PSORIASIS ENERGETIC AND EMOTIONAL PATTERNS / Today we are talking about the energetic and emotional patterns that lead to Psoriasis and psoriasis flares.  Often one of the root causes of psoriasis is a repetitive emotional or energetic pattern that isn’t cleared from the body.

Our emotions are powerful energies in the body serve a functional purpose - they are designed to instigate an action - think of fear - it's designed to initiate an action - get to safety. Anger - initiate action - offense.

When that happens - any emotion - sends varying levels of messengers all over the body to initiate action - only now it's very unusual for that action to be required - so we hold onto it it stays in our body.

Tune in to uncover what the common patterns are and stay until the end to see what you can do TODAY to start shifting those patterns and clearing the body.

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Psoriasis Energetic and Emotional Patterns

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Psoriasis Energetic and Emotional Patterns (and clearing them)

Hey friends, I’m Audrey Christie, holistic wellness practitioner and I have helped 100s of women get free and clear of psoriasis and find relief and remission from their autoimmune disease.

Today we are talking about the energies and emotional patterns that lead to psoriasis and psoriasis flares.

Psoriasis is one of those autoimmune diseases that is often visible on the outside. If you are unfamiliar with the disease process it is a type of autoimmune disease that causes skin cells called keratinocytes to overproduce new skin cells. When this happens you get rough, scaly, dry patches on the skin which can pop up almost anywhere on the body they can become increasingly inflammed and even infected. It’s often undiagnosed for years and even misdiagnosed.

The process itself is an inflammatory process, like most autoimmune conditions where the immune system secretes proteins that confuse the keratinocytes into overproducing skin cells.

Psoriasis is much more than a rash - It involves fatigue and low energy and often joint pain and achiness and generalized pain and itchiness all over the body.

Repetitive Energetic or Emotional Patterns

One of the common root causes is a repetitive emotional or energetic pattern.

Emotions are powerful energies - they serve many purposes but physically in the body they initiate action. They initiate physical action - or try to anyways but behind the scenes, internally they initiate a flood or wave of messengers in the body - the strength of the emotion determines the strength or amount of the messengers. In my Free and clear Method we work through identifying and clearing these emotional and energtic blockages to avoid psoriaiss flares and find that long term remission.

Let’s think about some common emotions, such a fear - what action is fear trying to instigate?

Or anger - what could be an action that anger is trying to instigate - self-defense? Flee? Sometimes its the same as fear - offense

It works with positive energies and emotions too - any energy Or emotion create a physical response at the cellular level thes...

PSORIASIS DIET / Step away from the search engine. (Unless you used it to find me ;) LOL) Honestly, if you search for psoriasis diets on the interwebs it will pull up 100s of foods you should avoid - and it's EASY to feel like you can't eat anything but air. Not to worry, I am here to give you the truth about the psoriasis diet, what the big triggers I see in my practice (and the research tells us), what you should be adding to your plate, and why it is different for all people with psoriasis (eczema, dermatitis, etc) too, and the truth about celery juice. As you have likely heard me say over and over again - Psoriasis is NOT a disease of the skin - or even solely of the immune system. These are symptoms of psoriasis with MANY different root causes. Let's look at how you might remedy this.

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Psoriasis Diet

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Psoriasis Diet and Getting Free and Clear

Today I am helping you understand what is really happening with psoriasis and what your options are on your way to finding real relief and remissio

We have been doing some work in the realm of psoriasis for the past couple of weeks and today we're going to talk about the psoriasis diet. If you have been hanging aroung long then you know that generally when  I talk about a diet I don't just mean "diet" by the food that you taken generally. This time we are literally talking about the food that you put into your body.

As we have been mentioning, Psoriasis is one of those autoimmune diseases that is often visible on the outside. If you are unfamiliar with the disease process it is a type of autoimmune disease that causes skin cells called keratinocytes to overproduce new skin cells. When this happens you get rough, scaly, dry patches on the skin which can pop up almost anywhere on the body they can become increasingly inflammed and even infected. The process itself is an inflammatory process, like most autoimmune conditions where the immune system secretes proteins which confuse the keratinocytes into overproducing skin cells.

