Caylee Clay, RDN (they/them)
@autoimmune-eats.bsky.social
Nutrition for autoimmune disease based in science, not BS diets. Anti-diet dietitian, speaker, & author with psoriasis + psoriatic arthritis. Neurodivergent & non-binary 🌈 Insurance covered appointments: https://visit.berrystreet.co/providers/Caylee-Clay
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Research demonstrates links between psoriasis and ADHD, IBD and autism, plus multiple autoimmune diseases and OCD.
To ignore this fact is to ignore the daily reality & challenges that autoimmune folks face.
Research demonstrates links between psoriasis and ADHD, IBD and autism, plus multiple autoimmune diseases and OCD.
To ignore this fact is to ignore the daily reality & challenges that autoimmune folks face.
I'm forever reminded of the Tupac lyric: "They got money for war, but can't feed the poor"...
It costs the average taxpayer $34 a year to fund SNAP.
It costs nearly $200 a day to detain an immigrant in an ICE camp.
Your tax dollars are paying to detain people without due process instead of providing healthcare, food & housing.
Let that radicalize you.
It costs nearly $200 a day to detain an immigrant in an ICE camp.
Your tax dollars are paying to detain people without due process instead of providing healthcare, food & housing.
Let that radicalize you.
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm forever reminded of the Tupac lyric: "They got money for war, but can't feed the poor"...
Glad I wasn't the only one who clocked this 🏃♂️💨
Watching RFK jr run away from someone collapsing feels like a harbinger of things to come
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Glad I wasn't the only one who clocked this 🏃♂️💨
It's done! One in each arm.
✅️ COVID 💉
✅️ Flu 💉
18 years ago, I got very sick with strep & the flu simultaneously. My psoriasis first appeared soon after. This is a well-known phenomenon.
Now, I simply do not play with respiratory infections. Hard pass 👋
✅️ COVID 💉
✅️ Flu 💉
18 years ago, I got very sick with strep & the flu simultaneously. My psoriasis first appeared soon after. This is a well-known phenomenon.
Now, I simply do not play with respiratory infections. Hard pass 👋
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's done! One in each arm.
✅️ COVID 💉
✅️ Flu 💉
18 years ago, I got very sick with strep & the flu simultaneously. My psoriasis first appeared soon after. This is a well-known phenomenon.
Now, I simply do not play with respiratory infections. Hard pass 👋
✅️ COVID 💉
✅️ Flu 💉
18 years ago, I got very sick with strep & the flu simultaneously. My psoriasis first appeared soon after. This is a well-known phenomenon.
Now, I simply do not play with respiratory infections. Hard pass 👋
If you live with an autoimmune disease, there's a good chance that you're no stranger to joint pain.
It totally *could* be gluten, nightshades, or sugar causing your joint pain...
... but it's much more likely that you're deficient in an essential nutrient, like omega-3 fatty acids.
It totally *could* be gluten, nightshades, or sugar causing your joint pain...
... but it's much more likely that you're deficient in an essential nutrient, like omega-3 fatty acids.
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you live with an autoimmune disease, there's a good chance that you're no stranger to joint pain.
It totally *could* be gluten, nightshades, or sugar causing your joint pain...
... but it's much more likely that you're deficient in an essential nutrient, like omega-3 fatty acids.
It totally *could* be gluten, nightshades, or sugar causing your joint pain...
... but it's much more likely that you're deficient in an essential nutrient, like omega-3 fatty acids.
Just a lil taste of my recent podcast recording with @dishwithdina.bsky.social
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Re62k_pvktI?...
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Re62k_pvktI?...
July 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just a lil taste of my recent podcast recording with @dishwithdina.bsky.social
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Re62k_pvktI?...
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Re62k_pvktI?...
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This is a hydration reminder for me, specifically
But you are free to use it
But you are free to use it
June 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is a hydration reminder for me, specifically
But you are free to use it
But you are free to use it
"Have you ever stopped to think how the food on your plate got there?"
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
June 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Have you ever stopped to think how the food on your plate got there?"
