Autoimmunity and Stress: What's the Connection?

Autoimmune Disease and Stress as a Trigger

There is a direct connection between stress and the development of autoimmune conditions. These links happen at the hormonal level, through cortisol imbalance, in the gut, and also at the genetic and epigenetic level.

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How to Lower Inflammation by Addressing Food Sensitivities

HPV & Fertility Part 4: Lower Inflammation by Addressing Food Sensitivities

Even when we do our best to eat clean and create a safe home environment, sometimes issues with immunity, fertility, and HPV remain. This is when we must look at how we can actively lower inflammation levels by avoiding reactionary foods as well as supporting our gut and liver.

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Clean Eating boosts your immune protection to help you heal from HPV and potentially increase fertility.

HPV & Fertility Part 3: How Clean Eating Can Help Both

Clean Eating boosts your immune protection to help you heal from HPV, increase fertility and the factors that contribute to a healthy pregnancy. In Part 3 of her series on HPV and fertility, Dr. Doni lays out five Clean Eating Actions you can take right now, even in the midst of your busy lifestyle!

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HPV and Fertility: Using Epigenetics to Address Them Both

HPV & Fertility Part 1: Using Epigenetics to Address Them Both

Just because you have a positive HPV test result, doesn’t mean you can’t get pregnant and have a healthy baby. What you need to do right now is get all the facts about Human papillomavirus. Then develop a plan that can address both the virus and your fertility.

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Understanding how the gut functions as a sort of "Second Brain."

The Second Brain: How Stress Affects the Gut-Brain Axis

Millions of neurons run between your gut & brain, and we now understand that digestive system has the ability to communicate with the rest of your body. Dr. Doni explains how your gut works, and why it’s called our “second brain.”

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Continued stress affects your brain in detrimental ways, especially in four main areas: Focus, energy, mood, and sleep.

Understanding How Stress Affects Your Brain

When stress becomes chronic and sustained, your brain adapts. Your neurotransmitter levels get out of balance, and the same hormones that are so important to your survival actually become detrimental to your overall health and longevity. The warning signs manifest in four main areas: Focus, energy, mood, and sleep.

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How your sleep hygiene determines your quality of sleep

What is Sleep Hygiene?

Dr. Doni Wilson breaks down the basics of Sleep Hygiene and how to utilize all five of your senses to optimize your nightly routine.

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Finding Your Stress Patterns and Learning How to Heal

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare” —Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light CULTURE COUNTS We’ve all experienced it, those feelings of undeserving. Where instead of thinking of what I need to do to make myself better, I start thinking of all the things I’ve…

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Dr. Doni looks at common migraine symptoms, causes, and treatments – especially for chronic migraines.

Migraines: Dr. Doni’s Personal Story

Are you experiencing migraines? If you haven’t found a treatment that reduces or eliminates migraines, it’s worth examining some of the common causes that are often overlooked: Your personal stressors, particular food sensitivities, and specific genetic mutations.

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Low thyroid function is extremely common, and causes a whole host of health issues. Even though it's often downplayed or even ignored by traditional practitioners, you can take a proactive role in improving your thyroid function.

5 Steps to Improve Your Thyroid Function

Low thyroid function is extremely common, and causes a whole host of health issues. Even though it’s often downplayed or even ignored by traditional practitioners, you can take a proactive role in improving your thyroid function.

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