In this episode Dr. Susan Blum shares how autoimmune disease has quietly grown to epidemic proportions, how it might be affecting you and her proven four-step program to repair your immune system and transform your health.
Susan is a sought after expert in the field of functional medicine, author of The Immune System Recovery Plan and a regular guest expert on the Dr. Oz show.
Episode Highlights
• 1:45 – What the heck is autoimmune disease anyway?
• 2:44 – 23.5 million people: an epidemic caused by poor diet, chemical exposure and stress
• 3:00 – How our immune system works (in language a 6th grader can understand)
• 3:55 – Why food is medicine
• 4:11 – Gut health = good health (how to heal your gut)
• 6:10 – Why wheat is a troublemaker when it comes to good health
• 8:30 -The danger of genetically modified soy, corn and wheat
• 11:30 – Dr. Blum shares her four step program to heal your immune system
• 18:40 – How stress affects our immune system (and a mindfulness trick to help)
• 28:21 – Which diets are fads and which are based in science and medicine?
• 34:05 – Why she recommends using a Mediterranean diet as a base, an elimination diet as part of it
• 35:40 – Why women’s bodies are especially sensitive to toxins and stress
• 41:10 – How she got on the Dr. Oz show
• 47:50 – Advice for mom’s who want to help their kids eat clean
1. Favorite book for women?
- Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. by Brené Brown. “It’s about who rises out of adversity stronger, and who doesn’t. Rising Strong taught her so much about herself and she uses it all the time with her patients.
2. Favorite self-care hack?
- Morning meditation, green tea and regularly schedule acupuncture therapy.
3. Best piece of advice and who gave it to you?
- Her mother told her, “No matter what, go out with your husband on a date every Saturday night.” It’s been a solid foundation for her marriage.
4. Female CEO or thought leader you’re into right now?
- Pioneer of Functional Medicine and Naturopath, Dr. Kara Fitzgerald
5. One piece of advice you’d give your 5 years younger self?
- “Relax a little more and you’ll get there.”
Resources and People Mentioned
• Dr. Susan Blum’s: website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
• The Immune System Recovery Plan: A Doctor’s Four Step Guide to Treat Autoimmune Disease by Dr. Susan Blum
• Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight by WIlliam Davis, MD
• Dr. Jeffrey Bland – He specializes in functional medicine and disease prevention
• Dr. Mark Hyman – author of Eat Fat, Get Thin and The Blood Sugar Solution
• Environmental Working Group – nonprofit dedicated to protecting human life and the environment
