Paola Brown had vibrant health growing up, but that changed as an adult. Chronic urinary tract infections (UTI) led to 15 or more rounds of antibiotics, each one leaving her more and more sick.
She had developed autoimmune issues, one of which was celiac disease, an immune reaction to eating gluten that had damaged the lining of her small intestine and led to uncomfortable symptoms and nutrient malabsorption. Various foods caused miserable disease flare-ups; she was worried her nursing children weren’t getting adequate nutrients.
