Our Root Cause Panel is the first step in your healing journey. By testing for these 9 biomarkers, we’re able to build a comprehensive view of your health and focus on the underlying factors contributing to your autoimmune symptoms.
We include C-Reactive Protein testing to assess the level of inflammation in your body, which can be indicative of various underlying conditions, including autoimmune diseases.
Inflammation is often closely connected to nutrition and other foundational health concerns like digestion, blood sugar, and fatty acid balance.
The CBC is included to evaluate your overall health and detect a variety of disorders, like anemia and infection, which can be symptoms of an autoimmune condition.
Imbalances in the CBC can often be related to underlying foundational needs with digestive health and function.
We test for Vitamin D levels to determine any deficiencies that may be affecting your immune system's effectiveness, as low levels can be linked to autoimmune diseases.
Vitamin D imbalances are often influenced by diet, digestion and fatty acid support.
This test helps us evaluate your average blood sugar levels over the past three months, allowing us to identify potential issues related to metabolic function or diabetes, which can be autoimmune in nature.
A glucose test is included to assess your body's ability to regulate sugar levels, as imbalances can be symptomatic of autoimmune-related metabolic issues.
We include a lipid panel to examine your cholesterol levels, which can offer insights into your cardiovascular health — a concern that's often secondary but relevant in autoimmune conditions.
Cholesterol levels and balance help us get a more comprehensive look at the inflammatory responses in your body and assess for what anti-inflammatory nutrients you might need from your diet.
Iron, Ferritin, and TIBC (Total Iron Binding Capacity)
These tests are included to assess your body's iron storage and utilization, which can be indicative of anemia or other conditions sometimes associated with autoimmune diseases.
Iron imbalances are often indicative of the need to support digestive healing and function.
The ANA test is included to identify the presence of antinuclear antibodies in your blood, which are commonly elevated in various types of autoimmune diseases.
What you can look forward to as a WellTheory member
Community Support
You’re not alone on your autoimmunity journey. Join an intimate community of others who are living and learning alongside you.
Ongoing Expert Support
Your Care Team of autoimmune experts—led by a Registered Dietitian—is here to provide continuous care through regular video calls and unlimited messaging.
Dedicated, Personalized Care
Together, we’ll uncover the root causes contributing to your symptoms and create a whole-body plan to address your nutritional and lifestyle needs.
Actionable Changes, Real Results
Learn simple, evidence-based habits around nutrition, sleep, stress, movement and connection to self, others and nature to reduce your symptoms.
Get Empathetic Support From Expert Practitioners
Managing an autoimmune disease is complicated — especially when your care provider dismisses your symptoms.
Our Care Team consists of a network of health practitioners, Registered Dietitians, and clinical advisers, all with autoimmune-specific training. They’ve helped thousands of others like you feel wholly supported on their path to healing.
Identify The Root Cause Of Your Symptoms
Our custom Root Cause Panel tests for nine biomarkers of autoimmune response. Coupled with a one-hour onboarding call, our team will help you identify what’s triggering your symptoms.
Often the result of long-term inflammation and depletion of nutrients, fatigue can be addressed by increasing your intake of protein and vegetables and creating a bedtime routine that supports a higher quality of sleep.
Inflammation can act as a signal to the brain to feel pain. One way to reduce those pain signals is to ingest more healthy fats and introduce a gentle movement routine to keep the joints from locking up.
Reduced mental clarity can greatly impact quality of daily life and make it difficult to execute tasks, think quickly, and function without easily forgetting details. Supporting the gut-brain barrier with anti-inflammatory foods, practicing mindful eating, and hydrating adequately can reduce or eliminate brain fog.
Often a sign that your body is not breaking down food efficiently or easily, digestive issues can be addressed by simply chewing your food more and consuming digestive aids like ginger to support stomach acid production.
Symptoms are a mechanism for our body to communicate with us, sharing that something is out of balance. Unexplained weight gain or loss can be a key indicator of hormonal imbalances in the body. Following a foundational diet that supports reseting and getting to the root cause of these imbalances is key for supporting long term hormonal health, as well as optimal weight for your body.
Experiencing headaches is a way our body is trying to share that something is out of balance. Supporting optimal hydration and achieving therapeutic vitamin and mineral levels can help alleviate headaches and replenish nutrient stores in the body.
Science says 80% of health starts with small choices we make every day.1 Our Care Team supports you in five key areas of influence including nutrition, sleep hygiene, stress management, movement, and your connection to self, others, and nature.
OUR APPROACH
Jesse St. Jean
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Ulcerative Colitis
Built for Autoimmune Patients, by Autoimmune Patients
Half of healing is your practitioner’s ability to relate to your circumstances. Our Care Team isn’t made up of -ologists. They’re just like you. They understand your lived experience — because it’s theirs too.
Frequently Asked Questions
I’ve struggled with practitioners not believing me. Will it actually be different this time?
You’re not alone. WellTheory was created to combat this exact experience, one that our founder went through firsthand. It drove her to provide a better option.
Our program targets your root causes, helping you heal your way to symptom-free through small lifestyle adjustments. The backbone of our care is empathy through lived experience, with many practitioners on our Care Team managing their own autoimmune issues. In this way, you’ll share an automatic fluency and understanding with your practitioner that grounds their therapeutic, collaborative, and ongoing care.
I’ve tried lots of treatments in the past. How do I know WellTheory will work for me?
We understand the frustration that comes with managing an autoimmune condition. Our personalized plans get to the root cause of your symptoms to build more effective treatment. Practitioners will take your history into consideration and adapt their coaching to meet your needs as they change.
That said, we want to make trying WellTheory a safe choice. Our membership is month-to-month—no contract needed.
I’m managing multiple autoimmune diagnoses. Is your team equipped to deal with that?
Yes. Our practitioners have autoimmune expertise and will formulate a Care Plan that treats your body as a whole, including different symptoms and the root causes that might be triggering them.
How does WellTheory fit into my existing care and regimen?
We believe in a collaborative care team model and aim to integrate alongside your existing physician and specialists. What our focus will be on is managing your symptoms through simple adjustments to your lifestyle habits in five key areas: Nutrition, stress, sleep, and movement. We’ll track and measure your progress using clinically-verified methods and biomarker improvement.
Who is on my Care Team?
Your dedicated Care Team includes a licensed Registered Dietitian, board-certified health coach, and a care coordinator. Think of your Registered Dietitian as your nutrition expert, your health coach as your behavior change buddy, and your care coordinator as your go-to for anything customer service-related.
Once you complete a more thorough onboarding process and get your Care Team and Plan in place, you’ll meet with them 2x per month in 1:1 video sessions. For additional support needed between appointments, we’ll be just a message away.
How soon will I see results?
Members typically see symptom reduction in the first couple of months of the program. We do recommend working with your Care Team for six months to build the habits necessary to sustain progress long-term.
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1 Katz, D. L., Frates, E. P., Bonnet, J. P., Gupta, S. K., Vartiainen, E., & Carmona, R. H. (2018). Lifestyle as Medicine: The Case for a True Health Initiative. American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 32 (6), 1452–1458. https:// doi.org/10.1177/0890117117705949