Tag: #autoimmunehealing
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Sugar Tricks Your Immune System (And How to Break Free Before the Holidays)

Discover how sugar and artificial sweeteners weaken your immune system, fuel inflammation, and hijack hormones—and how to break free before the holidays.
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The Herbal Kitchen: Immune Tonics You Can Eat

By Jennifer Whitmire, MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP There was a time when I believed and trusted that system knew best. I have a masters in health science, remember? My background is in health education for the very system that ended up betraying me. When I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, I was terrified. After…
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How to Heal a Leaky Gut: My Journey With Zonulin, Autoimmunity, and Gut Repair

My labs showed high zonulin and confirmed I still have leaky gut, even after years of eating clean. In this post, I share what leaky gut really means, why it lingers, and the science-backed steps I’m using to heal. Learn how food, stress, and microbiome diversity impact autoimmunity and gut repair.
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What Triggered My Latest Autoimmune Flare (And How I Recovered Faster This Time)

All of a sudden, I realized I was going into an autoimmune flare. At first, I thought I was just reacting to a bug bite. My ear swelled up and turned red. It was painful to the touch. Then the lymph nodes under my ear and down my neck became sore and visibly swollen. I…
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Are “Health Foods” Making You Sick?

By Jennifer Whitmire, MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP Let’s just be honest: I used to fall for the packaging, the labels, and the health halo that so many “plant-based” products wear so well. (Actually…, occasionally, I STILL get duped!) Oat milk in the fridge? Check. Almond yogurt? Check. Gluten-free crackers with Himalayan salt? Of course.…
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What’s Love Got To Do With Healing From Autoimmune Disease?

By Jennifer Whitmire, MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP When we think of healing from autoimmune disease, we often picture strict elimination diets, specific supplements, and maybe a stack of functional lab results. All the things! And while food, herbs, and detective work all have their place (and trust me, I love digging in to get…
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Why I Eat Raw Vegetables Every Day (You Might Want to Start, Too)

By Jennifer Whitmire, MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP I’ve eaten a giant rainbow salad almost every day for over a decade. Not because I’m trying to be perfect. Not because I’ve got time to Instagram my lunch (though they are gorgeous, AND I do get paid using the Plantee App). I do it because raw…
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Cooking at Home Can Be Kitchen Medicine for Autoimmune Healing

By Jennifer Whitmire, MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP You’re sick and tired of trying to figure out what to eat. You’ve tried the elimination diets. You’ve cut out gluten, dairy, soy, maybe all grains. Maybe you’ve even tried the AIP. You’ve read all the blogs, filled your supplement drawer (or WHOLE cabinet, if you’re like me), and you…


