The Autoimmune Doc Podcast w/ Dr. Taylor Krick

Detox Pathways and Protocols (Youtube) Free 15-min phone consult! Website and Supplement Store So - yup, toxins are a big problem. We are exposed to tons of them, and if our bodies aren't detoxifying properly, they can accumulate or cause damage to our cells, organs, and systems and wreak havoc on our lives. So how do you make sure you aren't overflowing your bucket? Here are 10 Importan...

www.autoimmunedocpodcast.com The thyroid is a REALLY, REALLY important gland. Thyroid hormones regulate your metabolic rate and because of that, are important for basically every function in your body to work properly - all of your energy, healing, digestion, brain function, cellular functions, all of it. Every single cell in your body has receptors for thyroid hormones. It's also the target...

www.autoimmunedocpodcast.com OMG where do I begin with toxins?!? This episode is just me talking about toxins and the problems associated with chronic toxin exposure. I share some opinions, I share some stories, I share some science, but the bottom line is that toxins are making us sicker quicker, and it's a TOTAL EXPOSURE thing, not simply this toxin or that toxin. It's your TOXIC BUCKE...

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www.autoimmunedocpodcast.com Anxiety was escalating at a rapid rate before 2020, and now it's just crazy. Long-haulers, mandates, lockdowns, wars, masks, headlines, our kids.....let's just say it isn't expected to  get any better anytime soon, hence counseling services are increasing, doctors visits and prescriptions are increasing, but so are people searching for information and tr...

Long Hauler Webinar How To Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve with a TENS Device Long Haul, long COVID, Post Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS)....call it what you will - the bottom line is that a lot of people are experiencing new, lingering symptoms such as: Fatigue Brain Fog Anxiety/Depression Insomnia Headaches Hair Loss Heart Palpitations Menstrual Changes and more! People are suffering with these new sympt...

This episode is the 3rd in our series on mitochondria, and they've all been leading up to this - - what can you do for your mitochondria? The good news is there is a lot you can do to support the different mitochondrial and metabolic processes, so that's what this whole episode is about. I discuss a wide variety of important strategies, some well-known and some becoming more popular, and...

If you missed the last episode, go back and listen to it, but the takeaway was that your MITOCHONDRIA ARE REALLY, REALLY,  IMPORTANT for autoimmunity, or anything else. Like - the most important thing for your health. These little cellular batteries power your brain, your heart, your muscles, everything. When they become dysfunctional, it leads to symptoms like fatigue, weight gain/inability to lo...

It's impossible to overstate the importance of your mitochondria, whether for managing autoimmunity, avoiding chronic degenerative disease, aging gracefully, or just functioning at your highest level everyday. Mitochondria turn your food into energy in the same way that your motor turns your gasoline into energy. This cellular energy powers everything you do - not just getting out of bed in t...

Mold exposure is a big deal, I've covered it the past several episodes. Prolonged mold exposure can lead to a myriad of health concerns in adults as well as children, I've heard a ton of "sick kids stories" lately involving mold. While it would be nice to completely eliminate all mold exposures, it's important to keep in mind that the goal of mold mitigation is to make (an...

I have a LOT of mold stories. I even thought of a few good ones that I forgot to tell as soon as I finished recording this episode. I don't think that mold causes everything, or that mold "caused" all these cases, each person is very multifactorial and complex, but listen to the podcast and you will hear about the stories I hear day-in and day-out and you will understand why I think...

Youtube Video: Mold Toxicity and Mycotoxin Illness Youtube Video: Research Review - Neural Antibodies in Patients with Symptoms and Histories of Mold/Chemical Exposures Youtube Video: Research Review - Mycotoxins Induce Neurotoxicity I say this all the time, but mold toxicity is crazy. Indoor molds such as Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Stachybotrys produce mycotoxins , which are also crazy. Mold a...

So, I haven't done an episode for a while now, I'm glad to be back. I got really sick, and it brought some things to the surface with my health that I'm working through. I'm not going to type all the details out in the show notes here, you have to listen to the episode, but long story short my "mold bucket" had been slowly filling up, and I didn't realize it. Mol...

