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Elsa Qvarsell • Autoimmune Nutrition
For someone with autoimmune disease, stopping glut For someone with autoimmune disease, stopping gluten, dairy and sugar is a good start but it may not be enough for everyone. There may be other food sensitivities and if you are reacting to gluten, you may also react to foods that cross react with gluten, meaning that they look very similar so your immune system mistakes them for gluten. This includes yeast, oats, millet, rice, corn and casein from milk. Other common sensitivities include soy, eggs, nuts and sometimes nightshades and lectins. I’m a nutritional therapist and an AIP certified coach and I often recommend that people start with an elimination diet like the Autoimmune Protocol if they have an autoimmune condition. The Autoimmune Protocol is a nutrient dense diet which seeks to bring the body back into balance, addressing key problem areas like inflammation, leaky gut, hormone imbalances, blood sugar imbalances, and micronutrient deficiencies which can all contribute to immune system dysregulation. Eliminating all the potential problem foods for a 1-3 months gives you a clean slate to carefully re-introduce foods to, finding a diet which is exactly suited to you. If you don’t feel much better after a couple of months on the AIP, please do seek help to troubleshoot and don’t continue cutting out more and more foods. A comprehensive stool test may be helpful to check for underlying gut infections that needs addressing. There are of course many other pieces to the puzzle of autoimmune disease which can be addressed with a functional medicine approach. If you would like to receive my ebook “How To Stop Attacking Yourself” please comment yes below. #autoimmune #aip #guthealth #autoimmunewarrior #autoimmunehealth #paleo #glutenfree #leakygut #inflammation #dairyfree #sugarfree #allergies
Autoimmunity doesn’t just randomly turn on one d Autoimmunity doesn’t just randomly turn on one day. We know that autoimmunity can be initiated 10-20 years before you start experiencing symptoms. Your body tries to compensate as long as it can to function as well as possible, but when that is not possible anymore, you start to experience symptoms. 1️⃣ The first stage is silent. The autoimmune process has started and you have antibodies against your own tissue but you don’t have any symptoms yet. 2️⃣ In the second stage you have antibodies and symptoms but no diagnosis. 3️⃣ The 3rd stage is diagnosable disease with tissue destruction. 🔸With antibody testing, like the Cyrex Array 5, we can measure predictive autoantibodies to multiple organs in the body and prevent further tissue destruction. I wish that was something that was included in general health checks, and that people were taught about the ways to prevent full blown autoimmune disease. Maybe one day…. If you are interested in Cyrex testing or Nutritional advice please get in touch. #autoimmune #ankylosingspondylitis #ms #rheumatoidarthritis #functionalmedicine #nutrition #health #healthadvice #chronic #chronicillness #nutritionaltherapy
I get so excited, not just when I’m waiting for I get so excited, not just when I’m waiting for my own test results but also every one of my client’s :) Working with autoimmune clients we always want to know what is going on in the gut, as that is where 80% of our immune system is. Stool testing can tell us if there is inflammation in the gut and if there are infections that need to be addressed. We can see if there are parasites or too much of certain unwanted bacteria while too little of other, much needed, bacterial strains. It also tells us about digestion. Are you breaking down your carbs, proteins and fats or do you need digestive support? All incredibly helpful when dealing with autoimmunity and calming down the immune response. Are you interested in finding out about your own gut flora? Get in touch - I offer free discovery calls to chat about your goals how I might be able to help you. Perhaps stool testing is the right way to go for you too? Comment yes below if you are interested and I’ll send you a DM #stooltesting #digestivehealth #autoimmunedisease #autoimmunewellness #functionalmedicine #nutritionaltherapy #guthealth #microbiome #dysbiosis #leakygut #digestion #immunesystem #autoimmunsjukdom #funktionsmedicin #functionalmedicine #poo
Restoring health is a journey. It doesn’t happen Restoring health is a journey. It doesn’t happen over night and there are often many factors to consider. But don’t let that overwhelm you. For me, changing my diet got me about 80% better which felt absolutely amazing. You don’t need to do it all at once. Through various tests I’ve got many clues to what is actually going on in my body and I’ve learnt how to support it to feel my very best, one step at a time. Would you like to receive my FREE Ebook ‘How to Stop Attacking Yourself -an 8 step plan to feeling better with autoimmune disease’ ? Comment YES below and I’ll send you a link #ankylosingspondylitis #autoimmune #autoimmunsjukdom #bechterew #bechterewssjukdom #autoimmunehealth #hashimotos #arthritis #guthealth #autoimmunewarrior
#nutrition #autoimmune #ankylosingspondylitis #nut #nutrition #autoimmune #ankylosingspondylitis #nutritionaltherapy #hashimotos #autoimmunsjukdom #näringsterapi #hälsaochfitness
Conventional medicine seeks to treat the symptoms Conventional medicine seeks to treat the symptoms of chronic illness, not resolve the underlying cause. When I first got diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis I took the anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) for a few years on and off and they worked ok for a while, until they didn’t. I was booked in to talk to my doctor about trying Humira, an immunosuppressant drug, but as I was researching it and waiting for my appointment I also started researching other ways of dealing with the pain. That’s when I came across Terry Wahls Ted talk ‘Minding Your Mitochondria’ and discovered Functional Medicine. Functional medicine is a science-based approach that looks at the function of all of the body’s systems and how they interact with one another rather than naming a disease and giving a pill.  Conventional medicine is amazing for acute care but it doesn’t work as well for chronic illness because it doesn’t recognise the common root causes of these conditions - intestinal permeability (leaky gut), bacterial & yeast overgrowths, SIBO etc. Functional medicine does, it understands that the true problem lies with your immune system and not the particular organs under attack.  While genetics do play a part, environment, diet, and lifestyle counts for 70-75% of the root cause of chronic illness. Now that’s empowering! These are factors that you have the ability to address to quiet down your symptoms and feel so much better. If you would like to receive my ebook “How To Stop Attacking Yourself” please comment yes below. #autoimmune #ankylosingspondylitis #hashimotosdisease #chronicillness #aip #guthealth #glutenfree #autoimmunewarrior #healthylifestyle #paleo
These kind of emails make my day! If you would lik These kind of emails make my day! If you would like to find out if nutritional therapy is right for you, book in a free discovery call. Link in bio. #guthealth #glutenfree #autoimmune #functionalmedicine #parasites #leakygut #thyroidhealth
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