July 20, 2024 • 5 mins
New research indicates autoimmune conditions have been on the rise over the past few years.
Recent data shows that one out of five people will develop an autoimmune condition over the course of their lifetime.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara explains the environmental factors and conditions behind this recent uptake.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News TALKS'DB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
And Natural path Aeron O'Hara joins us now in a
wellness segment. Good morning, Good morning. Are we hearing a
lot more about autoimmune conditions these days? Yeah, autoimmune conditions
seem to be on the rise, and you know, there's
a lot of questions why are they on the rise
and why are they becoming so much more prevalent. Research
is showing one in five people have the chance of
(00:36):
developing an autoimmune condition. And there's so many different triggers
that are influencing whether you get an autoimmune condition or not.
And it's not necessarily whether you live just a healthy lifestyle,
because there's so many factors in this, and a lot
of it is genetic predisposition and whether your environment then
leads that switch turning on and then you get these
(00:57):
autoimmune conditions. So what are some of these autoimmune conditions? Yes,
so there are actually over one hundred different disorders that
are classified as auto immune and autoimmune diseases are a
group of illnesses that are where your immune system mistakenly
attacks your own body tissues and so it's your body
basically attacking itself, and so to get that to calm
(01:21):
down and come into more like a remission state. It
is all about how you manage it, and that's what
most of the practitioners, whether it's your doctor, specialists or
naturopath's work a lot in this area is all about
keeping it in that stable state where it's not getting
triggered off and your body's not creating these flare ups
(01:42):
where there's a lot of inflammation in the body. Some
of the things that are triggering these autoimmune conditions. It's
not just genetic, but also environment is playing a big factor,
and there's some really interesting studies around environment and the
changes in environment over the years and how we've got
so much more pollution. There's also a lot more toxins.
(02:05):
The other triggers can and be illness, and there was
an interesting study around COVID nineteen and then getting triggered
off with an autoimmune condition after having an infection, and
that's a really common trigger for the start of an
autoimmune condition. And sometimes we basically don't know what triggers
it off, and you can be doing everything right and
(02:25):
suddenly it just pops out out of the blue and
that makes it actually quite tricky to manage because you
might be already doing a lot of good stuff for
your health and still have a condition that you've got
to manage ongoing because it will be sitting there usually ongoing.
But there's some things we can do, and one of
the main ones I always look at is nutrition.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
First.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
There was you know, there's studies done around the Western
diet and how Western countries do have more autoimmune conditions.
So looking at your diet and how you can bring
it back to more whole foods diet eliminate some of
these ultra processed foods. Also trigger foods that might be
causing more flare ups, which for some people can be gluten,
(03:10):
can be dairy can be foods that create inflammation, so
things like night shade vegetables can be triggers for some
people with autoimmune conditions. Also looking at your gut health,
and that's where I always like to do, using your
microbio mapping testing so I can see what's going on
in the gut because there are particular bacteria that are
related to autoimmune conditions and they can be kind of
(03:33):
like the switch for the autoimmune condition to turn on
and that might be something like citro bacteria finati, which
is commonly related to arthritis, or something like clipsilia, which
is a really common one that would also trigger off
autoimmune conditions, and that might be doing a full gut
plan to rebalance the microbiome to help eliminate these these
(03:55):
bacteria that might be triggering off the autoimmune and rebuilding
the bacteria back into the gut, or also managing that inflammation,
which could be looking at tumor which yes, you can
eat turumoric, but usually you'll need something extra like a
cucumanoid kind of based supplement that is going to help
with managing the inflammation. Also managing your immune system because
(04:19):
obviously it's an overactive immune system function, so managing that
making sure we're not overstimulating the immune system because that
would make the autoimmune condition worse. And also just managing
that inflammation through things like buzzwalia or maybe PA. So
a few supplements can be helpful, not all just supplements,
but also looking at your lifestyle and how you're kind
(04:41):
of putting that all together is how you can get
a really good balance and keeping them autoimmune condition in
that sort of stable remission state. Where it's not causing
big flare ups and your body can just function as
normal from day to day. And sometimes you need to
medications thrown in the mix as well, but it's all
about keeping the balance and just kind of looking at
(05:03):
all different angles and how you manage your autoimmune condition,
working out if you can those triggers makes a big difference,
doesn't it. Absolutely, thank you so much erin appreciate all that.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
For more from the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it B from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News TALKS'DB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
And Natural path Aeron O'Hara joins us now in a
wellness segment. Good morning, Good morning. Are we hearing a
lot more about autoimmune conditions these days? Yeah, autoimmune conditions
seem to be on the rise, and you know, there's
a lot of questions why are they on the rise
and why are they becoming so much more prevalent. Research
is showing one in five people have the chance of
(00:36):
developing an autoimmune condition. And there's so many different triggers
that are influencing whether you get an autoimmune condition or not.
