he AIP (autoimmune protocol) is an elimination diet that involves not eating certain types of food for several weeks at a time and carefully noting their effects on our body and health after reintroducing them. The AIP focuses heavily on restoring our gut barrier (the protective intestinal layer the lines our GI tract) and minimizing “leaky gut syndrome” or gut permeability. Inside our bellies, we have an extensive intestinal lining covering more than 4,000 square feet of surface area. When working properly, it forms a tight barrier that controls what gets absorbed into the bloodstream. An unhealthy gut lining may have large cracks or holes, allowing partially digested food, toxins, and bugs to penetrate the tissues beneath it. That is called “leaky gut” and can trigger inflammation and oftentimes an autoimmune response. We all have some degree of leaky gut, as this barrier is not completely impenetrable (and it isn’t supposed to be!). Some of us may be born with a genetic predisposition to this and may have a less robust gut barrier that doesn't protect us as it should. However, our DNA is not the only causative factor for this. Modern diet and lifestyle are actually the main drivers of gut inflammation and immune dysfunction. The autoimmune protocol (AIP) helps to seal and heal a "leaky gut," because it includes certain foods that are healing and excludes others that are damaging/inflammatory. Concerning what foods the AIP diet allows you to eat, the rules are the following: The AIP Diet Allows You to Eat: • Meat (Preferably Grass-Fed) • Wild-Caught Fish and Seafood • Organ Meats (Offal) • Vegetables (Except Nightshade Vegetables - White Potatoes, Eggplants, Hot Peppers, Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Pimientos, Tomatillos) • Sweet Potatoes • Fruit in small quantities (preferably low-sugar fruits, such as berries) • Honey, Blackstrap Molasses, Maple Syrup, Date Sugar, Coconut Sugar • Coconut Products (Coconut Water, Coconut Meat, Coconut Milk, Coconut Cream, Coconut Butter, Coconut Oil, Coconut Flour, Coconut Flakes) • Avocado and Olives • Fats and Oils (Tallow, Lard, Duck Fat, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil) • Herbs and Spices: Asafetida, Basil Leaf, Bay Leaf, Chamomile, Chervil, Chives, Cilantro / Coriander Leaf (leaf only), Cinnamon, Clove, Curry Leaf, Dill Weed, Fennel Leaf, Galangal, Garlic, Ginger, Horseradish Root, Kaffir Lime Leaf, Lavender, Lemongrass, Mace, Marjoram Leaf, Onion Powder, Oregano Leaf, Parsley, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage, Savory Leaf, Spearmint, Tarragon, Thyme, Turmeric, Wasabi (additive-free) • Dairy-Free Fermented Foods (Sauerkraut, Fermented Cucumbers, Cauliflower, Carrots, Beets, Kvass, Coconut Milk Kefir, Coconut Milk Yogurt, Kombucha) The AIP Diet Does Not Allow You to Eat: • All Grains (Including Pseudo-Grains, Such as Amaranth, Buckwheat, Chia, and Quinoa) • All Dairy (Including Butter and Ghee) • Eggs • Nuts and Seeds • Legumes and Beans • Nightshade Vegetables (Tomatoes, White Potatoes, Eggplants, Peppers) • All Sugars (Raw Sugar, Cane sugar, Brown sugar, Corn Syrup, Agave) • Artificial Sweeteners (Stevia, Aspartame, Sucralose, Xylitol) • Spices: Allspice, Anise Seed, Annatto Seed, Black Caraway, Black Cumin, Black Pepper, Caraway, Cardamom, Capsicums, Cayenne, Celery Seed, Chili Pepper Flakes, Chili Powder, Chinese Five-Spice, Chipotle Chili Powder, Coriander Seed, Cumin Seed, Curry Powder (typically contains nightshades), Dill Seed, Fennel Seed, Fenugreek, Garam Masala, Juniper, Mustard, Nutmeg, Paprika, Pepper (from black, green, pink, or white peppercorns), Poppy Seed, Poultry Seasoning, Red Pepper, Russian Caraway, Star Anise, Steak Seasoning, Sumac, Taco Seasoning • Chocolate and Cocoa Products • Coffee A great book on the subject of AIP is The Simple AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) Handbook by George Kelly A great group on AIP -> facebook.com/groups/aiphealing
Oh, I definitely went too low carb in the beginning. I kept wondering why I wasn’t feeling better on AIP and I got discouraged. Then it occurred to me just to try upping the carbs and honestly it was an immediate difference in how I felt. Clearly my body & mind do not feel well going too low carb.
I think it's all too common! I think some people can do it without any issues but it sure can make others suffer. Glad you were able to figure it out so quickly!
I actually find the community online very encouraging because I had felt isolated, and hearing people talk about feeling the way I have is a massive relief! Thank you.
Hey Michele! Thank you so much for your honest and vulnerable content! It helps SO much. I’ve been trying to heal myself for YEARS and thought I had Hashimotos for forever though doctors refused to even admit I had thyroid issues because I was 15/16 At the time and my mom kept trying but medicine just wasn’t there. Now I’m 25 and stumbled upon AIP after doing my grad school thesis on breast cancer metastasis and inflammation. I have 2 autoimmune conditions now and I’m on day 4 of AIP but your videos helped me prepare and also help me get through it all! I just wanted to say thank you for your content, you are absolutely helping me and I’m sure so many people!
Aw, thank you so much for taking the time to leave this thoughtful comment! I'm so glad it's helping and I really hope that AIP will make you feel SOO much better!! ❤️
For me the AIP was really tough for the first 3 weeks, and the effects and symptoms you mentioned all occurred for me. The symptoms were so bad I had to add more carbs back in to lessen the weakness, fatigue and stress. In week 6 now, I am now working my way back into the AIP again.
