WHY AUTOIMMUNITY IS ON THE RISE - root cause solutions + a refreshing take on both physical and emotional contributors with "Hashimoto's Healer" Marc Ryan
What's The Juice
Olivia Amitrano
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2022
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Ep 64. Autoimmune disease, including Hashimoto's, seems to be on the rise these days. Why are autoimmune issues so common, what factors influence their development, and—most importantly—how can we best support our bodies on a root cause level?
Here to help us answer those questions is Marc Ryan, also known as "Hashimoto's Healer," a licensed acupuncturist & herbalist, author of two books on Hashimoto's, and functional medicine expert.
Marc is going to break down:
- the best diet for autoimmune disease (especially thyroid conditions)
- the true root causes of autoimmune imbalances from a functional medicine perspective
- Traditional Chinese Medicine's (TCM) take on what organs and meridians are affected, and how to help
- why each gland in the body (pineal, pituitary, thyroid) has an emotional and spiritual aspect relating to everything from feeling like we're part of a community, to speaking our truth, to having a deep sense of purpose
- why TCM's pattern of "Liver Qi Stagnation" is important to understand with all autoimmune disease (and how the sun actually supports our liver meridian)
- why circadian rhythm is important for autoimmunity and the liver
- how to keep a food journal to understand what foods may be triggering imbalances in your gut microbiome (and why noting emotional reactions like feeling down after certain foods or tension in your jaw is just as important as physical reactions)
- why social connection plays a major role in thyroid and all autoimmune disorders
- why being a part of the cycle of your food (soil->plate->compost), instead of being disconnected from its origin, matters for your gut health just as much as what you eat
I love this episode because Marc is so knowledgeable about the tangible things we can do in terms of diet, gut health, and reducing inflammation -- and yet he isn't afraid to get a little spiritual and explore the intangible things that drain the human spirit and end up manifesting physically. Let's get juicy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my podcast friends. For those of you who love when we go off about traditional Chinese medicine and when we blend that world of traditional herbalism with modern functional medicine and wellness, you guys are in for a treat today with this episode because today's guest, Mark Ryan, who's also known as the Hashimoto's healer, |
| 0:23.2 | and author of The Hashimoto's Healing Diet, is on the show to chat with us about why autoimmune |
| 0:28.6 | disorders are becoming more and more common and what we can do on a root cause level to help |
| 0:34.2 | prevent and manage them. We don't have any external sponsors for the show today. |
| 0:39.2 | As you guys know, I'm trying to be very, very, very mindful about what sponsors we work with and |
| 0:43.9 | only choose companies with products that I personally love and have been using for years and |
| 0:49.3 | companies that I reach out to myself as a fan. So no external sponsor this week. |
| 0:54.4 | So I just want to remind you guys that you can always support the show instead by purchasing |
| 0:59.0 | one of my formulas that I've created for my online apothecary. |
| 1:03.4 | As you may or may not know, I'm a clinical herbalist. |
| 1:06.0 | My site is organiclivia.com. |
| 1:08.0 | And if you go into our shop, you can see a wide array of blends that I've |
| 1:12.3 | created for a ton of different real life issues, everything from fatigue and low energy to |
| 1:18.2 | thyroid issues, to hair shedding and thinning, to focus issues, to low mood, to poor digestion. |
| 1:25.3 | I truly have a formula for everybody. And in today's episode, |
| 1:28.7 | I'm going to talk a lot with Mark about blood deficiency at one point. This is a Chinese medicine |
| 1:34.0 | concept that's present in a lot of thyroid, autoimmune, and hormone disorders, where the body |
| 1:39.6 | is experiencing sort of poor quality blood, or blood is not moving to the parts of the body |
| 1:46.0 | where it needs to go and can't deliver proper nutrients. And thus the body begins to feel fatigued. |
| 1:51.3 | The skin hair and nails suffer. The hormones suffer. The menstrual cycle suffers. I have a formula |
| 1:56.3 | in my store called Main Magic. It is a blood building formula designed to tackle blood deficiency. |
| 2:02.1 | So not only does it help to give you a boost of energy and nourish your adrenals and HPA |
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