Functional medicine practitioner, autoimmune disease expert, and author Dr. Amy Myers is our guest today in Episode 914 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Autoimmune disease in America is a lot more prevalent than mainstream medicine knows how to effectively deal with. Here are some sobering statistics on the estimated 50 million people currently dealing with autoimmunity in the United States--Graves' disease: 10 million; 
Psoriasis: 7.5 million; 
Fibromyalgia: 5 million
; Lupus: 3.5 million; 
Celiac disease: 3 million
; Hashimoto's thyroiditis: 3 million
; Rheumatoid arthritis: 1.3 million
; Chronic fatigue syndrome: 1 million; 
Crohn's disease: 700,000
; Ulcerative colitis: 700,000
; Multiple Sclerosis: 250,000 to 350,000; 
Scleroderma: 300,000
; and Diabetes type 1: 25,000 to 50,000. If you ask the Medical Director of the Austin, Texas-based functional medicine center Ultrahealth named Dr. Amy Myers, MD (listen to Jimmy's interview with her in Episode 692), she'll say these numbers are grossly underreported. And she'd know having seen and treated thousands of patients in her medical career and now she's ready to bring her Myers Way program to the masses. Her brand new book The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases explains in great detail how to deal properly with chronic autoimmune conditions with the power of the Paleo nutritional approach. Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Myers look more closely at this highly misunderstood, but completely treatable set of diseases through changes in diet, environment, and stress levels.

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- Dr. Amy Myers bio
- The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases
- AmyMyersMD.com
- Dr. Amy Myers podcast
- Dr. Myers on Twitter
- Dr. Myers on Facebook
- Dr. Myers on Pinterest
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #692: Dr. Amy Myers Brings A Fresh New Face To Functional Medicine