Such a pleasure hanging with my friend Dina! Thankful for this awesome opportunity to be on her podcast - again! ❤️
Out now! 🎙️🎙️🎙️
One of my first—and favorite—podcast guests RETURNS! Check out my interview with Caylee Clay, RDN CDN CYT (@autoimmune-eats.bsky.social).
Available on Spotify, Apple, and other platforms, or watch on the DishWithDinaTV channel on YouTube:
youtu.be/Re62k_pvktI?...
One of my first—and favorite—podcast guests RETURNS! Check out my interview with Caylee Clay, RDN CDN CYT (@autoimmune-eats.bsky.social).
Available on Spotify, Apple, and other platforms, or watch on the DishWithDinaTV channel on YouTube:
youtu.be/Re62k_pvktI?...
S11 E136 | Rethinking Nutrition Approaches for Autoimmune Disease with Caylee Clay, RDN CDN CYT
YouTube video by DishWithDina
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June 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Such a pleasure hanging with my friend Dina! Thankful for this awesome opportunity to be on her podcast - again! ❤️
You don't have to pick a category and can comment anonymously.
My comment: "Limiting COVID vaccine access is an absurb policy that's based in pseudoscience and divisive politics, not actual science or genuine public health. Please, stop this insanity."
My comment: "Limiting COVID vaccine access is an absurb policy that's based in pseudoscience and divisive politics, not actual science or genuine public health. Please, stop this insanity."
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
You don't have to pick a category and can comment anonymously.
My comment: "Limiting COVID vaccine access is an absurb policy that's based in pseudoscience and divisive politics, not actual science or genuine public health. Please, stop this insanity."
My comment: "Limiting COVID vaccine access is an absurb policy that's based in pseudoscience and divisive politics, not actual science or genuine public health. Please, stop this insanity."
Wow, what a terrifying account.
I've said it before & I'll say it again: once autoimmune disease causes permanent organ damage, there's no going back.
It's, well, permanent.
I've said it before & I'll say it again: once autoimmune disease causes permanent organ damage, there's no going back.
It's, well, permanent.
Wrath keeps overtaking me everytime I think about RFK. Why? I'm a type 1 diabetic. I got it when I was 14. Guess what you need if you're a type 1 diabetic? Insulin. Or you die. But my family believed that it could be cured with herbs & faith healing. I had a near death experience when I was 14. 🧵
May 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wow, what a terrifying account.
I've said it before & I'll say it again: once autoimmune disease causes permanent organ damage, there's no going back.
It's, well, permanent.
I've said it before & I'll say it again: once autoimmune disease causes permanent organ damage, there's no going back.
It's, well, permanent.
Reposted by Caylee Clay, RDN (they/them)
Registration is now open for our next *FREE* monthly Wellness Webinar: Toxicities & Deficiencies
Thu, May 8 @ 12-1pm ET
Register here:
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All registrants will receive link to recording after the event.
Thu, May 8 @ 12-1pm ET
Register here:
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All registrants will receive link to recording after the event.
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Registration is now open for our next *FREE* monthly Wellness Webinar: Toxicities & Deficiencies
Thu, May 8 @ 12-1pm ET
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All registrants will receive link to recording after the event.
Thu, May 8 @ 12-1pm ET
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All registrants will receive link to recording after the event.
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New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember! They're trying to wear us down, but we've already gotten them to shift their mask ban policy. Our pushback is working! Keep going!
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
May 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember! They're trying to wear us down, but we've already gotten them to shift their mask ban policy. Our pushback is working! Keep going!
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
I'm in the middle of preparing a presentation that will be given to doctors about nutrition interventions for psoriasis (an autoimmune disease) for the National Psoriasis Foundation.
This makes my slides on the correlation between psoriasis and ADHD so much darker and heavier...
This makes my slides on the correlation between psoriasis and ADHD so much darker and heavier...
