Tag: AUTOIMMUNITY

A Selfcare Super-Tool – Warming Socks!

This time of year, when we are locked indoors, eating alot of stuff we probably shouldn’t be – and our immune systems are on constant guard – challenged, and sometimes even defeated. Why warming socks? Because this tried and true hydrotherapy technique is an excellent tool to use at the first sign of an acute […]

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Gut, Food and Autoimmunity

At a recent Functional Medicine conference I was inspired more than ever by one of my favourite Autoimmunity researchers, Dr. Alessio Fasano. Here is the simple fact. The foods we choose directly impact the integrity of our microbiome (the gut). Once that barrier is breeched, large molecules leak into our bodies, confuse and activate our […]

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