What Is An Autoimmune Disease?

An autoimmune disease is a condition which causes your immune system to mistakenly attack your body. The immune system typically protects the body and guards against germs like bacteria and viruses that we come into contact with on a daily basis. When your body senses foreign invaders, the immune system begins to respond, attacking any invaders.

In a healthy patient, the immune system can typically tell the difference between foreign cells and your own, however, those with autoimmune diseases release a protein called autoantibodies which attack healthy cells in the body.

Certain autoimmune diseases can affect the whole body, such as Lupus, while other autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes damage only one organ (such as the pancreas).

Integrative/Functional Autoimmune Disease Treatment

At CrispAZWellness, we are dedicated to finding the root cause of our patients symptoms and healing their entire body. We don’t just prescribe medications to mask symptoms and send you on our way. If you are interested in a natural approach to your autoimmune disorder, feel free to reach out for your consultation today.

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Do you or a loved one suffer from an autoimmune disease or the common symptoms? Schedule your appointment with us today, we are always happy to help.

Dietary Guidance

Did you know that most gastrointestinal disorders and symptoms can be worsened depending upon diet? Low fiber, high fat meals are directly correlated to the symptoms related to “irritable bowel syndrome”, while eating certain things like tiny seeds or nuts can lead to a diverticulitis attack. CrispAZWellness can help you eat better for your health, reducing your overall symptoms and improving how you feel on a daily basis.

Lifestyle Advice

Lifestyle choices can also play a big role in how our gastrointestinal system is working on a daily basis. Cigarette use, excessive drinking, lack of sleep and even stress can lead to a wide range of gastrointestinal complications. CrispAZWellness will look over your history and make recommendations to your lifestyle that could reduce your symptoms and improve your daily life.

Physical Activity & Exercise Assistance

The amount of physical activity and exercise you experience on a daily basis can also have a big impact on the function of your gastrointestinal system. CrispAZWellness can discuss your exercise and physical activity regime and make recommendations to help improve your digestion, gastrointestinal function and day-to-day life.

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Interested in naturally treating your gastrointestinal disorder? Want to address the cause of your discomfort instead of masking it? Contact CrispAZWellness today to schedule your appointment, we are always accepting new patients and would be happy to help.

What is Direct Primary Care in Mesa?

Direct primary care is a new approach to healthcare that allows healthcare providers to spend more time with each patient, reduce their overhead costs and provide a better level of care. For patients, direct primary care is a new way to pay for your monthly healthcare visits. Pricing starts as low as $65 for individuals and families of 4 can get packages starting at $150. You can visit CrispAZWellness as many times as you need for the month with absolutely no copays. You will get to spend more time with Megan, allowing her to listen to you and create a treatment plan that can truly address the cause of your issues, not just focus on masking them.

How Can The Chronically Ill Benefit?

For patients that are chronically ill, the copays and fees can really add up. Some patients with insurance are required to pay upwards of $25 for each visit to their healthcare manager, even if they only see their healthcare provider 4 times that month, the cost is already going to be around $100, not including any additional costs for medications or testing.

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Support Your Gut

Many people aren’t aware of how important the gut is to your bone health and the health of the rest of your body. We recommend eating foods with prebiotics and probiotics, these can improve the health of your gut, allowing your food and nutrients to be properly digested and absorbed into the body. Calcium, magnesium, Vitamin D and Vitamin K are all extremely important for bone health.

Limit Stomach Acid Reducing Medications

Did you know that certain medications such as proton-pump inhibitors and heartburn medications can actually decrease the absorption of calcium? Due to the decrease in stomach acid, the body cannot properly breakdown, digest and absorb the foods we eat. If you suffer from chronic heartburn, indigestion, etc. schedule an appointment with our AVONDALE NURSE practitioner today, we would be happy to help.

Improve Your Diet

As mentioned above, there are various vitamins, nutrients and minerals that are vital to bone health. Vitamin K, Vitamin D, Calcium and Magnesium should all be increased through diet and/or supplementation. It is important to determine if you have any deficiencies of these vitamins so that they can be properly addressed. Schedule an appointment with CrispAZWellness for vitamin deficiency testing in Avondale, Arizona.

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Think that you may need help with your bone health, lifestyle, dietary or exercise choices? CrispAZWellness would be happy to help. Schedule an appointment with Vianka Cesena, our nurse practitioner in Avondale, AZ today.

What Exactly is Functional Medicine?

Functional Medicine is a medical approach which focuses on the identification and treatment of the root cause of a medical ailment. Optimal functioning of the body and its organs is an essential part of being healthy and feeling good, functional medicine ensures that the whole body is properly functioning, allowing our patients to feel their best.