What most people don’t understand is that psoriaiss is much more than a rash - It involves fatigue and low energy and often joint pain and achiness and generalized pain and itchiness all over the body. Another thing mini don't recognize is that a lot of times psoriasis either starts as or is misdiagnosed as seborrheic dermatitis, eczema, or of unknown etiology or unknown rashes. And oftentimes a conventional pediatrician or a conventional medicine doctor will not apply the label of psoriasis for many many visits and complaints. It said the average time to reach a diagnosis is about five years. Personally we have experienced that to be true as well.

The interesting part about all of that is that the label is just a label for a symptom psoriasis the skin issues even the energy and pain related issues are simply symptoms of a root cause or problem. So having a diagnosis is really not important unless you're seeking out conventional medical treatment. Now I encourage you to do your research on any conventional medical treatment offered as such it's treating the diagnosis it's treating the symptom it's treating the skin or the immune system and not the cause for the issue.

PSORIASIS / Today we are starting my multipart group of posts on psoriasis - starting today with the common triggers for psoriasis and what is happening in the body. I am also touching on eczema and how often untreated (or only treated conventionally) eczema eventually morphs into psoriasis or other autoimmune conditions. Tune in for the first step on the road to relief and remission from psoriasis.

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Psoriasis Triggers

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Psoriasis Triggers

Psoriasis is one of those autoimmune diseases that is often visible on the outside. If you are unfamiliar with the disease process it is a type of autoimmune disease that causes skin cells called keratinocytes to overproduce new skin cells. When this happens you get rough, scaly, dry patches on the skin which can pop up almost anywhere on the body. The process itself is an inflammatory process, like most autoimmune conditions where the immune system secretes proteins which confuse the keratinocytes into overproducing skin cells.

Common Causes of Psoriasis

Psoriasis at it’s root is often driven by or triggered by a bacterial infection and leaky gut. We are learning more and more about lab markers and indicators for this. Specifically, increased lipopolysaccharides - LPS for short. LPS is found in the cell wall of specific bacteria and is exacerbated by the leaky gut aspect of gluten and dairy primarily.

But don’t let this explanation fool you, each and every case as at minimum has a unique aspect to the root cause if not a complete unique root cause itself. This is just some commonality for you to understand the origins of psoriasis overall, autoimmune triggers, including those for psoriasis are always multifacted.

Some of those triggers commonly include:

1. Leaky gut - usually in combination with bacterial overgrowth, candida, a parasite or sometimes just insufficient good guys in the gut bacteria. This is typically caused by medications (antibiotics, NSAIDS, antacids), toxins, stress, food choices, vitamin D levels and of course there can be a whole host of other factors.

2. Food sensitivities - food triggers are very very often involved in psoriasis activation and exacerbation. Most common are gluten and dairy and I see a fair amount of eggs and sugar triggers here too.

3. Build up of Toxins caused by either recurring or ongoing exposure to toxins or poor detoxification pathways.

4. Stress - ongoing, chronic, or significant short term stress can trigger psoriasis via activating the immune system. This stress could be mental or physical, so it for example could be anxiety about surgery or the surgery itself that stresses the body. It can even be a mental self-rejection, where the body demonstrates the negative beliefs of the heart or mind similar to what I discussed in the heart episode (episode 041.

5. Specific nutrient deficiencies like vitamin d, zinc, copper, vitamin a, folate driven by a number of factors.

6. Hormonal fluctuations caused by stress or other life stages, adolescent puberty, menopause, etc.

Conventional Medical Treatments and Modern Medicine for Psoriasis

Anytime I talk about conventional or modern medicine - I feel it is important to repeat I feel like this that I do feel that modern medicine is a gift, for acute issues and to even triage some chronic issues,

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DIAGNOSIS / Rheumatoid arthritis is not a disease of the joints. I know you think I'm nuts already - but stick with me. In this episode, we are talking rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis AND finding RAPID RELIEF as well as LONG TERM REMISSION.

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Today we are talking about the rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis. It’s pretty big business, right? Last I checked upwards of a few million adults are in an active Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis at any given time. What is rheumatoid, including how do we get to a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis? The most common question about RA - What can I do about my rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid Arthritis

This is a painful and debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the joints (and skin and energy levels too)! Usually, it shows up with pain, swelling, stiffness, and even some limitation in mobility or movement of the joints. Often times people with rheumatoid, like other autoimmune conditions see flare-ups where symptoms are worse and then periods when they are feeling better (even if it is slightly).

