by Annie Rubin | Mar 29, 2023 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a collection of autoimmune diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract. The 2 main types of IBD are Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). In CD, inflammation occurs throughout the entire GI tract, anywhere between...
by Annie Rubin | Mar 14, 2023 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
March is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month. Each week I will be highlighting a different autoimmune disease and this week it’s Rheumatoid Arthritis. RA is an autoimmune disease that is close to my heart because I’ve been living with it for almost 15 years. Today we...
by Annie Rubin | Mar 1, 2023 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Nutrient dense eating is all the rage these days when it comes to healing your autoimmune disease. This means that the food you eat is full of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, fiber and other beneficial nutritional chemicals. But how do you do it and what foods...
by Annie Rubin | Feb 8, 2023 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
If I could name one area where people really struggle to eat balanced meals, it’s meal planning. Meal planning is such a mental hurdle for so many of my clients. And, it’s almost always the reason why my clients resort to eating foods that don’t make them feel good....
by Annie Rubin | Jan 25, 2023 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Tracking your autoimmune disease symptoms is imperative to your healing journey. Why? Because you want to make sure the work and effort you’ve put into your healing journey are paying off. Many times we start throwing everything we’ve got at our autoimmune diseases...
by Annie Rubin | Jan 11, 2023 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Elimination diets are used to investigate food sensitivities and intolerances. The purpose of them is to remove potentially harmful foods for a period of time to see if symptoms go away. Once you feel better, you slowly add these foods back in to see if you can...
