02/26/2026
🦠 Let’s talk autoimmune disease, family, because it’s hitting Black women harder than most, and no one’s talking about it enough.
From lupus and Hashimoto’s to rheumatoid arthritis and MS, autoimmune diseases are rising fast.
1 in 5 Americans is affected. But here’s the deeper question:
Why are our bodies attacking themselves in the first place?
And why are Black women, the backbones of our families and communities, often overlooked, misdiagnosed, or dismissed until symptoms are severe?
In functional medicine, we ask: what’s triggering the immune system, and what is the root cause?
Here are the big ones:
🥫 Processed foods = chronic inflammation
🧼 Over-sanitized living = poor immune education
🦠 Gut imbalance = 70% of immunity lives in your gut
☣️ Toxins (beauty products, plastics, pollution) disrupt hormones & immunity
😮💨 Chronic stress = immune dysfunction, viral reactivation
🧬 Genetics matter, but the environment pulls the trigger
The beautiful part?
Our bodies want to heal.
When we start supporting the gut, calming the nervous system, reducing toxic exposure, and making space for real rest, many autoimmune symptoms improve.
💚 This journey takes patience, education, and community.
And you don’t have to walk it alone.
💬 Have you noticed what triggers or soothes your autoimmune symptoms? Share below, we heal together.