Symptoms include swelling and pain in the joints that lasts for six or more weeks. It can show up in any joint, but most commonly starts in the hands, feet, ankles, and wrists. Sometimes the joints are warm and red too. Often this happens in a pattern that is symmetrical - so both hands for example or the second knuckle on the third finger in both hands. Usually, these signs are accompanied by mood swings, fatigue, muscle aches, even loss of appetite or a low-grade fever.

Getting to a Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis

Rheumatoid arthritis, like other autoimmune diseases, is special because it is diagnosed by a set of symptoms - there isn’t a blood test where you can look and say “yep - your RA test came back positive” usually there are a combination of signs, symptoms, and lab results that indicate you may have the dynamic and when you do (it usually takes 3-5 years of issues) they slap an autoimmune diagnosis label on you.

It’s really important for you to know, that Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis is just a label for the downstream effect of an upstream issue.

Conventional Treatment for RA

Once you have your new fancy label of Rheumatoid Arthritis, usually you are set off on a path of anti-inflammatory medications and steroids to control your symptoms. And it may control your symptoms for a period of time. But there are some really nasty side effects to using those medications long term - like the development of secondary or even more autoimmune disease.

Untreated rheumatoid arthritis or RA that is only treated via conventional bandaid methods without addressing the root cause, usually leads to at minimum a poly-autoimmunity situation where you start stacking autoimmune conditions. Other complications include higher risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney problems, headache, enlarged spleen, weak immune systems, nodules, vision problems, oral infections...

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE DIET / We can argue to the cows come home about whether the best autoimmune disease diet! Which one is best or worst or which one works...is it vegan? paleo? anti-inflammatory?

Today we are talking about the facts - what we do know about how to find relief and remission nutritionally and what we don't. Which one is best for autoimmune disease?

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Autoimmune Disease Diet

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AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE DIET

We can argue to the cows come home about whether the best autoimmune disease diet! Which one is best or worst which one works - stay tuned because we are going to sort out the truths about the best autoimmune disease diet.

Today we are talking about autoimmune disease diet. What is best? How do you know? Is a paleo diet best? or a ketogenic diet? or a vegan diet? or basic anti-inflammatory diet?

I got some news for you, the answer is - YES. There is a bio-individuality that could make any of those true for someone out there, but none of them are true for everyone.

That’s why you will hear people say, "Paleo diet cured my arthritis!" Others will shout from the rooftops that the paleo diet didn’t help them at all - and still others say that the paleo diet made them worse.

That darn bio-individuality, right? Messing up all the fad diets.

We can make some really educated connections when we talk about each of the autoimmune diseases coming up but specifically for autoimmune disease diet info in general, let's talk about what we know - and then what you might consider too.

Lifestyle Treatment for Autoimmune Disease

Before we jump into food a la autoimmune diet and nutrition information - I want to make a quick pit stop in lifestyle treatment. Nutrition is about one third of the issue needing to be addressed here. The other ⅔ is lifestyle. Without diving deep those critical lifestyle aspects include sleep, stress, toxic load (people, patterns, or products), movement.

Those makeup 2/3s of the issues of autoimmune disease! Crazy right? Now that we have that all cleared up, let's dive in.

Autoimmune Disease Diet

Here’s what we know FOR SURE…in order to find relief and remission we must optimize digestion or how your food is broken down inside your body, assimilation of nutrients or what your body does with the food you eat), and elimination of the things that your body can’t put to use.

Why is Nutrition so Important for Autoimmune Disease

The way you go about this is a little different for everyone. We do know that a few things non-negotiably have to go, and nutrition wise we are going to talk about them here.

Gluten

Gluten is a group of proteins that is found in grains. It makes up 75-85% of the protein content in wheat but is also found in related wheat species and hybrids, such as spelt, einkorn, barley, rye, and oats to name a few as well as products derived from these grains such as bread and malts.

These days, with modern food manufacturing, you can bet that many things, even things that shouldn’t have gluten in them do. Unless they are specifically labeled as “gluten-free”. This includes many shampoos, conditioners, topical products, and well as food! (Hint: it's a cheap way to thicken products.)

WHAT CAUSES AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE | Last week I busted some myths about autoimmune disease and this week we are talking about the triggers or what causes autoimmune disease to happen. It's a 3 part recipe. And of course, we are also talking about what to do about it!

