The Autoimmune Doc Podcast w/ Dr. Taylor Krick

What are biologic medications actually doing—and what can understanding their targets teach us about autoimmunity and chronic inflammation? In Episode 91, Dr. Taylor Krick breaks down the mechanisms behind familiar medications like Humira, Remicade, Enbrel, Dupixent, Bimzelx, and Skyrizi, along with targeted synthetic medications such as Rinvoq and Xeljanz. These names may be familiar from commercials or conversations with your healthcare team, but the immune signals they target can feel like...

Can the foods we eat influence mood, focus, impulsivity, anxiety, and behavior? In this follow-up to the gut-brain connection episode, Dr. Taylor Krick explores how food communicates with the brain through the microbiome, immune system, blood sugar, neurotransmitters, and gut-brain axis. Dr. Taylor breaks down several common dietary triggers that may contribute to behavioral or neurological changes in susceptible children and adults, including gluten, dairy, sugar, synthetic food dyes, artifi...

Can poor gut health contribute to anxiety, depression, brain fog, OCD, insomnia, neurological symptoms, or an overactive stress response? SHORT ANSWER - - YES!!!! In this episode of The Autoimmune Doc Podcast, Dr. Taylor explains the gut-brain connection, the enteric nervous system, the vagus nerve, psychobiotics, and why a “gut on fire” can lead to a “brain on fire.” The vagus nerve is often described as the communication highway connecting the digestive system and the brain—but stimu...

Many people think functional medicine is simply taking supplements like magnesium, vitamin D, fish oil, or probiotics. In this episode, Dr. Taylor Krick explains why successful healing is far more complex—and far more effective—than simply choosing the "right" supplement. Drawing from over a decade of clinical experience helping people with autoimmune diseases, chronic illnesses, and complex mystery symptoms, Dr. Taylor breaks down how functional medicine practitioners use supplements a...

Fertility challenges are becoming increasingly common, but what if the conversation needs to go beyond hormone treatments and fertility clinics? In this episode of The Autoimmune Doc Podcast, Dr. Taylor Krick and Ryan Ayala explore the growing fertility crisis and the underlying mechanisms that may be contributing to infertility, recurrent miscarriages, and pregnancy complications. Rather than focusing solely on fertility treatments, Dr. Krick discusses how optimizing overall health can impro...