Forget pathogens, TOXINS are scary. They are increasingly everywhere, and they are associated with virtually every disease process known to man - cancer, Alzheimer's, infertility, diabetes, and certainly most autoimmune diseases. That's because TOXINS are not supposed to be in our body. They have no role. They have no place. They get in there and they wreak havoc, creating inflammation,...

Mast cells are important! Mast cells are implicated in autoimmune diseases and many other inflammatory processes - because mast cells RELEASE and TRIGGER inflammation. Like.... A LOT OF INFLAMMATION. We're talking vicious cycles of inflammation that can be hard to stop! Mast cells respond to stimuli in the environment like allergens, foods, viruses, bacteria, parasites, LPS, COVID-19, our &qu...

Pathogens and  infections are related to autoimmune disease, we've established that over the past couple episodes. THESE 3 ARE THE MOST WELL-STUDIED AND CLINICALLY RELEVANT PATHOGENS - one virus, one bacteria, and one fungus.  Epstein-Barr Virus causes infectious mononucleosis, or mono. EBV a a virus that can lie dormant for the rest of your life in the B cells of your immune system. If it re...

Last episode I discussed the importance of pathogens, infections, and their relationship with autoimmunity, including the 10 Principles of Infection and Autoimmunity. Nearly every autoimmune process is associated with at least one pathogen, and it makes sense because we all know our immune system gets rocked when we get an infection. The highlight of last episode however was that it is rarely ONE...

Nearly every autoimmune disease has at least one pathogen or infection associated with it - Epstein-Barr Virus, Helicobacter pylori, Candida, SARS-CoV2, and many others are associated with autoimmunity. Does this mean that an infection "caused" your autoimmune disease or "contributed" to it?? MAYBE! In this episode I give an overview of pathogens, infections, and autoimmunity....

Gut health super important. Science (and the mainstream) now realize that it is an important part of any autoimmune process (it's an important piece of nearly any health process), but there is still a lot of confusion and a lot of misdirection when trying to navigate your own health journey. These days there are a lot of gut testing options, ranging from $79 on Facebook to at least 10x that m...

Celiac disease is a really big deal because of the mechanisms involved - gluten inflames the gut and opens up the tight junctions, creating a leaky gut, and eventually destroys the gut lining causing malabsorption, and this happens every. single. time. you eat it - which can and will lead to more autoimmunity down the road. NOT GOOD! What about those who have been tested for Celiac and told they d...

If you are following this podcast, you likely know that gut health is important for all autoimmune diseases, not just intestinal autoimmunity! In this episode I talk about 4 different autoimmune gut conditions, 3 of which are diagnosed autoimmune "diseases": - Leaky Gut - Celiac Disease - Crohn's Disease - Ulcerative Colitis  I start by explaining the underlying mechanisms of leaky...

T cells are a part of your immune system, which has many many important parts of course. T cells are particularly important in autoimmunity because the T CELLS ARE WHAT DO THE DAMAGE!!! In my last episode about Hashimoto's I talked about antibody levels and described how will antibodies "flag" something as bad so that immune cells can come destroy it, but antibodies have no destruct...

It's common in the alternative medicine world to hear people talk about "how high their antibody levels are/were". But in practice I see people with high antibodies who are doing fine, while someone with low antibodies might feel like they are dying. What's up with that?!? Do antibody levels matter?? The answer is that they do matter and they don't matter. Antibodies can b...

Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroid Disease is the single-most prevalent autoimmune condition today, and it is estimated to be the root cause of 90% of hypothyroidism in America. One reason is that it's fairly easy to detect (there are 2 antibodies that are diagnostic), but it's also just really common in today's society filled with fast food, fast lives, and toxins. The immune syst...

Hypothyroidism has been rampant for decades,  and it's estimated that 90% of hypothyroidism in the United States is caused by Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroiditis. Hashimoto's is the single most common autoimmune disease. This podcast discusses everything about the thyroid - not just Hashimoto's. It's importance within the body, it's metabolism, the labs, the ranges, th...