And it's not necessarily whether you live just a healthy lifestyle,
because there's so many factors in this, and a lot
of it is genetic predisposition and whether your environment then
leads that switch turning on and then you get these
(00:57):
autoimmune conditions. So what are some of these autoimmune conditions? Yes,
so there are actually over one hundred different disorders that
are classified as auto immune and autoimmune diseases are a
group of illnesses that are where your immune system mistakenly
attacks your own body tissues and so it's your body
basically attacking itself, and so to get that to calm
(01:21):
down and come into more like a remission state. It
is all about how you manage it, and that's what
most of the practitioners, whether it's your doctor, specialists or
naturopath's work a lot in this area is all about
keeping it in that stable state where it's not getting
triggered off and your body's not creating these flare ups
(01:42):
where there's a lot of inflammation in the body. Some
of the things that are triggering these autoimmune conditions. It's
not just genetic, but also environment is playing a big factor,
and there's some really interesting studies around environment and the
changes in environment over the years and how we've got
so much more pollution. There's also a lot more toxins.
(02:05):
The other triggers can and be illness, and there was
an interesting study around COVID nineteen and then getting triggered
off with an autoimmune condition after having an infection, and
that's a really common trigger for the start of an
autoimmune condition. And sometimes we basically don't know what triggers
it off, and you can be doing everything right and
(02:25):
suddenly it just pops out out of the blue and
that makes it actually quite tricky to manage because you
might be already doing a lot of good stuff for
your health and still have a condition that you've got
to manage ongoing because it will be sitting there usually ongoing.
But there's some things we can do, and one of
the main ones I always look at is nutrition.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
First.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
There was you know, there's studies done around the Western
diet and how Western countries do have more autoimmune conditions.
So looking at your diet and how you can bring
it back to more whole foods diet eliminate some of
these ultra processed foods. Also trigger foods that might be
causing more flare ups, which for some people can be gluten,
(03:10):
can be dairy can be foods that create inflammation, so
things like night shade vegetables can be triggers for some
people with autoimmune conditions. Also looking at your gut health,
and that's where I always like to do, using your
microbio mapping testing so I can see what's going on
in the gut because there are particular bacteria that are
related to autoimmune conditions and they can be kind of
(03:33):
like the switch for the autoimmune condition to turn on
and that might be something like citro bacteria finati, which
is commonly related to arthritis, or something like clipsilia, which
is a really common one that would also trigger off
autoimmune conditions, and that might be doing a full gut
plan to rebalance the microbiome to help eliminate these these
(03:55):
bacteria that might be triggering off the autoimmune and rebuilding
the bacteria back into the gut, or also managing that inflammation,
which could be looking at tumor which yes, you can
eat turumoric, but usually you'll need something extra like a
cucumanoid kind of based supplement that is going to help
with managing the inflammation. Also managing your immune system because
(04:19):
obviously it's an overactive immune system function, so managing that
making sure we're not overstimulating the immune system because that
would make the autoimmune condition worse. And also just managing
that inflammation through things like buzzwalia or maybe PA. So
a few supplements can be helpful, not all just supplements,
but also looking at your lifestyle and how you're kind
(04:41):
of putting that all together is how you can get
a really good balance and keeping them autoimmune condition in
that sort of stable remission state. Where it's not causing
big flare ups and your body can just function as
normal from day to day. And sometimes you need to
medications thrown in the mix as well, but it's all
about keeping the balance and just kind of looking at
(05:03):
all different angles and how you manage your autoimmune condition,
working out if you can those triggers makes a big difference,
doesn't it. Absolutely, thank you so much erin appreciate all that.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
For more from the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it B from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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