If you’ve been told your autoimmune disease is just something you’ll have to manage forever, or if you’ve tried every diet under the sun only to watch the weight come right back, Jessica’s story is about to shift how you think about chronic illness and that stubborn weight that won’t budge.
Jessica came to us a few years ago when she was 50. She’d been a federal employee—someone with a solid career and years ahead of her—but she’d been forced to retire on disability years before she should have had to stop working.
She had rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that was systematically destroying her joints. On top of that, she was battling fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, daily migraines, chronic stomach pain, and severe pain throughout her entire body. Every. Single. Day.
By the time she found us, she’d been living this way for years. Fifteen years of migraines and almost 15 years of rheumatoid arthritis ravaging her body. She was desperate—not just for some relief, but for real answers. She needed to understand why. Why was all of this happening to her?
When Jessica came to see us, almost everything on her symptom sheet was rated a 10—the most severe on our scale.
She lived in constant, unrelenting physical pain. The combination of fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis made every single day absolutely brutal—there wasn’t a part of her body that didn’t hurt. But that was just the beginning. She was also battling:
The pain had become so debilitating and all-consuming that she was eventually forced to retire early. She simply couldn’t physically show up to work every day and function like a normal person anymore. Her body wouldn’t allow it.
Understandably, she was desperate for answers when she came to us. She’d been dealing with all of this for 15 years—seeing doctors, taking medications, trying treatments—with no real resolution. She needed to understand why this was happening to her.450
First, we did comprehensive lab work with Jessica, and what we found explained everything.
Her results revealed significant mold toxicity, and when we looked at the list of symptoms known to be associated with mold toxins, Jessica had every single one. The joint pain. The chronic fatigue. The sleep issues. The gut-related symptoms. The brain fog. The systemic inflammation. The major food sensitivities. The cognitive decline and memory issues. We could tie all of that to the different molds we found in Jessica’s body.
But that wasn’t all. We also looked for chemical toxins, and she had a very long list of them—some at very high levels. Her glyphosate was in the extreme range. She also had parabens in the extreme range.
These toxic loads combined were creating the perfect storm in her system, overwhelming every major pathway her body relies on to heal, detoxify, think clearly, and keep inflammation under control.
After testing for toxins, we tested for food sensitivities.
We did tests called the Wheat Zoomer and the Gut Zoomer to look specifically at what was going on in her gut. Why? Because when someone has this many symptoms, you can’t just look at what they’re reacting to on the surface. You have to figure out why the immune system is reacting in the first place.
These tests allowed us to see whether there was intestinal permeability, whether the gut lining was damaged, whether gluten or other proteins were triggering an immune response, and whether her microbiome was imbalanced in a way that would keep her body stuck in inflammation mode.
What we found was striking: Jessica had extreme reactions to wheat. Although she was already mostly gluten free, we found that Jessica was one of many people who simply cannot tolerate gluten, even in small amounts.
In addition to gluten sensitivity, we also found that Jessica had reactions to lectin and dairy,
And Jessica had extreme reactions to not just wheat and gluten, but also to lectin and dairy, which told us her gut lining was already inflamed and her immune system was on high alert.
When the gut is compromised, even foods that are normally well tolerated can trigger symptoms. And in her case, these reactions weren’t mild. They were the kind that keep the immune system firing nonstop, driving more inflammation, worsening digestion, disrupting hormones, and making her entire system more reactive over time.
Once we had the right data, our team helped her modify her diet and take out all the foods that were contributing to her inflammation.
Once we started pulling out those trigger foods in the first and second months, the shift we saw was dramatic.
The difference between month one and month two was remarkable. In the first month, almost everything sat at a 10—maxed out across the board. Then things started dropping fast. Her bloating plummeted from a 10 to a 2 just from cutting out inflammatory foods. Stomach pain dropped from a 10 to a 5. Headaches significantly improved in 30 days. The back pain, relentless body aches, bone-deep fatigue—all of it started easing simply because we’d identified and removed what her body couldn’t handle.
That detailed information from the testing? It was everything. It gave us the foundation we needed to build Jessica’s personalized healing plan. With that in place, we moved on to the next critical phase: detoxing the mold and chemical toxins that had been poisoning her system.
Over the next year, Jessica’s body transformed. One by one, her symptoms dropped into the green zone. Most of what had been 8s, 9s, and 10s were now sitting at zeros, ones, and twos. We’re still working with Jessica on optimizing her health and keeping everything dialed in, but what she’s achieved is honestly remarkable.
She dropped 43 pounds without restrictive dieting or calorie counting. The chronic inflammation that had been ravaging her body finally calmed down. And now? She’s out walking her dogs every single day—something that used to be impossible—now completely pain-free. She feels better physically than she has in over a decade.
But here’s the best part. Jessica had been on some heavy-duty medications for her rheumatoid arthritis. She was getting IV infusions of a powerful immunosuppressant drug every month or two—the kind of treatment doctors tell you you’ll need for life. She’s now completely off it. Her rheumatologist was floored. He actually looked at her and said, “Not many people—actually, not any people—ever get off of this medication.”
