Navigating Autoimmune Health: How Small Lifestyle Changes May Support Your Well-Being with Dr. Elroy Vojdani
The Root Cause Medicine Podcast
Kate Kresge
4.8 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Carrie Jones sits down with Dr. Elroy Vojdani, an expert in autoimmune diseases and author of the book “When Food Bites Back,” to dive deep into the rising prevalence of autoimmune conditions and how lifestyle factors like diet, sleep, and stress management may play a role in supporting overall immune health. You'll hear them discuss: The alarming increase in autoimmune diseases over the past two decades Common autoimmune diseases Environmental triggers of autoimmunity Lab tests for autoimmune disease The importance of diet, sleep, movement, and stress management in addressing autoimmune conditions With a rich background in both scientific research and traditional medicine, Dr. Elroy has dedicated his career to understanding the complexities of autoimmunity, particularly the environmental and genetic factors that contribute to its rise. Dr. Elroy uses his medical training and knowledge, along with state-of-the-art lab testing and scientifically proven methods, to accurately diagnose and develop personalized wellness strategies based on lab testing and functional medicine principles to support overall health and well-being. Order tests through Rupa Health, a resource for functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs. Speak with your healthcare provider to determine which tests may be most appropriate for you - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the root cause medicine podcast. The idea here is that you have this dramatic dysfunction |
| 0:07.2 | of your body in this incredibly important way. And yeah, you can mask it by putting more hormones on |
| 0:14.9 | your skin and getting that into the bloodstream, but you never solved the question of why did this |
| 0:19.6 | happen to you in the first place, |
| 0:21.3 | which means you have no idea what the long-term ramification of that continuous harm to your body is going to be. |
| 0:32.3 | The point of identifying the hormone dysfunction is that's the canary in the coal mine that just died. |
| 0:38.3 | You need to figure out what is going on that caused that and fix it as quickly as possible. |
| 0:43.3 | Hello, hello. I'm your co-host for today, Dr. Carrie Jones, |
| 0:47.3 | and I am thrilled to be speaking with one of my favorite researchers and educators, Dr. Elroy Vosjani. He is an absolute leader |
| 0:56.8 | in functional medicine and a key voice in autoimmune research, which we discussed today at length. |
| 1:03.3 | As the founder of Regenera Medical, he has dedicated his whole practice to uncovering root |
| 1:08.0 | causes of autoimmune diseases with a focus on gut health and diet in |
| 1:13.2 | immune dysfunction. His approach combines cutting-edge research with personalized treatment, |
| 1:18.8 | helping patients like you address chronic symptoms by targeting those hidden autoimmune triggers. |
| 1:24.9 | So if you're struggling with autoimmune or you have questions about causes of autoimmune triggers. So if you're struggling with autoimmune or you have questions about |
| 1:30.1 | causes of autoimmune and what you can do, then listen up. This podcast is for you. Before we get |
| 1:36.4 | started, though, I want to talk to you about something that comes up pretty often on this podcast, |
| 1:41.6 | and that, of course, are supplements. There is a lot of confusion around |
| 1:46.3 | supplements. And you only want to take the best quality that uses top tier certified manufacturers |
| 1:52.1 | and most importantly, do third-party independent testing to make sure what's on the label is in the |
| 1:59.5 | capsule. That's why I've teamed up with new ethics formulations as their chief medical officer. |
| 2:05.5 | The team already had a strong history in the supplement world, |
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