03. How to Take Care of Yourself with an Autoimmune Disease with Sara Flanagan

from Uniquely Healthy with Maryann Auger · host Maryann Auger

In this episode, Sara talks about her experience with Graves Disease and her experience with weight fluctuations*. Sara also gives her opinion on celery juice and she talks about self-care through an autoimmune perspective.  *disclaimer: there is one mention of x lbs lost. If this is a sensitive topic for you, you can skip the part about weight fluctuations.  3:22 Tell us a little bit about yourself, what you do, etc 6:10 How did you find out you had Graves Disease and can you briefly explain what it is for those who don’t know? 16:55 You made a post about having weight fluctuations because of your disease and you mentioned getting certain comments. Can you elaborate on that and share your experience?  25:40 Let’s talk about the Medical Medium and his Celery juice… what are your thoughts on Celery juice? 44:35 Do you have any advice for those who may have just gotten a graves disease diagnosis? Any particular advice for those who are experienced autoimmune warriors? Useful articles: Placebo study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103319?fbclid=IwAR3HwoiC_qypfL4GrZBbjxbtjcM-oFdIH-3Q7FmwN3Si0RcfTYSyOAmaoOg Learn more about Graves Disease: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240?fbclid=IwAR05709j6FBuq9vKdjbLynDFrn-EKFtztg-roe13_Aj1VBr5XgZ8-vHK5BU Follow Sara https://mshealthesteem.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mshealthesteem/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mshealthesteem/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mshealthesteem  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/mshealthesteem/ __ Be Uniquely Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1065389500225842/ Subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/Uniquelyhealthy/ Connect with me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxpyginRtlDHPavltvQVsQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannaugercpt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/maryannauger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannauger/ Tumblr: https://maryannauger.tumblr.com/ __ Disclaimer: The information in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. Please speak to your medical doctor if you have any questions. __ Music: On The Verge by Joseph McDade https://josephmcdade.com/

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In this episode, Sara talks about her experience with Graves Disease and her experience with weight fluctuations*. Sara also gives her opinion on celery juice and she talks about self-care through an autoimmune perspective. *disclaimer: there is one mention of x lbs lost. If this is a sensitive topic for you, you can skip the part about weight fluctuations. 3:22 Tell us a little bit about yourself, what you do, etc 6:10 How did you find out you had Graves Disease and can you briefly explain what it is for those who don’t know? 16:55 You made a post about having weight fluctuations because of your disease and you mentioned getting certain comments. Can you elaborate on that and share your experience? 25:40 Let’s talk about the Medical Medium and his Celery juice… what are your thoughts on Celery juice? 44:35 Do you have any advice for those who may have just gotten a graves disease diagnosis? Any particular advice for those who are experienced autoimmune warriors? Useful articles: Placebo study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103319?fbclid=IwAR3HwoiC_qypfL4GrZBbjxbtjcM-oFdIH-3Q7FmwN3Si0RcfTYSyOAmaoOg Learn more about Graves Disease: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240?fbclid=IwAR05709j6FBuq9vKdjbLynDFrn-EKFtztg-roe13_Aj1VBr5XgZ8-vHK5BU Follow Sara https://mshealthesteem.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mshealthesteem/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mshealthesteem/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mshealthesteem Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/mshealthesteem/ __ Be Uniquely Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1065389500225842/ Subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/Uniquelyhealthy/ Connect with me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxpyginRtlDHPavltvQVsQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannaugercpt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/maryannauger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannauger/ Tumblr: https://maryannauger.tumblr.com/ __ Disclaimer: The information in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. Please speak to your medical doctor if you have any questions. __ Music: On The Verge by Joseph McDade https://josephmcdade.com/

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