Holistic Physios

10/31/2025

10/25/2025

Citric acid…. A common ingredient in SO MANY foods.

Manufactured citric acid - made from aspergillus niger mold.

“The woman developed severe joint and muscle pain in the upper and lower extremities with associated joint swelling, abdominal bloating with cramping and feeling enervated within 6–12 h of ingesting foods that contain added citric acid.”

“She sought consultations with rheumatologists, immunologists and allergists, none of whom found an explanation. Over a five year period, she underwent extensive work-ups for auto-immune disease, rheumatoid arthritis, vitamin deficiencies, as well as adrenal and thyroid imbalance, all of which were negative.

She attempted to eliminate gluten, dairy, and yeast, symptoms were minimally altered. She fenally noted that her symptoms followed ingesting certain pre-prepared foods, the commonality being presence of citric acid in the listed ingredients.

By age 47, she began avoiding all foods with added citric acid and noted a remarkable absence of her symptoms.

Subsequently, when she would feel the symptoms reported above after consuming pre-prepared foods or beverages, she would check the listed ingredients and always find that at least one of the foods consumed within the previous 12 h contained added citric acid.

The extent of her joint pain, abdominal discomfort and enervation was directly correlated with the amount of added citric acid ingested at a given time. If she consumed a meal in which a food item contained added citric acid and consumed a drink in which added citric acid was one of the leading ingredients, her symptoms were worse and lasted longer than if she consumed a single food item in which added citric acid was listed as a more minor ingredient. Even pre-prepared organic foods that were free of all additives except added citric acid would elicit her symptoms.”

From: Potential role of the common food additive manufactured citric acid in iciting significant inflammatory reactions contributing to serious disease states: A series of four case reports

10/25/2025

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10/23/2025

🤨🤓🤔🤔🤔 Who’s taking NAD? Here’s something to consider.

10/23/2025

🔺 For all of my People Pleasing Friends ⚠️

People pleasing can trigger an autoimmune condition by causing chronic psychological stress, which leads to inflammation and immune system dysregulation.

To elaborate, chronic people-pleasing creates long-term psychological stress through a consistent pattern behavior:

📑Emotional repression: Repressing emotions like anger, frustration, and sadness to keep others happy increases internal stress.

📑Neglect of self: Prioritizing others’ needs over your own well-being leads to burnout, exhaustion, and chronic anxiety.

📑Lack of boundaries: The inability to say “no” or set limits leads to overcommitment and resentment.

📑Fear of rejection: A constant need for external validation and the anxiety of disappointing others adds to the persistent psychological pressure.

This chronic state of stress disrupts the immune system’s delicate balance through several physiological pathways:

📑Hormonal imbalance: The body’s fight or flight response releases high levels of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. While acute boosts can be helpful, chronic elevation impairs the immune system’s regulation.

📑Inflammation: Prolonged stress leads to a state of chronic inflammation. This happens when the immune system’s response to cortisol becomes blunted, leaving fewer anti-inflammatory effects to balance the inflammatory responses.

📑Immune dysfunction: Over time, the immune system becomes dysregulated and “confused”. Instead of fighting external threats, it begins to attack the body’s own healthy tissues, which is the hallmark of an autoimmune disease.

SOURCE: https://www.mssupportfoundation.org/chronic-stress-and-autoimmune-diseases/

See also PMID: 32983091

10/22/2025

Unlocking the EDS Genetic Code: A Comprehensive Guide to All 13 Subtypes, Their Inheritance Patterns, and the Specific Proteins and Genes Involved, from the Common to the Extremely Rare. 🧬

10/21/2025

Emerging research shows that Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) involve more than collagen defects. Dysregulation of the immune system—especially mast cells and complement—may increase tissue injury and affect healing in pEDS and hEDS/HSD.

➡ Understanding these connections is key to developing personalized treatments for neurological and spinal symptoms in EDS.

🔗Learn more about the connection between EDS & Chiari: https://youtu.be/QEmNDyzJa-g

Dr. Anne Maitland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Director of the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

10/21/2025

🎉 Dysautonomia Clinic Research Team is excited to share our new study on autonomic dysfunction and comorbidities in h- and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD)! The study found significant autonomic dysfunction in women with h-EDS/HSD, which was more severe than in patients with multiple sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy, scleroderma, and psoriatic arthritis. Quality of life was also worse than in patients with POTS, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus. 25% of patients had a clinical triad of EDS, POTS and MCAS. ‼️

Read full-length article here. 👇
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566070225001183?dgcid=author

10/20/2025