Gabe has been dealing with autoimmune
hepatitis, Hashimoto’s, IBS, and colitis. She joins Dr. Maggie Yu in thisepisode to discuss how she has turned this around over the past year via theTransform Autoimmune Disease Naturally program.For years, Gabe had been trying to get diagnosed but her symptoms did not precisely fit into what doctors required for a diagnosis. Now thirty-seven, she began searching for a diagnosis when she was sixteen. Gabe had sought help from several gastroenterologists, even traveling to some outside of the country. We learn that the doctors felt an attitude towards Gabe of “if she has been dealing with these symptoms for so long, then they can’t be very bad.” Dr. Yu explains that this thought process is a professional bias; assumptions that doctors make based on very little information. Gabe felt like she was being diminished.
Recently graduating from the eight-week
Transform Autoimmune Disease Naturally program, Gabe shares the outcomes that shehas experienced. Her stomach has seen a lot of progress, and instead ofdrinking six caffeinated drinks per day to cope, she drinks just one cup ofcoffee. Gabe’s fatigue and brain fog have subsided, which leads her to recallhow she couldn’t even do simple math before the program. Though her results mayseem miraculous, Gabe asserts that these are achieved simply through applyingthe components of the program.Dr Yu’s program helped Gabe
understand what specifically needed to be addressed, such as adrenals, herthyroid, blood sugar, and food intolerances. When Gabe was researching differenttreatments online, Dr. Yu’s stuck out because it was incorporating aspects thatcould be seen in other programs, but the other programs weren’t tying these alltogether. Gabe proceeds to comment on the community involvement in the programand how beneficial it is to interact with people who are going through the sameprocess.Many people with autoimmune disease
believe that they just need to get on an elimination diet to overcome their symptoms,but Dr. Yu and Gabe both agree that these diets don’t yield long-term results. Theycan even be harmful. This is part of why Gabe appreciates the data used in Dr.Yu’s program, so Dr. Yu expresses her surprise that no doctor had performed validtests on Gabe nor taught her what to do with the resulting data. Gabe remarksthat she didn’t even know that the tests within the program existed until sheenrolled.Gabe learned about foods which were
directly responsible for her symptoms by reintroducing them. Learning whichfoods would bring on symptoms, Dr. Yu emphasizes that this is a victory becauseGabe became empowered with knowledge. Gabe comments that this is very freeingand releases a burden from her. She remembers that she was eating bananas everyday, but they turned out to be a powerful trigger for her symptoms.When asked if she thinks these
results were even possible a year ago, Gabe answers that she honestly did not.She was skeptical when she joined the program, but now affirms that enrollingwas a great decision. Gabe is always able to re-check her data because she haslearned how, and even knows how to order tests if need be. She says that thisinvestment was worth her life.
