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Although it is hard to do when we are in pain, it is essential to MOVE your body. Moving allows our muscles to flush out the toxic compounds that are keeping us sick. Start with just 5 minutes a day! Length of time isn't important, what's important is that you start somewhere.

It can almost be assumed that patients who have an autoimmune disease have leaky gut. Therefore they are more predisposed to SIBO, or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Find out if SIBO could be perpetuating your symptoms.

Knowing what stage of Lupus you are currently in will help determine exactly what your body needs to heal.

Chronic inflammation can lead to numerous diseases, including Lupus and other autoimmune conditions. Discover how inflammation develops in your body and what you can do to reduce it, ultimately reducing your symptoms and reversing your disease.

In order for you to reverse your disease, you have to believe it is possible to do so. Listen as Dr. Connie discusses what it took to heal her Lupus.

Hair loss is a typical symptom of Lupus and often one of the most difficult to deal with. But there are solutions! Dr. Connie discusses what she did to grow her hair back when she had alopecia at her beginning stages of Lupus.

Mushrooms have been used for healing throughout the centuries. Simply cooking with mushrooms or incorporating mushrooms supplements in your diet can have great impacts on your health! Listen as Dr. Connie discusses these impacts.

Healing is a mindset. If you believe you can take control of your Lupus, then you can. If you don't believe you can, then you can't. What's your mindset?

In order to fully take control of your health, you have to learn to think a little differently. Learn about what Dr. Connie has to say about mindset and nonconformity.

Many Lupus and other autoimmune or chronic disease patients rely solely on medications for their health. While medications can reduce the symptoms you may be experiencing, there are many unintended side effects that can occur. Fortunately there are herbals and nutraceuticals that target the same metabolic pathways as medications, but are much more gentle on the body.

Time for another Lupus Q&A Friday! Dr. Connie answers your most commonly asked questions regarding Lupus. This week's episode features questions on Benlysta infusions, remission, different names for Lupus, the effect of stress on Lupus, supplements, and Prednisone.

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, is very common today. If you experience GI issues such as cramping, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, etc. on a regular basis, you may just have SIBO. Learn about SIBO and the Alkaline Solution for treating SIBO.

There is a major flaw in the Conventional Medical System today, in which a pill is prescribed for every symptoms instead of looking to what the root cause of those symptoms may be.

This week Dr. Connie answers questions regarding appropriate protein intake for Lupus patients, what to do to manage pain from flares, and Lupus test results.

Most of us know we should be taking probiotics everyday. But why? What role do probiotics play in our gut health and overall health? Dr. Connie discusses everything there is to know about probiotics!

In this Q&A session, Dr. Connie discusses how to keep your kidneys healthy, paleo vs keto diets, how to increase energy, and the importance of healing leaky gut.

Living day to day with Lupus can be challenging at times. Parenting is challenging in general, but when dealing with Lupus, it can be even harder. Dr. Connie gives advice on how to parent while living with Lupus.

Achieving health isn't an easy task. Dr. Connie discusses her journey from sickness to health and what she did along the way.

Dr. Connie answers questions on what to eat to control Lupus symptoms, how to reduce swelling, and how acupuncture can help with pain.

Sarcopenia, which is age related muscle loss, can potentially be detrimental because muscle mass is essential for optimal health. Learn more about sarcopenia and how to lower your risk.

Throughout history, mushroom have been used as medicine to treat various diseases. Learn about the healing and disease reversing powers of various mushrooms!

Celery juice is all the rage these days! Are the claimed health benefits of drinking celery juice true? Listen as Dr. Connie explains how celery juice could play a part in reversing your symptoms or disease.

Everyone these days is talking about keto diets. Are they really beneficial, and if so, what are the benefits? Listen as Dr. Connie gives her take on the keto diet.

In this Lupus Q&A session, Dr. Connie answers questions regarding borage oil and it's effects on Lupus patients, alternative methods to treating Lupus, healing leaky gut, implications of triple arthrodesis foot surgery, and using curcumin to lower sed rate.

The organ most sensitive to toxic exposure in our air, food, and water happens to be the thyroid, which explains why about 25% of the world's population has thyroid problems. Learn all about the 2 types of thyroid imbalance and how you can treat it.

There are many benefits to fasting. Yet fasting, in which you do not consume anything except water, can be very hard for most people. A new discovery known as a fasting mimicking diet allows you to eat real foods but experience the benefits of fasting.