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Side Effects of Antacids https://youtu.be/veUqw5U_OlU

Autoimmune Disease Myth Busting https://youtu.be/wAfS-SNQtFM

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What causes autoimmune disease?

Autoimmune Disease TriggersWhat Causes Autoimmune Disease Transcript

Today we're talking about what causes autoimmune disease. Last week I shared with you, sort of a startling statistic really that autoimmune disease has now exceeded the 10th leading cause of death and women under the age of 65. Like the nice friend I am, I'm also bringing you some more stats today, there are over, 50, million confirmed cases of autoimmune disease in the US alone.

Looking around at the people around you and the people you're maybe sitting in traffic passing in your car even think of the homes in your neighborhood the people around you. One out of every six of those people has an official official diagnosis of at least one autoimmune disease. Many people are walking around with autoimmune diseases that are undiagnosed, they just haven't had somebody put together their symptoms.

Supringly, even with all those 15 million confirmed cases, it takes an average of 10 doctors appointments before an autoimmune disease is even suspected, and about an average of five years before a diagnosis is reached, and I can say that that has been accurate in my own experience, both with clients and with, you know, my own daughter having a confirmed autoimmune disease diagnosis as well.

It's really difficult to lay down a particular cause for any autoimmune disease specifically. In the coming weeks, I will get a little more specific as we go through each autoimmune disease and causes and remedies and health for each one of those diseases individually.

If you've been to one of my classes, or even been a client or listen to the podcast before then, you already know that there is no singular root cause for autoimmune disease just like there's no singular root on a tree. Trees have lots of roots that lead to their ultimately healthy or unhealthy existence.

Everyone's root cause is special, it's unique to them it's your very own, and even if you have the same exact diagnosis as someone else. You both have psoriasis or you both have rheumatoid arthritis. You both have some sort of thyroid autoimmune thyroid condition you both have type one diabetes, you landed there for different reasons different routes lead to the development of that disease.

That's why, for example, you have people that rave that you know the Paleo Diet cured my rheumatoid arthritis and others that say man I tried the Paleo diet and it didn't help me at all, and still others that say, I tried paleo diet, and it made my rheumatoid arthritis worse. Now part of that, of course, is because everyone is unique. And part of that reason is because, nutrition, only plays one part in autoimmune disease. Now it's a super important part, don't get me wrong,

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE / I have really good news for you. Autoimmune disease is NOT some scary freak out of your body where it begins attacking itself - nope - there is a cause, a trigger if you will. AND even better, where there is a trigger, there is relief.

Today we are talking about what autoimmune disease IS and IS NOT and we are busting some myths about autoimmune conditions.

Let me know in the comments below - are you suffering from an autoimmune disease?

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Autoimmune Disease: Myth Busting

Antacids, SSRI, Diuretics, Metformin

We are diving into the topic we have been building towards for a couple of weeks now, autoimmune disease.

Did you know that autoimmune disease has now exceeded the 10th leading cause of death in women under the age of 65? Yeah, so tune in, this is important. This is NOT something that gets you when you get old and even though there are some countries with better statistics than the US - this is not just a problem here stateside. It’s also a growing source of chronic disease world-wide.

Today we will be talking about what autoimmune disease is not, what it is, and some of the why it happens. In this blog/podcast we will not be focusing on nutrition, because there is so much more to it than that, we really have to have a solid foundation in place before you can make nutritional changes last.

What Autoimmune Disease Is NOT

Before we talk about what autoimmune disease is, let’s talk a little bit about what autoimmune disease is NOT. You may have heard that it is a disease that comes out of nowhere, and the body just starts attacking itself.

Let’s bust that myth, because it really is a myth. I think this myth stemmed from and oversimplification of what is actually happening. Then it changed and morphed into this scary urban legend where the urban myth is that autoimmune disease just sneak attacks you without warning or cause. It's kind of like the telephone game, right?

This goes hand in hand with another myth I’d like to bust. The image that if  you suffer from an autoimmune condition your body is weak and vulnerable. Also sometimes viewed as having an autoimmune disease is evidence of a weak body. It's simply not true.

The body is strong, resilient, with incredible anatomy physiological mechanisms, and even a little magic too. It’s a brilliant machine, breathed to life with that magical Soul of yours.

Framing your body as weak because you suffer from an autoimmune disease deeply affects your mindset. We know, science demonstrates to us, our mindset and attitude about our ability to heal, the strength of our body is very important in actually being able to heal our body.

