Today on the root cause medicine podcast. It's really addressing just a small portion of the

dysregulation that's in her body. And a lot of these medications that are used for autoimmune

disease then have a whole list of side effects. So then you start chasing the side effects

from these medications. So there's a time and a place for conventional

medicine. I'm not saying, you know, we need to hijack the whole system, but there are chronic diseases

like autoimmune disease where a different approach is really necessary. And there are just too many

people who struggle for too long and are not getting the care they need, and they're frustrated,

and they need answers. They need an approach that makes more sense, that addresses the leaky gut,

that addresses the triggers, and has some of these other solutions that include mostly lifestyle

modulation. Hello, I am your host for today, Dr. Carrie Jones, and I am so excited

to bring to you my friend and esteemed colleague Dr. Sarah Zal Gaffreed. She is a Harvard-trained

MD. She is the director of precision medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

and a best-selling author of several books, including the one we're going

to talk about today, the autoimmune cure. Now, this is a big deal because oftentimes Sarah

talks about women's health and heart health or gut health nutrition, and she's wrapping it

all together to discuss autoimmune. But it's her perspective on autoimmune as it relates to

trauma and triggers, which is not often talked about.

Commonly in conventional medicine, if you show up with an autoimmune disease, let's say Hashimoto's or MS or lupus, rheumatoid arthritis,

they say to you that we don't know why. There's no reason here take this pill.

And it was wonderful to go with Sarah through her book where she talks about potential traumas

and triggers and what you can do about it.

So if you are working through an autoimmune condition or autoimmunity, meaning you've tested

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