Benefits of Functional Medicine in Mesa

Functional medicine addresses the root cause of patient health problems, resulting in long term solutions that can help patients avoid unsuccessful and potentially harmful treatment options. Due to the fact functional medicine treatment options frequently have very few, if any side effects, it makes it much less risky than drugs, surgery or other treatment options.

Functional medicine encourages patients to take part and help themselves. While a “quick fix” may seem ideal, in healthcare the fix tends to never last. With functional medicine, patients are educated about their health and bodies, allowing them to partake in the process of getting better. This sets patients up for success, allowing them to understand what is happening in their body and how to address it.

In the long run, functional medicine is often much cheaper than traditional treatment options. Due to the fact functional medicine addresses the root cause, treatment is typically far cheaper and requires fewer visits to your doctor.

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Avoiding Processed Foods Can Reduce Pain

Did you know that fast, processed food is actually super unhealthy? Surprise! You have to eat real food to be healthy. We recommend avoiding baked goods, cereals, chips, basically anything in a box or bag. These foods tend to contain nasty ingredients (some of which are known chemicals) that can contribute to inflammation and pain in the body, among other health conditions.

Eat Vegetables & Fruits Can Reduce Inflammation

While avoiding the bad stuff, it is important to increase the good stuff. You should be eating at least 6 servings of vegetables a day along with at least 3 servings of fruit. We recommend trying fruits and vegetables of all colors to ensure you are getting balanced nutrients.

Reducing Alcohol Consumption Can Reduce Pain & Inflammation

If the hangover that comes with drinking alcohol wasn’t a big enough hint it isn’t great for you, maybe the fact that it causes dehydration and malnourishment will be more convincing. Being properly nourished and hydrated is an essential part of feeling good and properly healing your body. Women should stick to one drink while men can typically have two.

Although these tips aren’t a complete guide to an anti-inflammatory diet, they are a wonderful start for anyone interested in naturally reducing discomfort, stiffness and pain in the body.

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And how it does it is through this unique microbial environment known as microbiome that stimulates:

• A network of nerves
• Hormones
• Immune responses

About 100 trillion bacteria live in our body, and 80% are in the gut. When babies are born, their gut is sterile or “super clean.”

This is not necessarily good. Babies without the good bacteria tend to get sick because of a weak immune system. The initial colony of bacteria comes from the mother, as the baby passes through the birth canal and ingests breast milk.

When the baby gets older, the gut microbiota changes, depending on the presence of:

• Stress
• Type of food
• Exposure to antibiotics and toxic substances

Latest studies have shown the type of bacteria living in the gut impacts many parts of the body through the following:

• Gut-Brain Axis
• Gut-Liver Axis
• Gut-Kidney Axis
• Gut-Bone Axis
• Gut-Lung Axis
• Oral-Gut Microbiome Axis

We look at the first three main axes and see how the gut affects major organs in the body.

The Gut-Brain Axis

There’s growing evidence from many studies showing the microbes in the gut may affect the behavior of a person and put him at risk for:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Autism
• Schizophrenia
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Other brain disorders

These microbes are called psychobiotics. When you increase the level of these live organisms to adequate amounts, it can work as:

• An anti-depressant
• Improve memory
• Thinking

The Gut-Liver Axis

Lately, the gut has been called a “virtual metabolic organ,” meaning its action extends beyond itself to affect many other organs. One major organ is the liver.

When the microbiome becomes out of balance, and more bad bugs live in the gut, leading to an unhealthy “leaky gut,” these organisms migrate to the liver and may contribute to the development of chronic liver diseases such as:

• Chronic hepatitis B (CHB)
• Chronic hepatitis C (CHC)
• Alcoholic liver disease (ALD)
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
• Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Development of liver cirrhosis
• Hepatocellular carcinoma

All these conditions can lead to gut dysbiosis and cause more damage to the liver. Scientists have observed that the greater the gut dysbiosis, the more severe is the liver injury.

The Gut-Kidney Axis

Who would think that the same gut microbiome would also have effects on the kidneys? Studies have shown that dysbiosis or the imbalance of this microbial environment can cause the gut to inflame, break down, and leak.

In the process, the uremic toxins translocate and cause further stress to:

• The kidney
• Blood vessels
• The heart
• Other organs controlling hormonal balance in the body

Because of the discovery of the gut-kidney axis, new treatments to manage inflammation, kidney injury and uremia are also being explored.

Considering how the gut microbiota can impact the health of a person, researchers focused their studies on how to improve gut health.

They have identified possible roles of prebiotics, probiotics, and polyphenols to tilt back the balance towards a healthy gut.

We Can Help

If you want to know more about eating healthy and how to have a healthy gut, visit us for a free consultation.

Whatever aches and pains, and other chronic issues you may be feeling right now may be your gut’s way of telling you, it is sick.

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