I’m here to tell you, and for you to tell and share with others - that the body is not weak and you do not get an autoimmune disease by the body just suddenly going all wack-a-doo and sending the immune system off to attack random body parts.

So if you are suffering from an autoimmune disease you NOW know your body is strong .

The good news, like REALLY good news about these disease processes not being a randomness or weak bodied thing, is that where there is a cause there is a path way to heal.

In this episode, you will learn about the consequences or side effects of common medications such as antacids, diuretics, SSRIs. Resources mentioned in this episode:

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Consequences of Common Medications Part 2

Antacids, SSRI, Diuretics, Metformin

As I mentioned in the last episode, everything we do, say, think, has a consequence of some sort right? The medications we take, both over-the-counter and prescription are no different. I want you to know and understand some of the implications or consequences of taking medications long-term. Some of them even have consequences in the short term

This is Part 2, focusing on proton pump inhibitors and antacids (like TUMS, Prilosec, Nexium and the like), SSRIs, Diuretics, and Metformin.

I believe with all things - informed consent is critical. Meaning it is important for you to understand the common links where a medication, prescribed or over the counter may be a true root cause of a downstream disease or be the spark that started a long term or chronic disease process or even a secondary disease. And that’s why we are spending 2 episodes on some of the most common ones. It may surprise you, but I actually frequently build plans around medications if getting off of them isn’t possible or priority.

In short my goal here to inform you, help you connect some dots, and maybe even spark a question that leads you to shift towards wellness.

Proton Pump Inhibitors and Antacids

If you are on these medications you will enjoy this deep dive video:

Did you know that the daily use of an antacid or proton pump inhibitor frequently shows up as a root cause of disease? And yet, I meet people every day that have used either over-the-counter or prescription Antacids and PPIs for decades. Courtesy of the marketing that is used for these medications, marketing to both physicians and the public, it's widely believed that acid reflux is caused by too much stomach acid. That is simply false - there isn’t an iota of truth to it.

People tend to use these particular drugs like wet naps right? It goes something like, “I’m having this super delish and rich BBQ, let me grab a wet nap and a TUMS because I know I am gonna be messy and I know I’m going to have heartburn.” It’s baked into our thinking and our habits. We think we have to take this little med to stop the feedback that our body isn’t enjoying the food that we are. It’s our body saying - “hey somethings not right!”

And while when those symptoms are masked and ignored, the body is prevented from thriving and is set up for a more intense and serious problem.

The way TUMS and proton pump inhibitors work is not complicated at all. Proton pump inhibitors work by a very simple mechanism that stops the acid pumps in the stomach from producing more acid. Antacids reduce the effect of the acid - both make the contents of the gastric cavity less acidic, higher pH. So when it bubbles up into the esophagus, it doesn't hurt as much if at all.

In a more alkaline environment, the digestive enzyme Pepsin that is found in the stomach is not able to have as erosive of an effect on the lower esophageal sphincter and in the esophagus itself. So when we neutralize or lower the stomach acid, you are completing hosing your digestion.

Our human suits were designed to have nice, strong acidic gastric juices because it's necessary to completely digest our food into critical amino acids that we need to run our body. With ongoing use of proton pump inhibitors, antacids, and the like, people become vulnerable to many different deficienci...

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Consequences of Common Medications

Everything we do, say, think, has a consequence of some sort right? The medications we take, both over-the-counter and prescription are no different. I want you to know and understand some of the implications or consequences of common medications when long-term. Some are even consequences of common medications in the short term

There is so much information out there, I decided to break this up into 2 parts. And even in these 2 parts, we are only talking about a handful of medications and a consequence or 2 for each. I selected these based on the ones I see most often in my virtual and in-person practice. This week we are talking about NSAIDs like Advil and Aleve, Birth Control Pills, and Prednisone. Next week we will touch on Proton Pump Inhibitors and Antacids (like TUMS, Prilosec, Nexium and the like), SSRIs, and Metformin.

As a practitioner that doesn’t use medications in my practice but also take a “yes and” approach to wellness, I want to preface this information by saying: This is not meant to shame you for taking meds or even your provider for prescribing them. Medication can be a wonderful blessing in life-threatening, urgent, acute, and triage situations. Sometimes medications can even be necessary for longer-term situations, but by in large medications are taken or prescribed without full informed consent. Meaning the risks or the unintended complications and even the alternatives are either not fully understood by the patient or provider or they are never disclosed.

