Is there anything I'm eating or not getting enough of like am I deficient in something or is there something that I'm eating constantly that might be aggravating it and every single doctor said no they said the three things they said diet can't cause it diet can't cure it and diet can't help it.

It was like a script that they were given.

This is episode number 42 with the New York Times best-selling author of Against All Grain

Danielle Walker.

Welcome to Pursuing Health.

I'm Julie Fushe, medical student and former

across the games athlete.

Here I bring to you information and inspiration

from experts and everyday individuals

for how to use lifestyle to maximize health. Thank you so much for joining me. Now let's get

started with this week's episode. Welcome back to pursuing health. I am very

excited to share this conversation with you that I had with Danielle Walker,

who's a blogger and New York Times best-selling author of the cookbook Against All Grain.

I had been following Danielle for some time before we finally met a couple of months ago at the

Mind Body Green Revitalized Summit. There we talked over dinner and she was

incredibly genuine and willing to talk about details of her life that most people would

like to keep private.

But she's seen how sharing some of her own struggles can help others who are suffering as well.

In this episode, we discussed some of her struggles, including her diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and autoimmune disease, as well as the loss of her

daughter, Ayla, to a rare genetic condition shortly after her birth.

We discuss in both of these situations how Danielle had to advocate for herself to ultimately reach the best plan of care and how she's inspired others to do the same.

We also talk about her new holiday cookbook, celebrations, and the recipe from it that I made

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