Welcome to the Phoenix Helix podcast dedicated to reversing autoimmune disease through the paleo,

diet, and lifestyle. While there is no cure for autoimmune disease, the choices we make every day

can have a powerful impact on how we feel. I'm Eileen Laird, your host from phoenix.com, and I've

reduced my rheumatoid arthritis symptoms by 95% without any steroid or immunosuppressant medication.

A short disclaimer.

I'm neither a doctor nor a nutritionist and the opinions expressed here are personal.

Always consult with your health care team before making medical decisions.

Now let's get on to the show.

Music decisions. Now let's get on to the show. Welcome to our very first episode. The topic is healing stories. When I decided to start a podcast dedicated to reversing autoimmune disease, I wondered how I should begin. And personal

stories of what that looks like, I think makes the most sense because it's hard sometimes to grasp a theory.

You really want to know what difference can it make in my life.

And I know so many people who have reversed their autoimmune disease

that I could have done seriously like 10-hour episode.

I narrowed it down to an hour and I will do more episodes like this in the

future. But today, there's five of us who are going to share what our life looked like when

our autoimmune disease was at its worst, what it looks like now, and what diet and lifestyle

measures made the difference.

So to start off, I thought I would share mine, and my diagnosis is rheumatoid arthritis.

And when I was at my worst, it's hard to talk about because that memory is very strong for

me. Anyway, it was a little over two years ago, and I pretty much lived with excruciating pain every single day.

I woke up feeling like I was 90 years old, every single joint in my body hurt to move.

I would walk like I was elderly.

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