Episode 4 || Root Cause Research on Autoimmune Disease

Ten years and 8 autoimmune/chronic conditions into remission ago (in my Gettysburg address voice) I can tell you there is SO MUCH misinformation when it comes to autoimmune disease. So much that sometimes it makes me so angry with the medical profession. 

Even our medical professionals don’t readily share the truth about your body’s ability to heal because they simply have been taught a different rhetoric. 

Let’s reprogram your rhetoric right here, right now, with the fact- filled research.

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Mirashrafi, S., Hejazi Taghanaki, S. Z., Sarlak, F., Moravejolahkami, A. R., Hojjati Kermani, M. A., & Haratian, M. (2021). Effect of probiotics supplementation on disease progression, depression, general health, and anthropometric measurements in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75(11), e14724. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14724

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