Reversing autoimmune diseases, gene expression, and our body programmed to repair itself with Dr. Brooke Goldner

In this episode we have the amazing Dr. Brooke Goldner joining us and her personal story is incredible. After reversing her own lupus with a nutrient rich plant-based diet, she has gone on to write three bestselling books and created a hyper-nourishing nutrition protocol through which she helps patients all over the world manage, treat, and reverse their own autoimmune diseases. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Being diagnosed with lupus at the age of 16 
• Reversing her lupus with a nutrient-rich plant-based diet 
• How nutrition effects gene expression 
• The autoimmune disease process 
• Handling stress and having purpose despite illness 
• How she works with patients to reverse their autoimmune diseases 
• Optimizing your diet for disease reversal 
• The foods that are making you more sick 
• The foods that reverse and eliminate inflammation 
• Dr. Goldner’s green smoothies 

Episode Resources: 

• Goodbye Lupus book 
• Green Smoothie Recipes to Kick-Start your Health and Healing book 
• Goodbye Autoimmune Disease book 
• IJDRP 2019: Six Week Raw Vegan Nutrition Protocol Rapidly Reverses Lupus Nephritis: A Case Series 
• Article: Healing Autoimmune Disease with Supermarket Foods 

You can connect with Dr. Goldner on Instagram: @goodbyelupus, FaceBook: Goodbye Lupus by Brooke Goldner, MD, and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDaFOPpM-lnVk8uMR2y1kLA 

To work with Dr. Goldner, visit her website: https://goodbyelupus.com 

And join her SmoothieShred program here: https://smoothieshred.com 

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Music credit: Scott Holmes.