Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
What if your body hasn’t turned against you?
When I was diagnosed with lupus at 16, I was taught that my immune system was “attacking” my body. I had severe arthritis, rashes, antiphospholipid antibodies, and lupus nephritis so serious that I was told I was heading toward kidney failure and dialysis without aggressive treatment.
Thankfully, my doctors helped save my life.
But years later, after changing my nutrition and lifestyle and seeing my lupus symptoms and abnormal labs disappear, I began looking at my body very differently.
My ANA became negative. My lupus antibodies disappeared. My kidneys healed, the proteinuria resolved, my antiphospholipid antibodies disappeared, and I eventually came off my medications. More than 20 years later, I still haven’t had another lupus flare, after 12 years of chronic disease when I was younger.
And I realized something:
My body had never stopped fighting FOR me.
As a teenager, I ate pizza almost every day, bags of Doritos, drank Coca-Cola instead of water, and barely ate nutritious foods. In medical school, I lived on caffeine, Diet Coke, and coffee.
Yet every morning, my body kept me alive.
When I finally began giving it what it needed—Hyper-Nourishing plant-based foods, water, exercise, sleep, self-care, and healthier relationships—12 years of illness transformed dramatically within months.
That experience completely changed the relationship I have with my body.
Instead of thinking, “My body betrayed me,” I learned to think:
“My body has been fighting for me this whole time. How can I help it?”
If you’re alive and listening to this today, your body is still working for you.
So befriend it.
Give it nourishing food.
Give it water.
Give it sleep.
Move it.
Speak kindly to it.
Surround yourself with healthy relationships.
And give your body the care it deserves.
You may be amazed at what it can do when you finally start working WITH it instead of being angry at it.
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About Dr. G:
Dr. Brooke Goldner is a board-certified medical doctor and the author of multiple bestselling books, including Goodbye Lupus, Goodbye Autoimmune Disease, and her recently released recipe book, Goodbye Lupus, Hello Delicious.
She has published multiple case studies in fully reversing Lupus & Sjogren's diseases and lupus nephritis with her nutrition protocol.
She is the sole autoimmune professor for the Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University and a member of the Forbes Health Advisory Board.
Due to her Goodbye Lupus Nutrition Protocol, she herself has been lupus-free with normal lab tests since 2005, after 12 years of being very sick with lupus rashes, arthritis, nephritis, and mini-strokes from antiphospholipid antibodies. She was able to have healthy pregnancies and children and remains healthy to this day, with a hyper-nourishing plant-based diet.
She has dedicated her life to educating the public, physicians, and testifying to government committees to improve health through better understanding of the nutrition that optimizes cellular function, repair, and immunity, that has saved her life and thousands of others around the world.
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
All the information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos are strictly for informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice from your health care provider or physician.
The information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos cannot be used to make a diagnosis or treat any health condition. The information is not advice, and should not be treated as such. The information in this video is provided "as is" without any representations or warranties, express or implied.
Brooke Goldner, M.D. is not acting as your medical provider. --
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What if your body hasn’t turned against you?
When I was diagnosed with lupus at 16, I was taught that my immune system was “attacking” my body. I had severe arthritis, rashes, antiphospholipid antibodies, and lupus nephritis so serious that I was told I was heading toward kidney failure and dialysis without aggressive treatment.
Thankfully, my doctors helped save my life.
But years later, after changing my nutrition and lifestyle and seeing my lupus symptoms and abnormal labs disappear, I began looking at my body very differently.
My ANA became negative. My lupus antibodies disappeared. My kidneys healed, the proteinuria resolved, my antiphospholipid antibodies disappeared, and I eventually came off my medications. More than 20 years later, I still haven’t had another lupus flare, after 12 years of chronic disease when I was younger.
And I realized something:
My body had never stopped fighting FOR me.
As a teenager, I ate pizza almost every day, bags of Doritos, drank Coca-Cola instead of water, and barely ate nutritious foods. In medical school, I lived on caffeine, Diet Coke, and coffee.
Yet every morning, my body kept me alive.
When I finally began giving it what it needed—Hyper-Nourishing plant-based foods, water, exercise, sleep, self-care, and healthier relationships—12 years of illness transformed dramatically within months.
That experience completely changed the relationship I have with my body.
Instead of thinking, “My body betrayed me,” I learned to think:
“My body has been fighting for me this whole time. How can I help it?”
If you’re alive and listening to this today, your body is still working for you.
So befriend it.
Give it nourishing food.
Give it water.
Give it sleep.
Move it.
Speak kindly to it.
Surround yourself with healthy relationships.
And give your body the care it deserves.
You may be amazed at what it can do when you finally start working WITH it instead of being angry at it.
🎥 Join me LIVE every Wednesday here on YouTube at 12:30 PM Pacific for Wellness Wednesday, where I answer your questions about mental health, physical health, nutrition, healing, relationships, and more.
Subscribe to get notified when I am live.
💚 Find my books, free educational resources, recipes, programs, and ways to work with me through the links in my profile/description.
#PeoplePleasing #MentalHealth #SelfLove
About Dr. G:
Dr. Brooke Goldner is a board-certified medical doctor and the author of multiple bestselling books, including Goodbye Lupus, Goodbye Autoimmune Disease, and her recently released recipe book, Goodbye Lupus, Hello Delicious.
She has published multiple case studies in fully reversing Lupus & Sjogren's diseases and lupus nephritis with her nutrition protocol.
She is the sole autoimmune professor for the Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University and a member of the Forbes Health Advisory Board.
Due to her Goodbye Lupus Nutrition Protocol, she herself has been lupus-free with normal lab tests since 2005, after 12 years of being very sick with lupus rashes, arthritis, nephritis, and mini-strokes from antiphospholipid antibodies. She was able to have healthy pregnancies and children and remains healthy to this day, with a hyper-nourishing plant-based diet.
She has dedicated her life to educating the public, physicians, and testifying to government committees to improve health through better understanding of the nutrition that optimizes cellular function, repair, and immunity, that has saved her life and thousands of others around the world.
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
All the information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos are strictly for informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice from your health care provider or physician.
The information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos cannot be used to make a diagnosis or treat any health condition. The information is not advice, and should not be treated as such. The information in this video is provided "as is" without any representations or warranties, express or implied.
Brooke Goldner, M.D. is not acting as your medical provider. --
#heartdisease #StressManagement #heartattack
#heartdiseaseawarenes