Correct posture is essential for good health and provides numerous benefits to the body. Looking to transform your posture?

Another Q&A episode where Dr. Connie answers your questions concerning Lupus! This week's episode addresses questions on Sjogren's Syndrome, Getting a Diagnosis, Amino Acids

Naltrexone, which is typically used in large doses for opiate and alcohol addiction, has been proven to have many benefits in those with Lupus and other autoimmune diseases in small doses.

Conventional medical doctors today are overprescribing medications. 50-75% of medications are unnecessary and inappropriate. Discover the implications these medications can have on your health and various alternatives you can take to treat an infection.

This week Dr. Connie discusses how to treat insomnia and hives and the implications of using Benlysta.

Most people are very cautious when it comes to sun exposure. We know too much time in the sun can increase the risk of premature aging and skin cancer. But some sun exposure is necessary for Vitamin D synthesis, which is a vitamin most people are deficient in. Tune in as Dr. Connie discusses sun exposure and its effects on our health.

Many of you have symptoms all over the spectrum, from migraines, fatigue, gut discomfort, to high or low blood pressure and heart rate issues. It's hard to know what the root cause is. In this episode Dr. Connie explains the connection between histamine intolerance-leaky gut-SIBO that contributes to symptoms of Lupus. So the take home message? Start with the gut and start with the elimination diet.

In this week's Lupus Q&A, Dr. Connie answers lots of questions, including questions about the elimination diet, fatigue, hair loss, methotrexate, oils and herbals, and fibromyalgia.

Navigating the online space, we all know that there are so much of compounding information out there that is inherently contradictory. Today, I'd like to provide you with hope, and my goal is not to speak with you but rather share my experiences and learnings to empower and challenge you to make progress together.

The inflammation that we have is ultimately set off by our leaky gut and microbiome imbalance. I want to talk to you a bit about inflammation today as it is relates to metabolism and weight gain.

In this week's Lupus Q&A, Dr. Connie discusses what intermittent fasting is and its benefits, along with what you should do when your hormones are causing flares or flare like symptoms.

Our genes are the deck of cards we are dealt with when we are born. But it is our lifestyle and environment that determine whether those genes will develop health or disease. Dr. Connie discusses a new way to think about disease.

Early in my life as a Lupus patient, I've had to learn how to manage my disease in a way where I felt comfortable that it was under my control. But time and time again through scary threats to my health, Lupus has reminded me just how fragile my life was.

In this Lupus Q&A session, Dr. Connie discusses how to relieve body aches, Vitamin K interactions, and implications of pulmonary fibrosis.

Mental fitness refers to having an agile and bright brain that allows you to apply yourself with greater ease, less stress, and with minimal resistance. Work on incorporating these tips everyday and you'll find that your brain feels younger and you'll experience less brain fog.

Having perspective in the medical system and understanding its limits motivates us to create our health. Things can go south very fast for us lupus patients and we need medical intervention to keep us from devastating effects of lupus. But it's in our best interest to constantly build health by taking responsibility for ourselves.

In this Q&A session, Dr. Connie discusses how to reduce melasma, which is darkening on the skin on the face, receiving a Lupus diagnosis, how to fight fatigue, and lupus diet for vegans.

With numerous types of diets out there today, how do you know which one you should follow and which one is right for you? Dr. Connie gives her take on diets this week.

Learn about the issues that surround conventional laboratory testing and why these tests don't help in preventative care.

In this week's Lupus Q&A, Dr. Connie discusses the benefits of taking turmeric/curcumin for inflammation, which vitamins to take while on Benlysta, and Omnacortil tablets.

Physical therapists tend to focus only on muscle integrity, while dietitians tend to focus only on diet and food's impact on the body. But as a whole, complete being, for optimal health we must focus on both.

In 2017, the FDA enacted rules banning the use of human antibiotics purely for growth in animals. But due to loopholes, there still may be antibiotics in conventional meats today which can affect our microbiome and potentially cause disease. Listen as Dr. Connie discusses beef rankings.

This week Dr. Connie answers questions regarding the type of probiotics you should take, the lupus gut healing diet, low dose naltrexone, and how to control PMS.

Autoimmune disease is on the rise today. Learn why this is the case and what you can do to reverse your symptoms before they turn into a full fledged disease.