It may surprise you, but I actually frequently build plans around medications if getting off of them isn’t possible or priority.

In short my goal here to inform you of the consequences of these common medications, help you connect some dots, and maybe even spark a question that leads you to shift towards wellness. Let’s dive in.

Non-steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (Advil, Aleve, Ibuprofen, etc)

The very first one, you may have seen information from me about this class of medications before, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Sure you can get prescription versions of this, but by in large I am talking about the regular old over the counter painkillers. You know the kind you get at the grocery store or pharmacy.

It's kind of funny how pain is treated, especially here in the U.S. and in our healthcare system. It’s not honored like it is in other cultures. Pain is a very important signal from the body that something is not right, something needs to change. It’s a wake-up call if you will. I’m not talking about severely debilitating pain, but I am referring to a mild to moderate pain - it's a really important signal that lets us know there is an imbalance in the body.

Unfortunately, we are heavily marketed by pharmaceutical companies that pain must be stopped or never felt in the first place by taking all of these medications to help it, but at what cost?

Adding a layer of danger to these medications, really it just kills me, is that because they are over the counter, people assume that they gotta be 100% safe. People just take the max dose whenever they want, and they give it to their kids whenever there is a slight ache or pain. Sometimes

people use them on a daily basis before the pain even starts, to prevent pain.

I can’t tell you the number of people that come through my practice that will tell me “oh I garden” or “oh I workout” or “oh I play golf and I don’t wan...

I can’t believe it is back to school wellness time already! In just a handful of weeks, students everywhere will be returning to school, and for many kiddos and parents this means back to picking up all the viruses and bugs from their fellow students. Resources for today's post:

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Back to School Wellness

I can't believe it is back to school wellness time again! Did you know that the average family gets an average of 10-12 viral infections per year? Many families I know get sick more often than that - because 1 person gets a viral or bacterial infection and then it spreads to the other 3+ members. Geeeez! You definitely don't want to be average in this case! I can’t imagine having one or all four of our family members sick EVERY. Single. Month. Constant acute infection, whether viral or bacterial, is a big red flag that you need a wellness intervention, STAT!

How can I keep my family well? 

There are many questions that circulate my practice as the school year gets started and we head into the fall and winter, “how can I keep from getting sick this winter?” or “what supplements should I take when I have a cold/virus/bacterial infection?” or “what natural remedy can I give myself/my kid/my partner for their illness?”

I totally understand life and wellness are a balancing act. We are constantly testing the line with just what can I get away with and remain healthy, its human nature. When it comes to your family’s wellness and avoiding begin the “average” family may take a little forethought.

A good offense, especially when it is back-to-school time is always the best defense. And NOW is the time to start getting things on track so that you can beat all the bugs that will be going around when school starts soon.

Here are a few simple and sustainable solutions that if you implement now - will be a habit by the time school gets here:

Eat for your immune system.

Hippocrates famously said, “Make food thy medicine and medicine thy food.” When I am bombarded with the questions about “What can I take for ______?” it always starts with the nutrition that you put in your body daily. Sure you can take some herbal remedies but what if you didn’t have to feel crappy to begin with? THAT starts with your nutrition.

Every illness, whether it is chronic or acute, bacterial or viral, starts and ends with inflammation. That is why I preach about eating as anti-inflammatory as possible, and it's one of the reasons I host seasonal online detoxes (for the entire family). It’s not some diet culture stuffs - its because I want to show you and your family that food that is good for you tastes good. AND food that is good for you doesn’t have to be hard to make or cost-prohibitive! Here are a few simple tips to adjust your family’s nutrition towards non-inflammatory:

Eat 5-8 Servings of brightly colored vegetables and fruits a day. There is no substitute or quick fix for this. No pill or powder or potion or juice that makes up for eating 5-8 servings of whole plant foods each day. Be sure to go organic whenever it is possible to. Sure, sometimes organic can be cost-prohibitive, but just as true, is that often, organic food isn’t cost-prohibitive and even it can be a savings.

Thanks to the Environmental Working Group’s website for putting out the “Dirty Dozen” list and the “Clean 15” list. These lists detail the 12 produce items you should avoid if they aren’t organic, as well as the 15 items that are a-okay to save money on by buying conventionally. You can print it out and use it while shopping.