Autoimmune Disease & Chronic Illness

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Both Caroline McNamara and I suffer from various allergies & health issues. We have many Autoimmune Disease, EDS, POTS, PCOS, MCAS, IBS, GERD, Endometriosis, Lyme, Mold Toxins, chronic pain and more! We discuss how we navigate bad days and what we do through diet and supplements to live our best lives. We are not experts but share how it affects our mothering, relationships with family & friends, and our spiritual life. We are just normal ladies trying to live our life to the full even w/ chronic health issues. Want to give hope to others that suffer like us. You are NOT alone!! Praying for you and hope this may help. Please feel free to add anything you've found to help you in the comments below.
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@lizannz4711 3 ай бұрын

🦋This is a wonderful, helpful, informative, encouraging discussion. I apppreciate Caroline's clear explanations & approaches to improve her health issues: she's systematic, analytical, organized, intelligent. Thank you Cameron for hosting Caroline.

@mw8660 3 ай бұрын

Thank for this!!! MORE of this please! So many physically hurting mamas out here

@cfradd 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!

@nancypalmer5613 3 ай бұрын

I have been feeling so desperate with my autoimmune issues. I’ve just given up trying new tricks new medicine new doctors. I had no idea how to regulate my food. This video was an answer to prayer. It’s incredible that I asked my prayer team to pray for me today that I be able to With stand what I’m going through and I come home and open up Facebook and see this. Just the fact that I’m not making this up, that it’s real, and that other people suffer is so comforting. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to both. ❤

@Citizenhelper 2 ай бұрын

Check out Dr. Ken Berry for extremely hopeful information

@wendyunknown8072 3 ай бұрын

I love love love this!!! I have been telling my husband forever now that we need to be guarded and mindful of pharmaceuticals and processed food. Two years ago I prayed to God to help me make my family healthier and he has answer my prayers just not in the manner I expected. I once had a parish priest say be careful what you pray for because God will give it to you and boy was he right. I have learned so much and have been able to help my husband and my children. My one daughter who is only 3 has severe eczema so we do the weird diets and it has made us social pariahs amongst family. People get so offended when you're not doing what everyone else is doing. Even other Catholic moms give me a side eye at times. It's so nice to have Catholic mothers talking about this!

@mariac4602 3 ай бұрын

I have to wonder if the environment in Steubenville may be toxic for those with sensitive immune systems. This was a very industrial area and probably lots of unhealthy stuff in the soil, air, water and even in the homes. Remember, tests for air, water, and soil quality often don't test for much of the poisons that lie dormant. Remember the train wreck in East Palestine area? A lot of the tests that showed water was 'safe' wasn't actually testing for the things that had spilled from that train.

@JNKJ_CiK 2 ай бұрын

Agreed. When hearing Cameron talk in the past about how much better she felt in Florida than in Ohio and how her health really tanked in Stubenville, my first thought was mold. Mikala Peterson had an article about how her health tanked one year after successful carnivore for several years, and she found the cause was prolonged exposure to mold almost her entire life. If Cameron has time, she should consider a mold test to see if that is contributing to her illnesses!

@taniaraquel6649 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated Cameran and Caroline 🙏❤

@patallenhurst3043 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful advice on sleeping! I suffer from insomnia for days at a time. I will try your advice especially on getting sunlight and turning off blue lights.

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Sun through the day at Angelus times, blue light blocked after dark (or candles), mag glycinate + mag chloride at bedtime (you can try taurine & theanine a few times a week too for extra reparative test) will have you sleeping blissfully deeply! (Not medical advice of course, take with a grain of salt ;)

@JMJ10781 3 ай бұрын

Praying for you 🙏🏻✝️🕊️

@ilona1778 3 ай бұрын

Have to listen to this one when I have time! I was diagnosed a chronic illness just few months ago. Pain and fear is hard. Praying for healing and strength ❤

@ilona1778 3 ай бұрын

I also have autoimmune illnesses 🙏

@ilona1778 3 ай бұрын

I'm trying your tips!

