Expert profile
Dr. Christine Proffetta
Surgeon turned holistic and functional medicine practitioner
Autoimmune recovery • holistic and functional medicine • chronic infections • biofilms
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Focus: Autoimmune recovery and holistic medicine
Christine Proffetta is a Harvard-trained surgeon who shifted toward holistic and functional medicine after recovering from severe autoimmune disease and Lyme disease. She focuses on the microbiome, biofilms, chronic infections, and environmental toxins, and uses therapies such as ozone treatment and plasma exchange. Her approach frames the body as a self-healing system that requires a clean internal environment.
Expert discussions with Dr. Christine Proffetta
Can holistic therapies and 'detox' reverse autoimmune disease?
Short answer: there is no good evidence that general 'detox' approaches reverse autoimmune disease. Some therapies discussed have legitimate medical uses in specific conditions, but that does not support their broader use as autoimmune cures. In this episode, a Harvard-trained surgeon describes recovering from severe autoimmune disease and Lyme, then turning to holistic medicine, and argues that hidden infections, biofilms, and environmental toxins keep people sick. Infection and microbiome research is legitimate, and plasma exchange is established for certain specific immune conditions, but her broad root-cause framing is not supported and some therapies carry real risks. The safer path is to build an evidence-based plan with a clinician and discuss any additional therapy you're considering before starting it, rather than using it in place of established care.