How to Balance Your Immune System Naturally with Heather Moday, MD

Dr. Heather Moday is a board-certified physician and immunologist who specializes in integrative and functional medicine. In addition to her medical degree, Dr. Moday pursued a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona, under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Weil. She is also a certified functional medicine practitioner through the Institute for Functional Medicine. 

Dr. Moday is the author of "The Immunotype Breakthrough: Your Personalized Plan to Balance Your Immune System, Optimize Health, and Build Lifelong Resilience," a wonderful book that explores different immune system types with strategies for achieving optimal health. 

Today Dr. Moday helps people transform their health by teaching them how to optimize their environment, nutrition, and stress management to balance their immune systems. I’m delighted to have her join me today to share simple lifestyle habits you can embrace to balance your immune system so you can both heal and prevent autoimmunity.

Quote: “Your immune system doesn’t care if you have a deadline.”

What’s inside this episode?

02:30 Dr. Moday’s story and transition from allergist and immunologist to integrative and functional medicine practitioner 

08:45 The patterns Dr. Moday saw emerge and the four different immunotypes 

14:35 Where you can find quizzes and other resources to help you identify what type of immune system you have

15:16 What Dr. Moday is seeing as the main drivers of autoimmunity 

23:54 What’s the first step Dr. Moday takes when a patient comes to her with a constellation of symptoms and autoimmune disorders 

29:00 Top solutions and strategies you can do to address chronic stress and other things that are contributing to autoimmunity 

35:24 How to identify types of stress reduction techniques that work for you

40:50 Final message from Dr.Moday regarding patience and being gentle with the healing process

Resources mentioned:

Dr. Heather’s Website and Immunotype book: https://modaycenter.com/

Follow Dr. Moday on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctormoday/

Want my help reversing an autoimmune condition?

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