by Dr. Connie Jeon | Brain Health, Gut Health, Lupus Blog, Natural Remedies, Symptoms
Celery is a Herbal Food Lately, I’ve been reading how celery is hailed as a miraculous herbal food, and claims to reverse all sorts of disease. As a clinician, I am skeptical, but as a patient, I am intrigued. I’ve done the research to understand...
by Dr. Connie Jeon | Gut Health, Lupus Blog
Hi. It’s Dr. Connie. When I gave birth to my second son, I had a Lupus flare affecting my kidneys. While my health was of great concern, I was more concerned with the melasma (brown spots from hormonal imbalance) on my face. In my opinion, the spots made me look...
by Leslie Lipsius | Gut Health
The gut is known as the second brain, and interacts intimately with the brain in our skull. Any issues the gut experiences will have an effect on our psychology. Here are some simple techniques you can do everyday that will calm your gut and improve digestion, thus...
by Dr. Connie Jeon | Gut Health, Lupus Blog
In functional medicine we have a saying, “when in doubt, treat the gut.” Autoimmune disease is on the rise all over the world. Many have symptoms but are not yet diagnosed. Autoimmune disease can take up to 5 years to diagnose. So logically, if you have symptoms that...
by Dr. Connie Jeon | Gut Health, Lupus Blog
Hi, Dr. Connie here. Over this past weekend, I enjoyed a jam packed few days, rubbing shoulders with the big names in Functional Medicine, including Dr. Amy Myers, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Steven Gundry, Dr. Terry Wahls, and my favorite, Dr. Alessio Fasano. I attended the...
by Dr. Connie Jeon | Gut Health, Lupus Blog
Hey everyone, Last week we spoke a lot about leaky gut or gut permeability as the root cause of many symptoms and diseases today. This week I want to explore the topic of microbiome. We talk a lot about probiotics, prebiotics, and the gut flora as it relates to our...