Rethinking Autoimmune Disease
Show notes
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Ayf6b1PdOpg?si=c7fQH8NO6aAU4aHw
Greg Mongeon is a health practitioner who loves asking a question that doesn't get asked nearly enough: why is the body responding this way in the first place? His approach connects the dots between hormones, immune health, environmental stressors, and the nervous system to help people look beyond symptoms and toward the bigger picture.
(00:00) Why hormone symptoms can be connected to infection, toxicity, stress, and other underlying pressures on the body.
(00:45) How Greg's classroom analogy explains what can happen when the immune system becomes overwhelmed by too many competing stressors.
(01:27) Why underlying infection and toxicity may contribute to hormonal shifts and create a cycle involving the nervous and immune systems.
(03:24) How carrying multiple responsibilities can keep women in a hypervigilant fight-or-flight state that affects overall health.
(04:04) Why Greg questions the traditional idea that autoimmunity means the immune system simply goes rogue and attacks the body.
(06:02) Why sleep, movement, and other basic health behaviors may matter more than expensive biohacking tools and complicated interventions.
(06:35) How to advocate for yourself when you feel something is wrong even though your lab results fall inside the normal range.
(08:39) Why hormone health cannot be separated from liver function, gut health, nervous system regulation, and the foundations that support the body.
Full show notes (including all links mentioned): https://jjvirgin.com/drgreg