@teresa545 3 ай бұрын

Thank you both so much for sharing this information. In Donegal we get very liitle sun exposure Unfortunately!! Caroline you look amazing and so healthy. Praise God, yourself and Cameron are feeling so much better. I have Crohns and psoriatic arthritis. Unfortunately, I can't tolerate healthy oils. I have been grain free and dairy free for a long time but still having severe digestive issues. Resulting in a very limited diet and not been able to feed my body the nutrients it needs. Please continue to share your health journeys.💞

@cfradd 3 ай бұрын

I has issues w/ any fat, including good oils, try starting w/ bone broth, egg yolks, avocado and working your way up.

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Look into the Sperti lamp for the closest alternative to full-spectrum sunlight, and yes, lots of bone broth & gelatin/collagen to help your gut heal if you can’t tolerate much more yet. You will get there! ❤️

@thereserose3160 Ай бұрын

This discussion reminds me of the GAPS diet which my family and i are doing: really good quality foods, prepared correctly, and detoxing.

@Karen-cc4wr 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this!! I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia for the last ten years and have felt slowly losing any hope of being well again. I have now been told to lower cholesterol and hearing about the paleo diet in this video gave me something to hold onto I can do to start helping myself. Thank you so much!!! 😊

@cfradd 2 ай бұрын

YES try Paleo, Keto, Whole 30 or Carnivore!

@kimjensenable Ай бұрын

Thank you for this message. I've been doing so well and then suddenly I'm not so good. I just keep praying for the missing link to better health. Sigh Hearing you both speak gives me the courage to continue to seek and the hope to find.

@cfradd Ай бұрын

OH girl, I feel ya!!! Keep searching and keep hoping!! Prayers!

@maryboyer1782 2 ай бұрын

It’s amazing what carnivore, “The proper human diet” can do. I think it has a lot to do with what Andy Cutler discovered about how only protein can properly detox the body safely. Plants both have imperfect detoxers that stir toxins up and toxins that add to the toxic load. Dr. Pompa does an improved version of the Andy Cutler method. I’m excited to see all the healing that is possible. I’ve been so tired of being sick and tired.

@uikmnhj4me 2 ай бұрын

It is amazing! I’ve been eating carnivore for a couple of years now. But the way you write about it with so many buzzwords is going to turn people off. You made it sound like a fad diet and it comes off overly defensive. People will discover it when the time is right for them! No need to shove it down their throat

@Edith-hj8vw 3 ай бұрын

The camera keep on moving when trying to focus to 1 speaker

@kbly91274 3 ай бұрын

Hi my friends ❤

@cfradd 3 ай бұрын

😊 howdy friend

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Hey friend :)

@faustina6708 Ай бұрын

The vegan diet can be great for us. It's knowing when to stop. It regulated my periods after years of irregularities.

@TaylorRose91 3 ай бұрын

What about Magnesium Carbonate Hydrate? That’s what we have really available here in Australia.

@kellyh8218 24 күн бұрын

What red light do you use

@karenfragale7268 3 ай бұрын

What red light do you use? Have three autoimmune disease

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

We both have a joovv light which has a near infrared component as well as red light, but I’ve heard of people getting good results with less expensive strictly red light options too ❤️

@TaylorRose91 3 ай бұрын

Sorry if I missed it, do you eat honey at all? Thanks!

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Raw unheated, untreated honey is so healing. I couldn’t tolerate any sugar including honey or fruit until I repaired my gut w sufficient protein macros & gelatin/collagen. Now that I can, I eat a little raw honey every day, often with bee pollen soaked in it 💛

@Terry19330 3 ай бұрын

I was wondering what kind of magnesium was it that you said you take before sleep that causes great relaxation?

@Terry19330 3 ай бұрын

Elemental magnesium is what I heard on the video. I ordered Natures blend. If there’s another recommended blend it would be cool to know that~

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Magnesium glycinate for deep sleep, magnesium chloride for relaxation/anti-anxiety, magnesium taurate for brain fog/pms. I take 1-2g total each day as a combination of all 3 of these forms ^^

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Elemental magnesium is a term referencing bioavailability, but it can cause confusion with deceptive marketing. Natures blend brand is mag oxide, which can actually cause problems. Search for magnesium glycinate or magnesium chloride and look at the label to make sure it’s purely those forms, not hybrid blends with oxide, citrate, or sulfate ❤️

@lubigeach1898 3 ай бұрын

@@sunshine.caroline Would you be able to mention which brands are you actually taking for magnesium and taurine, because there are so many, I don't know which one to choose. Many thanks.

