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73. Low Dose Naltrexone for Autoimmunity: What Are The Benefits?
Naltrexone, which is typically used in large doses for opiate and alcohol addiction, has been proven to have many benefits in those with Lupus and other autoimmune diseases in small doses.
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72. The Antibiotic Resistance Epidemic
Conventional medical doctors today are overprescribing medications. 50-75% of medications are unnecessary and inappropriate. Discover the implications these medications can have on your health and various alternatives...
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71. Lupus Q&A: Insomnia, Hives, and Benlysta
This week Dr. Connie discusses how to treat insomnia and hives and the implications of using Benlysta.
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70. Sun Exposure: What are the Effects on Our Health
Most people are very cautious when it comes to sun exposure. We know too much time in the sun can increase the risk of premature aging and skin cancer. But some sun exposure is necessary for Vitamin D synthesis, which...
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69. What is Histamine Intolerance?
Many of you have symptoms all over the spectrum, from migraines, fatigue, gut discomfort, to high or low blood pressure and heart rate issues. It's hard to know what the root cause is. In this episode Dr. Connie...
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68. Lupus Q&A: Elimination Diet, Fighting Fatigue and Hair Loss, and Methotrexate
In this week's Lupus Q&A, Dr. Connie answers lots of questions, including questions about the elimination diet, fatigue, hair loss, methotrexate, oils and herbals, and fibromyalgia.
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67. How Understanding Our Human Tendencies Helps Us Heal67
Navigating the online space, we all know that there are so much of compounding information out there that is inherently contradictory. Today, I'd like to provide you with hope, and my goal is not to speak with you but...
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66. Inflammation and Weight Gain
The inflammation that we have is ultimately set off by our leaky gut and microbiome imbalance. I want to talk to you a bit about inflammation today as it is relates to metabolism and weight gain.
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65. Lupus Q&A: Intermittent Fasting and Hormones
In this week's Lupus Q&A, Dr. Connie discusses what intermittent fasting is and its benefits, along with what you should do when your hormones are causing flares or flare like symptoms.
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64. Rethinking Disease: Our Functional Medicine Approach64.
Our genes are the deck of cards we are dealt with when we are born. But it is our lifestyle and environment that determine whether those genes will develop health or disease. Dr. Connie discusses a new way to think...
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63. Health Truths vs Facts
Early in my life as a Lupus patient, I’ve had to learn how to manage my disease in a way where I felt comfortable that it was under my control. But time and time again through scary threats to my health, Lupus has...
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62. Lupus Q&A: Body Aches, Aspirin and Vitamin K, and Pulmonary Fibrosis
In this Lupus Q&A session, Dr. Connie discusses how to relieve body aches, Vitamin K interactions, and implications of pulmonary fibrosis.
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