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Helping psoriasis from the inside out
Dr. Mark Hyman is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognised leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine. He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Centre, the Head of Strategy and Innovation of the Cleveland Clinic Centre for Functional Medicine, a thirteen-time New York Times bestselling author, and Board President for Clinical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine.
2022
Abstract
In this podcast episode Dr Hyman speaks to Dr Todd LePine about the various causes of psoriasis including genetics, diet, environmental factors, toxins, and streptococcus bacteria, highlighting that psoriasis is not a skin condition but rather a systemic one. They review both the conventional and functional medicine approaches to manage psoriasis, sharing interesting patient case studies and solutions that have worked which primarily centre around addressing gut health. Key functional laboratory tests to identify the root causes of psoriasis are reviewed but they highlight that it is also important to discuss stress, sleep and sun exposure with patients due to their impact on the immune system and subsequent gut integrity.
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What's the deal with lectins and autoimmunity with Dr Datis Kharrizian
Each month, Dr Kara Fitzgerald interviews the best minds in Functional Medicine. Expect thought provoking ideas, new research, lots of clinical pearls for practitioners and step-change information for consumers and patients.
2019
Abstract
If you’re practicing functional medicine, you’re aware of (and likely prescribing) the autoimmune paleo diet, pulling folks off of many foods, lowering carbs, reducing or eliminating lectins (and nightshades). In this terrific podcast with Dr. Datis Kharrazian, we talk about his research in stratifying who’s who with regard to autoimmunity. For example, Dr. K suspects that very roughly about 30% of his autoimmune patients are truly lectin sensitive; they tend to be those with arthritic musculoskeletal autoimmunity, most classically, RA. For many of these folks, lectins must be eliminated. However, lectin/nightshade elimination may not be required for, say, Hashimoto’s; although there IS a collection of potential cross reactive foods that could play a role in promoting antibody production (and removing will reduce ab production)