Yet there she was. Living proof that you can get off of those medications you think you’ll be on forever. Not because of some miracle drug or experimental treatment, but because she finally addressed what was actually causing her body to attack itself in the first place.
Let’s talk about something that plagues so many people with chronic illness: weight that won’t budge, no matter what you try.
Jessica lost 43 pounds—but not through calorie counting, keto, or restrictive dieting. The weight came off because we addressed what was actually forcing her body to hold onto it.
Here’s the connection most people miss: When toxins accumulate in your body, weight gain is just one of many symptoms you’ll experience. But here’s the thing—your body isn’t working against you. It’s actually doing everything it possibly can to protect you. Your body is incredibly intelligent. When it realizes there are toxins present that it can’t eliminate on its own, it does something clever: it creates more fat cells to encapsulate those toxins and tuck them safely away from your vital organs. So you can eat perfectly clean and still gain weight. Your body isn’t sabotaging you—it’s trying to save you.
But here’s the real problem. Your body is completely outmatched when it comes to eliminating most chemical and mold toxins. A handful might leave on their own, sure. But the rest? They don’t just stick around—they accumulate, layer upon layer, getting more concentrated and more dangerous the longer they sit there.
And when you try something like keto and force those fat cells to burn, you release all those stored toxins back into your bloodstream. They recirculate, get redeposited elsewhere, and your body freaks out and re-encapsulates them in new fat cells—often in different locations.
That’s why you might have gained weight first in your belly, then your thighs, then your arms, then your chin. You’re not crazy. It’s a toxic overload forcing your body to constantly relocate and re-store the same poisons.
We see this with about 90% of our chronically ill clients. They all test positive for significant toxic loads. And as they properly detoxify through our protocols? The weight just falls off—almost effortlessly.
If you’ve been gaining weight despite “doing everything right,” or if you’ve tried keto only to plateau and gain it all back (plus more), your body is likely carrying a heavy toxic burden. And that stubborn weight? It might be an early warning sign before more serious chronic conditions develop.
Jessica was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia—chronic conditions she was told she’d have to manage for life. But once we identified and removed the mold toxins and chemical toxins from her body, her symptoms resolved. Her conditions weren’t mysterious or untreatable. They had specific, measurable causes that could be addressed.
Joint pain, chronic fatigue, sleep issues, gut problems, brain fog, systemic inflammation, food sensitivities, cognitive decline, memory issues, depression, and anxiety—all of these are known symptoms of mold toxicity and chemical toxin exposure. Jessica had every single symptom on the list because she had a significant toxic burden in her body.
Jessica had extreme reactions to wheat, gluten, lectin, and dairy. But these food sensitivities weren’t the root cause of her illness—they were a symptom of the toxic burden and inflammation in her body. Once we removed the offending foods and addressed the underlying toxicity, her system could begin to heal. Food matters, but it’s part of a bigger picture.
Within the first month of removing Jessica’s food triggers, her bloating dropped from a 10 to a 2. Her stomach pain went from a 10 to a 5. Her headaches improved significantly. Her body aches, and fatigue got noticeably better. When you address what’s actually causing the problem, improvement can happen remarkably fast.
Jessica’s doctor told her that no one gets off the immunosuppressant IV infusion she was on for rheumatoid arthritis. Yet she did—along with many of her other medications. When you remove the toxins causing the autoimmune response and inflammation, you don’t need medications to suppress your immune system anymore. The disease process itself can resolve.
Jessica lost 43 pounds, not through restrictive dieting but through detoxification. Her body had been creating fat cells to encapsulate and store toxins safely away from her organs. Once the toxins were removed properly, her body no longer needed that protective fat storage. The weight came off naturally as her body healed.
As you’re reading about Jessica, something might be resonating deep down. You’re carrying an autoimmune diagnosis—fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, unrelenting pain—and the message you keep hearing is that this is your new normal, something to control with medications indefinitely. You’ve exhausted every option, and you’re still waiting for something, anything, to actually work long-term.
Or your biggest frustration isn’t even the diagnosis—it’s the weight. The weight that clings to you, no matter how perfectly you eat or how hard you try. You’ve done keto. You’ve counted every calorie. You’ve followed every trending diet protocol. The scale budges a bit at first, but then it stops. And before you know it, those pounds creep back on. And you’re left wondering if something is fundamentally broken–why your body seems to be working against you at every turn.
Here’s what Jessica’s story proves beyond any doubt: chronic illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia aren’t mysterious, untreatable conditions. They have identifiable, removable root causes. And that stubborn weight you’re carrying? It’s often your body’s way of screaming at you that there’s toxic overload happening inside.
After 15 years of constant suffering, Jessica is now living without that relentless pain. She’s completely off her immunosuppressant medication—the one her doctor said nobody ever gets off of. She lost 43 pounds without restrictive dieting. And she walks her dogs every single day, pain-free, doing something that used to be impossible.
If that kind of complete transformation is possible after 15 years of being told she’d just have to “manage” these conditions forever, what might be possible for you?
You don’t have to spend the rest of your life just managing symptoms and battling your weight. You can actually investigate what’s causing both—and address it at the source.
