by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Sep 11, 2012 | Autoimmunity, Brain health, Functional Medicine, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Nutrition
They say you don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone. Similarly, I think you don’t truly appreciate good digestion until it’s gone. For a shrinking part of the population digestion simply doesn’t cross their minds, but with the...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Aug 10, 2012 | Autoimmunity, Diabetes, Functional Medicine
In today’s day and age, it’s hard to find someone who hasn’t either known someone with diabetes or had it themselves. Diabetes affects 25.8 million Americans, or 8.3% of the US population [1].Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition that leads to...
by Dr. Nicole DiNezza | Jul 2, 2012 | Autoimmunity, Functional Medicine
While each autoimmune disease by itself is relatively rare, when you add up the 80+ and counting diseases and look at them as one problem, it becomes quite common. The CDC Estimates that 5-8% of the US population has an autoimmune disease(1). According to the NIH,...