Diet

What conditions is this diet best for? The paleolithic diet, aka paleo or primal diet is best for people with autoimmune or inflammatory diseases such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, celiac, lupus, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, diabetes, IBS, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, obesity and others.  In addition, those who have issues with blood sugar regulation and weight loss are usually served well by a paleo

I know I’m breaking all the rules.  Using food to make myself feel better.  And not just food, but food with sugar and dairy.  But I’ve been in a cranky pants kind of mood the last few weeks, waking up so tired each morning even though I’m getting my 7+ hours of sleep and even though my thyroid levels from the Hashimoto’s are supposedly in

What conditions is this diet best for? Dr. Peter D’Adamo, ND, creator of The Blood Type Diets™ and author of Eat Right for Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight, believes this diet is best for those with digestive disorders and those who wish to lose weight.  He also believes that following this diet will keep

Are ingredients in processed foods (food additives) a contributor for leaky gut? Food additives have been proposed as a likely culprit in increased intestinal permeability, or leaky gut syndrome (1). In particular, surfactants/emulsifiers added to food products are known to increase intestinal permeability. Connecting the dots is not difficult when considering that surfactants are used as ingredients in medications to increase their absorption by opening

Autoimmunity is a mysterious creature. So many highly variable conditions fall under its umbrella. In autoimmunity, the immune system’s white blood cells cannot tell the difference between healthy body tissues and harmful antigens and end up attacking and eventually destroying the tissues and organs being attacked.  It’s no wonder it has taken so long to figure out that all of the nearly 100 known autoimmune

What conditions is this diet best for? This is not a diet per se, but reports about supplemental nutrients are covered, which have been researched as potential treatments for autoimmune diseases. What foods are given up and what foods are eaten frequently? No recommendations on actual food are made, however Dr. Sahelian points out that there is less incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in South Mediterranean

What conditions is this diet best for? The Dr. K diet is aimed at treating autoimmune Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, primarily, but also any autoimmune disorder.  This diet is recommended by Dr. Datis Kharrazian DHSC DC MSNeurosci, and corresponds with his book, Why do I still have thyroid symptoms? Dr. Kharrazian, or Dr. K, as he is known, is considered one of the leading experts in non-pharmaceutical

It’s widely acknowledged that alcohol consumption causes damage to your pancreas, liver and other organs, but it also has a variety of effects on your natural defenses. For example, alcohol reduces cough and mucociliary clearance from your lungs, which increases the risk of pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory conditions. Alcohol also suppresses inflammatory mediators that help fight infection, making such infections more likely. Immune system