This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I am so excited to be joined by Dr. Sara Szal Gottfried! In this episode, Sara tells us about her healing journey after learning she was suffering from pre-autoimmune disease. Through her experience, she learned there weren't many resources to help people with their autoimmunity, so she wrote a book called The Autoimmune Cure. We dig into the tests she recommends, using psychedelics, diet, breathwork and other modalities that helped her heal her body. KEY TAKEAWAYS: How do you bring awareness to overwhelming emotional events?What are immunomodulators?What labs determine an autoimmunity?80% of patients with autoimmune disease experienced significant emotional distress before getting sickWhy is autoimmune disease on the rise?What psychedelics help autoimmunity?ABOUT GUEST: Sara Szal Gottfried MD is a physician, researcher, author, and educator. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and MIT, but is more likely to prescribe a CGM and personalized nutrition plan than the latest pharmaceutical. Dr. Szal Gottfried is a global keynote speaker and the author of four New York Times bestselling books about hormones, nutrition, and health. Her latest book is called THE AUTOIMMUNE CURE was released March 2024.  WHERE TO FIND: Website: https://www.saragottfriedmd.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saragottfriedmd/ WORK WITH CHRISTA: https://www.christabiegler.com/fss WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA: Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/ Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist Podcast Instagram: @lessstressedlife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlife Leave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: https://www.christabiegler.com/links NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY OF LESS STRESSED LIFE:  Over restriction is dead; if your practitioner is recommending this, they are stuck in 2010 and not evolvingWhole food is soul food and fed is bestSustainable, synergistic nutrition is in (the opposite of whack-a-mole supplementation & supplement graveyards)You don’t have to figure it out aloneDo your best and leave the restEPISODE SPONSOR: A special thanks to Jigsaw Health for sponsoring this episode. Get a discount on any of their products, including my favorite, Pickleball Cocktail. Use the code lessstressed10.