So many that I don’t know about you, but it can make your head spin trying to understand all of them. When I was first diagnosed, the doctor discussed with me that I should add daily supplements in with the changes in the diet. However, the supplements Continue reading
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Anti-Inflammatory Foods
Anti-Inflammatory Foods This week, I am supposed to be talking about the supplements that are beneficial for those with autoimmune diseases; however, I wanted to add on to last week’s topic of the autoimmune diet protocol. The autoimmune diet protocol is mostly an overview of what foods to avoid in order to reduce inflammation. What Continue reading
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What is the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Diet?
The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet is one that has an aim to reduce inflammation, pain, and other symptoms that are caused by autoimmune diseases. There has been a lot of research done that shows very promising reports of improvement in the way that patients with autoimmune diseases feel when on an AIP diet. The main Continue reading
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What is Functional Medicine?
Technically, functional medicine is just a personalized, integrative approach to healthcare. It involves the prevention, the management, and knowing the root causes of a complex chronic disease. Depending on where you look up functional medicine, you may come across that it is a pseudoscience and that the methods are unproven or disproven. Wikipedia even uses Continue reading
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What is an Autoimmune Disorder/Disease Cont.
The really sucky part about having an autoimmune disease is that it has become acceptable to believe that they cannot be prevented or reversed, only managed. This causes people to feel completely dependent on their doctors and the medications they prescribe along with the fear and the pain. In the grand scheme of things, there Continue reading
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What is an Autoimmune Disorder/Disease?
I get questions all the time from my family and friends that asking me what exactly an autoimmune disorder is and why do I not “look” sick? If you research autoimmune disorders, you may find an overwhelming amount of information along with a lot of medical jargon that can be very hard to understand. There Continue reading
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Path to Diagnosis Final
My appointment is scheduled for 1:00pm, but I had been so nervous and excited at the same time that I got there a half hour early. I was starving, but I know that when I have anxiety, food is not my friend, not to mention food hasn’t been my friend for a long time regardless Continue reading
About Me
Welcome to my blog – The Autoimmune Professor. The goal of this blog is to help those diagnosed with autoimmune disorders by providing as much information on autoimmune diseases as possible. I was recently diagnosed with Lupus and Sjogren’s. While going through numerous testing, I also found out that I have Chronic Lyme disease.
I am a professor and researcher with a doctorate in Educational Psychology, a doctorate in Health Sciences, a masters in Global Health, and am currently obtaining a PhD in exercise science.
I am hoping that this blog will help others by providing information and increasing awareness of autoimmune diseases.
the autoimmune professor 