by Annie Rubin | Apr 29, 2026 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Along with diet, lifestyle habits can greatly impact your autoimmune disease. Autoimmune conditions are influenced by so many outside factors, so just focusing on diet is sometimes (and often) not enough. Below I review some important lifestyle habits that you can...
by Annie Rubin | Apr 15, 2026 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune diseases are typically triggered by some external event. You don’t just wake up one day and have a full blown autoimmune disease. Typically the inflammation and dysregulation has been brewing in your body for a while, and then something triggers your immune...
by Annie Rubin | Apr 1, 2026 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis back in 2008, and I had no idea what autoimmune diseases were. I remember my doctor telling me that I would be okay as long as I kept my disease under control, but didn’t tell me much more than that. For years I just accepted...
by Annie Rubin | Mar 25, 2026 | Healthy Eating, Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
When we talk about nutrient density, it is actually a term to compare one food to another. You can say a food is nutrient dense, but there is no standard or definition for nutrient density. We are going to play the “eat this v.s. that” game, so let’s get started. How...
by Annie Rubin | Mar 11, 2026 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
We all know how important it is to eat a nutrient dense diet to feel good. Did you know that it is also really important for autoimmune diseases? When you have a chronic condition that involves the immune system, your body needs more nutrients to function properly....
by Annie Rubin | Feb 25, 2026 | Inflammation & Autoimmune Disease
Toxins are a problem for all of us. They are literally everywhere and almost impossible to completely eliminate. Toxins impact our immune system and can trigger inflammation. This is why it is important to minimize our exposure to toxins. Here are some practical tips...
