Doctors Reveal How They Healed Their Autoimmune Disease

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As a whole, autoimmune disease affects over 80 million Americans
and five percent of the population in Western countries. They
include type 1 diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple
sclerosis, colitis, Crohn’s disease, and dozens of others. While
your body is designed to fight off harmful things like infections,
toxins, allergens, or a stress response, with autoimmune issues the
body directs a hostile attack on its own joints, brain, skin, and
more. In this episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Cynthia Li and Dr.
Terry Wahls about their personal stories of working through
autoimmunity and how it led them to help others using Functional
Medicine. They also dive into the underlying triggers of
inflammation such as stress, hidden infections, food allergies or
sensitivities, toxic exposure, genetic predisposition, nutrient
deficiencies, and leaky gut.  Dr. Cynthia Li received her
medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center in Dallas. She’s practiced as an internist in many settings,
including Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General
Hospital, and St. Anthony Medical Clinic serving the homeless. She
currently has a private practice in Berkeley, CA and is the author
of, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor’s Unconventional Path to Healing
Her Autoimmune Illness. Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for
Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor
of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical
trials. In 2018, she was awarded the Institute for Functional
Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research,
clinical care, and patient advocacy. Dr. Wahls was confined to a
tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. She restored her health
using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for
her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the
author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All
Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, and the
cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. This episode is
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