A reminder that Instagram is a highlight reel, and although I don’t share this enough, most of my days actually look like this: working non-stop with my @sakaralife team to help put people back in the driver's seat of their own health, balancing my family life, and in the after-hours, deepening my knowledge and understanding of auto-immune conditions (with an extra focus on how to prevent further diagnoses through nutrition and beyond). 
⁠ The National Institutes for Health (NIH) estimates that auto-immune conditions as a whole affect between 5% and 8% percent of the U.S. population, Type 1 Diabetes being one of them, and for unknown reasons, the prevalence of autoimmune diseases is increasing.⁠ ⁠ What I’ve learned is that the risk of being diagnosed with an additional autoimmune condition once you have T1D is about 20%, with some of the most common being hyper/hypothyroidism, Hashimotos or Celiac. ⁠ ⁠ While the cause of autoimmune conditions is unknown, doctors and researchers have found correlations with nutrient deficiencies and abnormal inflammatory responses — so I’m looking at how nutrition can play a role in impacting both of these variables (and of course, MANY more) in order to help Bodhi and others treat, manage, and prevent their disease progression.⁠ ⁠ #t1d #autoimmune #psoriasis #celiac #hashimotos #type1diabetes #gravesdisease #rheumatoidarthritis #ms #chronesdisease @beyondtype1⁠ ⁠ Sources: ⁠ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-terrible-toll-of-76-autoimmune-diseases/⁠ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34579085/⁠ https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epub/10.1089/act.2020.29287.ble