symptoms
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
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 