Heather Cooan: Healing Lichen Sclerosus with Nutrition Therapy

Lichen Sclerosus Podcast

Unearth the root cause of your Lichen Sclerosus and transform your life with Heather Cooan's real talk about nutrition and lifestyle changes. "But she didn't let that hold her down, and she advocated for herself and was able to heal her cancer and her Lichen Sclerosus support Network through the use of naturopathic therapy." Heather Cooan is a certified nutrition therapy practitioner and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. She found her passion for nutrition after her own battle with Lichen Sclerosus and vulvar cancer, and now works to help others heal their LS through naturopathic therapy. Heather Cooan was diagnosed with Lichen Sclerosus and vulvar cancer after 25 years of misdiagnoses. Through naturopathic therapy and self-advocacy, she was able to heal herself and now works as a certified nutrition therapy practitioner and a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. She helps people identify stressors that are pulling their bodies out of balance, such as genetic components, microbiome imbalances, and environmental triggers. Through research labs, she looks for things like food sensitivities, leaky gut, neurotransmitters, and hormones to help individuals get back into balance. In this episode, you will learn the following: 1. What is the difference between a nutrition therapist and a dietitian? 2. What is leaky gut, and how can it cause auto-immune diseases? 3. What are the six buckets of triggers that can cause auto-immune diseases? Resources: Find out what buckets are triggering your health issues by taking Heather's test at https://heathercooan.com/lspodcast. Other episodes you'll enjoy: How Self-Advocating Actually Helped Beat Vulvar Cancer How The System Failed Heather Cooan. Lichen Sclerosus and Diet? Does the research look good?

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