Paleo for the Lupus Body
Lately, I have been on a quest to find great tasting, grain-free foods. Say what? Yes, I said grain free. Ever since I became gluten free, I began to notice that my body really doesn’t like grains. I would feel a slight muscle ache as if I had lifted heavy weights the day before, even…
5 Tips to Alleviate Your Lupus Joint Pain
Joint pain is one of the most common symptoms of lupus. It can move between different joints or remain isolated to one or many joints at a time. For me, the pain began in my right wrist, it would resolve and move to another joint a day later. As things quickly worsened, the pain remained…
Feeling Tired? Five Tips To Overcome Lupus Fatigue
As a lupus thriver and nurse practitioner, I get a lot of questions about lupus. Last week, the most popular question was “ What can I do to get over the fatigue?” It’s a question that I’m asked quite often, as people describe themselves as waking up exhausted or dragging at work all day. Some…
The Lupus Gluten Connection
Note: the Lupus Gluten Connection first appeared on kriscarr.com. Today I am healthy, vibrant and pain free, but it wasn’t always this way. A few years ago, I became afflicted with intense, severe muscle pain and joint swelling, leading to hospitalization. It wasn’t until I discovered I had a severe gluten intolerance that I was…
5 Signs That You May Have a Vitamin Deficiency
Are you someone who feels you get enough vitamins from your diet and don’t need to take any extras? Well here are five clues that you may be suffering from a vitamin deficiency. 1. You feel sluggish or are easily winded This may indicate iron deficiency anemia. Many women struggle with this. It can be…
