by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 24, 2026 | Autoimmunity, Blog
A common practitioner mistake: removing gluten from an autoimmune patient’s diet, watching them improve initially, then losing the clinical thread when symptoms return weeks later. The assumption is compliance failure. The more likely explanation is...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 21, 2026 | Autoimmunity, Blog
Most practitioners ordering an ANA panel believe they are assessing for autoimmunity. They are not. They are checking one narrow immunological window while the actual mechanisms driving tissue destruction continue undetected. The clinical gap between standard...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 17, 2026 | Blog, Gastrointestinal Disorders
The recurrence rate for SIBO after standard antibiotic treatment approaches 99 percent. That number is not an indictment of the antibiotics — it is an indictment of stopping there. The Kharrazian Institute’s clinical training teaches practitioners to treat SIBO...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, Gastrointestinal Disorders
Most practitioners ordering gut permeability testing are measuring the wrong thing for the wrong patient at the wrong time. A zonulin panel comes back elevated, the practitioner notes “leaky gut,” and the protocol begins — usually glutamine, probiotics,...
by Kharrazian Institute | Jul 10, 2026 | Blog, Essentials of Functional Medicine
Most autoimmune patients arrive at a functional medicine practice already on a suppressive medication, already exhausted, and already told their diet doesn’t matter. The research says otherwise. Dietary interventions, sleep quality, stress physiology, and toxic...
