The TIGER Protocol: five step program for autoimmunity
July 28, 2023
Hosted by Susan Downs, MD
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Autoimmune diseaes are becoming increasingly prevalent affecting approximately ten percent of the population. In the US autoimmune diseases affect an estimated twenty-five million people. It is the fastest-growing category of disease. It can take decades between the start of this process and the time of an accurate diagnosis. Autoimmune diseases include: Hashimoto's Disease, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, lupus and allergies. Dr. Akil Palanisamy describes his TIGER protocol, which is an integrative treatment approach combining his work as a functional medcine practitioner with his training in Ayurveda (the tradional medicine of India). His five step protocol includes -removing toxins -healing infections -improving gut health -Eating right -Consciously resting and rebalancing. His holistic approach is a guide for building up health, reducing the occurent of flare-ups, and attaining remission with a minimum of medications. With his approach you can feel better so you can live life to the fullesst. The tiger Protocol gives you the tools you need to start on the path toward healing and freedom
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Susan Downs, MD
Dr. Susan is boarded in Integrative Medicine and in Psychiatry, is a certified IFM practitioner and certified in the American Academy of Antiaging Medicine. She works at the University of California, San Francisco and is on the Psychiatry Consultant Registry (UK). She has Masters Degrees in engineering from MIT and Stanford and a Masters in Public Health from Loma Linda Medical Center.
Based between San Francisco and Bloomsbury (London), she is the president of the cutting edge, Silicon Valley Health Institute (SVHI), has worked in ten countries and studied many healing modalities. Previously, she worked for the NHS in the UK, was an assistant professor at INSEAD (European School for Business Administration), and was a foreign service officer managing alternative energy projects in Asia. She is also a film-maker with two multi award winning films on health. Her interests include medicine, economics, spirituality and making the world a better place.