"In its founding documents, the MAHA Commission... singled out autoimmune diseases, autism, and ADHD, which it said “pose a dire threat to the American people and our way of life” and “harm us, our economy, and our security.”
www.additudemag.com/maha-commiss...
www.additudemag.com/maha-commiss...
April 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm in the middle of preparing a presentation that will be given to doctors about nutrition interventions for psoriasis (an autoimmune disease) for the National Psoriasis Foundation.
This makes my slides on the correlation between psoriasis and ADHD so much darker and heavier...
This makes my slides on the correlation between psoriasis and ADHD so much darker and heavier...
Reposted by Caylee Clay, RDN (they/them)
You can eat all organic food, drink green juice every day, do yoga, get vitamin D and touch grass… and still become disabled.
Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill.
Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.
Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill.
Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.
April 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
You can eat all organic food, drink green juice every day, do yoga, get vitamin D and touch grass… and still become disabled.
Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill.
Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.
Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill.
Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.
🤦♀️
RFK Jr seems unaware that JFK had Addison’s, an autoimmune disorder
April 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🤦♀️
And RFK. Which is what my brain read at first.
I have an autoimmune disorder and I wouldn’t wish this shit on anyone EXCEPT JK Rowling ¨̮
April 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
And RFK. Which is what my brain read at first.
If you feel out of control when eating, the FIRST THING you should ask yourself is:
➡️ Was my food intake recently restricted for any reason?
Maybe you've been eating less bc you've been busy, for a medical reason, u were sick, you're trying to lose weight, been on a diet - any reason at all. 1/3
➡️ Was my food intake recently restricted for any reason?
Maybe you've been eating less bc you've been busy, for a medical reason, u were sick, you're trying to lose weight, been on a diet - any reason at all. 1/3
April 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you feel out of control when eating, the FIRST THING you should ask yourself is:
➡️ Was my food intake recently restricted for any reason?
Maybe you've been eating less bc you've been busy, for a medical reason, u were sick, you're trying to lose weight, been on a diet - any reason at all. 1/3
➡️ Was my food intake recently restricted for any reason?
Maybe you've been eating less bc you've been busy, for a medical reason, u were sick, you're trying to lose weight, been on a diet - any reason at all. 1/3
I quit my last hospital job less than a year ago... myself & a few nurse assistants were the only people who regularly wore N95s on patient floors.
I watched over & over & over as nurses walked into COVID isolation rooms without bothering to put on PPE.
You can guess one major reason why I quit...
I watched over & over & over as nurses walked into COVID isolation rooms without bothering to put on PPE.
You can guess one major reason why I quit...
Hospitals and health authorities across Canada that brought back some form of masking (usually in certain areas of the facility) for “respiratory virus season” are now announcing the end of masking. Note: COVID is not seasonal. And HAI Covid will rise.
April 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I quit my last hospital job less than a year ago... myself & a few nurse assistants were the only people who regularly wore N95s on patient floors.
I watched over & over & over as nurses walked into COVID isolation rooms without bothering to put on PPE.
You can guess one major reason why I quit...
I watched over & over & over as nurses walked into COVID isolation rooms without bothering to put on PPE.
You can guess one major reason why I quit...
🤣🤣🤣
After hearing how eating sugar, gluten, and dairy affects people with autoimmune disorders, I’ve decided to cut back on the amount of people I listen to
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🤣🤣🤣
The GUILT, though 😮💨
Constantly reminding my patients (& myself!) that rest is important, necessary, & always deserved.
We need to say it over & over & over - because wow that guilt trip is persistently intrusive 😩
Constantly reminding my patients (& myself!) that rest is important, necessary, & always deserved.
We need to say it over & over & over - because wow that guilt trip is persistently intrusive 😩
Living with chronic illness is hard enough without letting guilt stop us from accessing what we need
Capitalism & ableism condition us to see rest as failure. To feel bad for needing help
Accessibility IS resistance. Survival is a way of fighting back
Rest. Get that mobility aid. Ask for help.
Capitalism & ableism condition us to see rest as failure. To feel bad for needing help
Accessibility IS resistance. Survival is a way of fighting back
Rest. Get that mobility aid. Ask for help.