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

In the US I like thorne, nootropics depot, pure encapsulations or life extension for capsules. For bulk mag chloride, try heiltropfen or ancient minerals 🤍

@stargwynn1 3 ай бұрын

Considering All the sexual abuses in those safe, Catholic and Christian communities that occurred during those better, safer times, I’d say parents always should have been more on guard on every arena The same horrible things have always happened in history. It was just hushed over

@carrieschuess22 3 ай бұрын

I agree- there are also still a lot of good people out there today even outside of church communities!

@wendyunknown8072 3 ай бұрын

🤦There is always one of you in the comment section. Yes we know there were/are horrific abusive sinners in the Church. It's the nature of a fallen world. I don't know why you feel the need to try and derail a wonderful conversation about health with "Hey hey people in the church have done terrible things."

@stargwynn1 3 ай бұрын

@@wendyunknown8072 bc they were glorifying old times when children were safe and cared for by society Not the case

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Didn’t mean to imply the past was free from sin - there’s evil everywhere (even though a child is statistically more likely to be abused by a public school teacher or Boy Scout leader than a priest). Simply meant that today, kids are facing an intensity of institutional and cultural propaganda never before seen in the West, amplified by kids’ exposure to technology. 30 years ago most kids weren’t exposed to abuse p0rn before age 10, or told by their middle school teachers they should try out polyamory. Lgbtq dogma is pushed in virtually every secular tv show down to Bluey for toddlers. My point is that if we’re consuming this mindlessly or sending our kids out to schools without question, we’re going to have major problems, and the same is true for health. The same people who push the anti-family, antihuman secular dogmas are the same ones trying to regulate small farms out of existence, push destructive diets in the name of health, and control pharma. We need to be mindful & take ownership, because thoughtless consumption of the standard American diet with recourse to the current medical system will ultimately leave you sick.

@LizCanKnit 3 ай бұрын

I am the weirdo who can’t take Mg. It’s like a fifty lb boulder on my head . Worst headaches ever.

@LizCanKnit 3 ай бұрын

@@sunshine.caroline I just purchased a whole bottle of the glycinate with hopes I had found “the one”. Two days of headaches. I know moms who get a lot of mag to stall contractions say the headaches are brutal. When I talk to docs or nutritionists about the headaches they just look at me in disbelief. I’m a night shift nurse and would love to be able to take magnesium instead of melatonin.

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

Ah that’s awful! Oxide is the most common form found in mag supplements and can do more harm than good, including cause headaches. Citrate can as well. Try pure glycinate or chloride before bed, small amounts and work up. Your body needs magnesium to function!

@wendyunknown8072 3 ай бұрын

My husband and my oldest daughter have issues when I try to supplement magnesium for them. They literally pass out not like falling sleep but their heart rate drops and they'll faint....I'm not sure why because my other daughter and myself can take Epsom salt baths everyday and feel great. In fact I need to do that to stabilize my mood.

@LizCanKnit 3 ай бұрын

@@wendyunknown8072 Magnesium, calcium and potassium work together to regulate heart rate. Too much or too little can induce arrhythmias.

@LizCanKnit 2 ай бұрын

UPDATE! So I let my system clear out and then tried the glycinate again. I can take it!!! No headaches so far.

@catherinenewton3850 3 ай бұрын

Did I understand correctly that you only eat 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight? So a 150 pound person should only eat 0.33 pounds of protein per day? That doesn’t seem like much. Or is that a minimum? (Or am I doing the math wrong 😑)

@sunshine.caroline 3 ай бұрын

A 150lb person would need 150g of protein a day. The weight of the food itself doesn’t correlate to the protein content, so you can use apps like chronometer to figure out macronutrient quantities, look at the nutrition labels, or google them (eg a chicken breast has about 40g of protein, one egg has 13g, etc). Choose quality animal based sources (meat, eggs, dairy, collagen, gelatin). Plant based proteins are so highly processed and inflammatory that they’ll be counterproductive ❤️