Olivia Munn reveals she was diagnosed with autoimmune disorder fibromyalgia

Olivia Munn is opening up about how her wellness routine has changed since being diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder fibromyalgia.

The 40-year-old activist and actress revealed her health condition in an exclusive interview with People on Monday and explained how she is keeping her body, mind and spirit in check.

Her interview comes after the Newsroom star recently called on the internet to help track down an assailant who attacked her friend’s mom in New York City

Health scare: Olivia Munn revealed that she has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in an exclusive interview with People on Monday and explained how she is keeping her body, mind and spirit in check

‘I wasn’t really sure what was going on with me,’ Munn revealed of her ongoing health battle. ‘I was going through a lot of different ailments for years and not knowing what was happening.’

The X-Men star worked with a collection of five doctors from UCLA to determine that what she was suffering from was fibromyalgia.

According to the Mayo Clinic, the autoimmune disorder is  ‘characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues.’

It has no cure but medications and things like stress reduction can help alleviate the symptoms.

'I wasn't really sure what was going on with me,' Munn revealed of her ongoing health battle. 'I was going through a lot of different ailments for years and not knowing what was happening.'

‘I wasn’t really sure what was going on with me,’ Munn revealed of her ongoing health battle. ‘I was going through a lot of different ailments for years and not knowing what was happening.’

‘I had to change my wellness routine pretty significantly. I had to be super thoughtful about what I put into my body,’ Olivia told People. 

‘I had to start eating gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free — I had to cut out a lot of things that I was used to having every day and things that I really loved.’

The overhaul in her lifestyle wasn’t easy particularly because she was schedule to go to Italy – the land of pasta, pizza, wine and cheese – the very next day after being diagnosed. 

‘If you can imagine getting diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and then the very next day flying to Italy to film for a month and being told you can’t have any sugar, any dairy, any gluten,’ she said.

'I had to change my wellness routine pretty significantly. I had to be super thoughtful about what I put into my body,' Olivia told People. 'I had to start eating gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free — I had to cut out a lot of things that I was used to having every day and things that I really loved.'

‘I had to change my wellness routine pretty significantly. I had to be super thoughtful about what I put into my body,’ Olivia told People. ‘I had to start eating gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free — I had to cut out a lot of things that I was used to having every day and things that I really loved.’

Ultimately, the choice was clear for the Oklahoma native. Her doctors laid out a grim future for her if she didn’t make better choices. 

‘I had no choice, I was feeling so bad,’ she said. ‘I had to really listen to the doctor’s orders and cut all these things out.’ 

Munn said the one of the pieces of advice that stood out to her the most throughout this process was a doctor who told her to start practicing mindful eating. 

‘He said, ‘You need to really work on your gut health, but the most important thing I can tell you is that whatever you eat, you need to really love it’, she recalled. 

‘It’s not just about eating the healthy things and you’re not liking it. You have to find what you love to eat and drink because that will make a difference, because all the research has shown that when you’re happy, you create chemicals that are good for your whole body and your gut health as well. 

'I had no choice, I was feeling so bad,' she said. 'I had to really listen to the doctor's orders and cut all these things out.'

‘I had no choice, I was feeling so bad,’ she said. ‘I had to really listen to the doctor’s orders and cut all these things out.’

‘When you are unhappy and you’re doing things that you don’t like, you’re eating things you don’t like, you will create other things in your body that are not good for you. In order to keep yourself healthy, you have to find things that you enjoy,’ ‘ she revealed. ‘That was so impactful for me.’ 

Last week, Munn made headlines when she called on web sleuths for their help in tracking down an assailant who attacked her friend’s mom and it remarkably worked.

On Tuesday, Olivia took to Twitter to express her gratitude for those anonymous people who aided the NYPD in identifying the man, Patrick Mateo, who was arrested and charged with assault and harassment.

Mateo was taken into custody after a video emerged of a suspect violently shoving a 52-year-old Asian woman to the ground on a New York City street.

Doing her part: Last week, Munn made headlines when she called on web sleuths for their help in tracking down an assailant who attacked her friend's mom and it remarkably worked

Doing her part: Last week, Munn made headlines when she called on web sleuths for their help in tracking down an assailant who attacked her friend’s mom and it remarkably worked

‘This is the guy you guys helped @nypd find and arrest,’ Munn penned on Twitter along with a video of the incident. ‘This is him attacking my friend’s mom who is a petite 5-foot-3 Chinese woman. F**k this guy,’ she added. ‘The internet is undefeated. Thank you thank you thank you’

Patrick Mateo, from Queens, New York, was picked up by the New York Police Department on Thursday and charged with assault and harassment, according to TMZ.

The NYPD said the 52-year-old woman was outside a bakery on Roosevelt Avenue in the Flushing section of Queens around 2 p.m. Tuesday when the suspect got into a verbal dispute with her and pushed her. 

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