April 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The GUILT, though 😮💨
Constantly reminding my patients (& myself!) that rest is important, necessary, & always deserved.
We need to say it over & over & over - because wow that guilt trip is persistently intrusive 😩
Constantly reminding my patients (& myself!) that rest is important, necessary, & always deserved.
We need to say it over & over & over - because wow that guilt trip is persistently intrusive 😩
What is the FIRST step you should take if you're living with autoimmune fatigue?
Start taking a multivitamin.
Why? Because fatigue is a symptom of multiple nutrient deficiencies. Many of these can be corrected by simply taking a multivitamin.
Take it with breakfast or a meal earlier in the day.
Start taking a multivitamin.
Why? Because fatigue is a symptom of multiple nutrient deficiencies. Many of these can be corrected by simply taking a multivitamin.
Take it with breakfast or a meal earlier in the day.
April 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What is the FIRST step you should take if you're living with autoimmune fatigue?
Start taking a multivitamin.
Why? Because fatigue is a symptom of multiple nutrient deficiencies. Many of these can be corrected by simply taking a multivitamin.
Take it with breakfast or a meal earlier in the day.
Start taking a multivitamin.
Why? Because fatigue is a symptom of multiple nutrient deficiencies. Many of these can be corrected by simply taking a multivitamin.
Take it with breakfast or a meal earlier in the day.
To me, it seems like some basic slight of hand: they tell us what we want to hear, then proceed to do the exact opposite.
If MAHA truly wanted to tackle the chronic illness epidemic, they would provide the following:
Free respirators, Covid/flu tests and vaccines
Clean air in public spaces
Paid time off & paid childcare
Mandatory masking in
healthcare
Universal healthcare & basic income
Free respirators, Covid/flu tests and vaccines
Clean air in public spaces
Paid time off & paid childcare
Mandatory masking in
healthcare
Universal healthcare & basic income
April 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
To me, it seems like some basic slight of hand: they tell us what we want to hear, then proceed to do the exact opposite.
Friendly reminder from your neighborhood dietitian:
When it comes to nutrition, the goal is NOT perfection ❌️
The goal is to do a good job - and, sometimes, the goal is just to do good enough ✅️
Trying to eat perfectly will destroy your relationship with food + your body, & leads to orthorexia.
When it comes to nutrition, the goal is NOT perfection ❌️
The goal is to do a good job - and, sometimes, the goal is just to do good enough ✅️
Trying to eat perfectly will destroy your relationship with food + your body, & leads to orthorexia.
April 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Friendly reminder from your neighborhood dietitian:
When it comes to nutrition, the goal is NOT perfection ❌️
The goal is to do a good job - and, sometimes, the goal is just to do good enough ✅️
Trying to eat perfectly will destroy your relationship with food + your body, & leads to orthorexia.
When it comes to nutrition, the goal is NOT perfection ❌️
The goal is to do a good job - and, sometimes, the goal is just to do good enough ✅️
Trying to eat perfectly will destroy your relationship with food + your body, & leads to orthorexia.
For my lovelies living with autoimmune joint pain AND seasonal allergies -
↪️ Have you heard about quercetin?
Quercetin is not only a well-known natural antihistamine, but also helps with joint pain.
As someone who lives with both & isn't into allergy med side effects - quercetin changed my life.
↪️ Have you heard about quercetin?
Quercetin is not only a well-known natural antihistamine, but also helps with joint pain.
As someone who lives with both & isn't into allergy med side effects - quercetin changed my life.
April 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
For my lovelies living with autoimmune joint pain AND seasonal allergies -
↪️ Have you heard about quercetin?
Quercetin is not only a well-known natural antihistamine, but also helps with joint pain.
As someone who lives with both & isn't into allergy med side effects - quercetin changed my life.
↪️ Have you heard about quercetin?
Quercetin is not only a well-known natural antihistamine, but also helps with joint pain.
As someone who lives with both & isn't into allergy med side effects - quercetin changed my life.
Period.
All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
March 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Period.