Optimizing Your Immune System and Nurturing Your Terrain
In my most recent video, I explore ten aspects of health you can focus on to optimize your immune system and nurture your internal terrain. To help you on this quest, I’ve aggregated a number of articles from the Intelligent Medicine archives to provide you a more in-depth look at each aspect of health featured in the video. I hope these articles give you a place to start on your journey to healthier living!
1. Diet
- Repeat after me: “Hunger is my friend!”
- Processed foods cause overeating and weight gain—DUH!
- Paleo pitfalls
- Are “paleo snacks” an oxymoron?
- The Raw and the Cooked: What enabled us to become human may also be our undoing
- Is the Whole30 diet right for you?
- Is the Whole30 diet right for you? (part two)
- Leyla Weighs In: Diets and willpower, deconstructed
- Leyla Weighs In: A time to nourish
- Ask Leyla: Can I still have my morning coffee during intermittent fasting?
- The ONE food you should avoid
- Ask Leyla: A Healthier Nation
- Ask Leyla: To eat bread or not to eat bread? That is the question.
- Ask Leyla: How can I make the most of my ketogenic diet?
- Ask Leyla: How can I survive the keto flu?
- Ask Leyla: What’s the difference between gluten sensitivity and celiac disease?
- Bone broth: A tasty, nutrition powerhouse
2. Supplements:
- UPDATED: 21 nutraceuticals that can boost your immune response (part one)
- 21 nutraceuticals that can boost your immune response (part two)
- Let’s talk about vitamin D . . .
- Keep taking your multivitamins!
- Leyla Weighs In: What do I eat and what supplements should I take?
- Ask Leyla: Vitamin D and Immunity
- Ask Leyla: What should I keep in mind when looking for supplements on a budget?
- Ask Leyla: Why is my vitamin D still low?
3. Microbiome
- Leyla Weighs In: A well-functioning immune system requires a healthy gut
- Ask Leyla: What are some non-dairy probiotic foods?
- Are probiotics useless? (Spoiler alert: They’re not!)
- Do you have SIBO (Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth)?
- Probiotics under fire in flawed study—What’s the truth?
- Baby’s first bacteria: When does the microbiome begin?
- Is the way to a (wo)man’s heart through his(her) stomach?
- All disease begins in the gut
4. The Hygiene Hypothesis
- We’re all germaphobes and agoraphobes now: The way back
- How to protect yourself from the harmful effects of antibiotics
- Less is more: The rise of overtreatment in the 21st Century
- Is the growth of the pharmaceutical industry making us sicker?
5. Toxin Avoidance
- The profound health toll of environmental pollution
- Glyphosate: Even if it doesn’t give you cancer, is it still bad for you?
- What I learned about environmental toxicity at the American Nutrition Association (ANA) annual meeting
- A tale of two toxins
- Are organic foods worth the added expense?
6. Sleep
- Sleep your way to better health
- The glymphatic system: Enhancing performance with optimal sleep
- 13 tips for surviving the holidays (part one)
7. Exercise and Movement
- Leyla Weighs In: The path of least resistance
- Leyla Weighs In: The Exercise Rx
- Ask Leyla: Which type of exercise is best—HIIT or endurance training?
- One big mistake people make on the elliptical machine
8. Stress
- Leyla Weighs In: Important self-care tips to support immunity
- Ask Leyla: Can dietary changes help improve my anxiety?
- UPDATED: 12 Ways to Conquer the Winter Blahs
- Ask Leyla: Is the stress of moving affecting my health?
- Ask Leyla: Can nutrition influence generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
9. Social Interaction
- 9 Ways to Look and Feel Younger
- 6 powerful ways to improve brain health
- 13 tips for surviving the holidays (part two)
