How to Stop Attacking Yourself: Nine Steps to Heal Autoimmune Disease
June 17, 2011
By Mark Hyman MD
Inflammation is a “hot” topic in medicine. It appears connected to almost every known chronic disease: from heart disease to cancer, diabetes to obesity, autism to dementia and even depression. Other inflammatory diseases such as allergies, asthma, arthritis and autoimmune disease are increasing at dramatic rates. As physicians we are trained to shut off inflammation with aspirin, anti-inflammatory medication such as Advil or Motrin, steroids and increasingly more powerful immune-suppressing medication with serious side effects.… Read More >
Redefining Success
March 4, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Jessica Goldman I have a mantra that I readily pass on to family and friends: when your life has changed, change your life. Considering how frequently I offer this advice, it would seem that I, myself, follow it loyally. But the truth is, it has taken me six years to actually put that advice into practice. A few months ago, I left my full-time desk job—complete with mid-level management title, consistent paycheck, and fancy… Read More >
Diabetes, meet my green juice.
December 18, 2009
By Guest Blogger
I am a vegan mom to two daughters (aged 1 and 3). In addition I am self-employed as a therapist. I have another identity that is invisible to many people: I am a Type 1 diabetic with a couple of other autoimmune problems thrown into the mix. In the 11 years I have been diabetic, I have learned not to fight this disease but to live more peacefully with it. Type 1 diabetes is an… Read More >
