Dr. Amy Myers, author of The Autoimmune Solution and host of The Autoimmune Summit, returned to the podcast to discuss how toxins and untreated infections contribute to autoimmune conditions.
 
Here's what we talked about: 
 
3:55 – The confusion and frustration of a second-year medical student (Dr. Myers) suffering from the symptoms of an autoimmune thyroid condition.
 
8:30 – How having your thyroid removed can cause mood swings and panic attacks!
 
11:00 – The “healthy diet” that may have contributed to Dr. Myers’s condition … and the dramatic “meaty” changes she had to make.
 
13:20 – It’s not all about gluten and leaky gut! The multifactorial complexity of autoimmune disease.
 
19:43 – What is autoimmune disease anyway? 
 
20:41 – How a flawed medical system contributes to underreported cases of autoimmunity.
 
23:19 – The autoimmune spectrum. Where do you fall?
 
25:15 – The”elevator pitch” version for why you should heal your gut and drop gluten.
 
27:26 – Dr. Myer’s two non-negotiable foods for healing your gut.
 
31:00 – Immunosuppressive drugs: how leaving yourself wide open for an infection can be a major problem with autoimmunity.
 
35:40 – Three theories for how common, everyday toxins may be affecting (or triggering) autoimmune conditions. 
 
41:00 – MAJOR problems with how chemicals and toxins are approved for personal and commercial usage.
 
44:22 – Dr. Myers’s 3 simple strategies for clearing toxins from your air, water, and food.
 
48:52 – How to detox WITHOUT triggering autoimmunity.
 
50:47 – How bacterial infections and viruses trigger autoimmunity. And how to test for them.
 
1:00:39 – Pre-order The Autoimmune Solution and get these free goodies!
 
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