@@blaze56701 WelI, I have been in and out of the AIP lifestyle since writing this. Each time I have gone back into it, these symptoms haven’t happened, because instead of the cold turkey approach, I eased back in, reducing the toxic effects from too many processed foods in the body. The one constant throughout the periods of non AIP was, I never ate seeds, nuts, legumes, beans, nightshades, pasta or rice, or vegetable oils. This works for me, but may not for everyone.
Hey Michele, just tried your auto-immune seasoning called "greek" for chicken and I must say it turned out perfect, thanks a lot, what you're doing is changing lives.
I probably have the dream scenario... Within just a few days I felt SOOO much better. I never felt worse, I just kept feeling better for every day I kept on an AIP-diet
Hi Michele, I really appreciate your videos they have been extremely helpful. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease about 2 years ago and felt like the world was collasping around me. You have great tips and its good to know I am not the ONLY one navigating with "how to deal" with autoimmune issues,ugh.
I am at the very beginning stages of looking into the AIP diet. I have not been diagnosed with anything other than regular old run of the mill arthritis but honestly haven't gone back to the doc when he suggested seeing a rheumatologist. I want to give this a try before going that route. I'm 45 and my joints have started feeling worse in this past year. In the beginning I just blamed it on my hormones but now I'm thinking maybe the pain and swelling have nothing to do with perimenopause. I found your blog doing research and am purchasing some of your recommended cookbooks. Thanks for all the great info.
Oh my goodness. Thank you so very much for putting all of this information together! What a gift! I have done other diets like this and know what goes into them and that has been a huge factor in my delaying the start. I am running three businesses right now, in a fairly new relationship that is headed towards marriage, and trying to maintain some other healthy habits in the middle of looking at starting this fairly elaborate diet. All of these videos and resources are such a huge blessing because they are saving me so much time and energy in research! It’s really giving me a lot of confidence to have plans in place for days when I am drowning in work or extremely busy. It’s giving me a lot of hope! So thank you again for the time and the intentionality that you have invested in making this information available!
Thank you for that awesome video. I have been diagnosed with M.S. the last year and struggling till now to apply the AIP diet.. However, I think it's a little tough in the beginning.
It definitely is. But even if you don't apply it "all the way", every step you take is most likely helping you. Baby steps are more important than not at all!
I've recently been diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa. I'm having a really bad time with it that means surgery every other month almost there to get these things removed. It was suggested that I go on the AIP diet going along with the medications I'm on. Would this be something you could help me with? I'm disabled I'm in a wheelchair and I just don't have a lot of money to get help. So I'm looking for someone who can help me that knows what they're talking about. And you seem to know what you're talkin about. Let me let you know a little bit about my past. When I was 9 months old my dad and I were in a car train accident. I lost both my legs the left side above knee and the right side is a hip disarticulation. I have severe arthritis from overuse of my arms. I was actually supposed to have my right shoulder replaced on the 7th but I had another severe flare-up of HS and I had to have infections and tracking/tunneling removed a week and a half ago. I've now been taken off a joint replacement list because of the hidradenitis suppurativa and the infections. I'm having a heck of a time right now. I'm in so much pain all I do is sleep I've never been so depressed and I don't know what to do anymore. If you feel you can help me I would be more than happy to give you my email address
Thank you for this! Just over a week into my AIP protocol, I started feeling worse and experiencing most of what you mentioned here. I was so discouraged thinking “I’ve been doing everything right, why is my gut giving me so many problems all of a sudden?” It was so frustrating and I wish I had seen this before I started lol. When making such big lifestyle changes is frustrating enough, it’s compounded when it feels like its making things worse.
Hopefully you've turned a corner by now and are feeling better (since I didn't get to respond until almost a week later, ha!). But glad I was able to help!
@@MicheleSpring hi, I did really strict AIP for 50 days. I had no improvement with my symptoms for ankylosing spondylitis. I stopped recently because my doctor keeps noting I have high ulric acids in my blood tests. I want to try again but having researched the best things to bring these down I would eat everyday (apple, banana and green tea). I have eaten a lot of seafood but very little red meat. Red meat maybe once a week. Any advice is really really really appreciated
Hello Kelly and thank you for your video 3 weeks ago my son was diagnosed with pre-stages of lupus and now to support him we all trying to get on this AIP diet so that we don’t have to buy different food and he will be tempted to eat something he is not supposed. He’s doing well, he’s taking a lot of vitamins and Doctor said that this can be reverse since he had not been diagnosed with lupus 100% 🙏 ( He’s only 17 years old )
This is my second day of aip, second try in a year. first time i freaked up and didn t reintroduce the aliments properly but i still feeled better. my joint pain dissaperead and atpo got rocket sky and then lowered all of a sudden. I will do better this time, i feel more mentally prepared.
Everyone who posts videos about the AIP diet never shares with us what their triggers were when they reintroduced the foods. Can you tell us what we’re your triggers and if you cannot eat them anymore at all? For example, grains or gluten, do you have to eliminate grains or gluten ongoing long term. Or do you eat anything now???
HA! "there is no Paleo police...." so true! Another good video, thank you! I am in the "can't even" stage but also going through an Epstein-Barr virus protocol to get that in to remission so it's been an interesting two weeks! And to not have my adrenals get stressed I'm making sure to eat everything 2-3 hours and if not feeling hungry I grab bone broth. That helps!
That's hard for sure - I did AIP the first time when my kids were 2 and 5 and they were still getting up due to nightmares, etc but definitely not as much as an infant. It's a difficult season in your life with young kids, but do what you can, give yourself grace when you don't get much sleep, and if possible, try to find 10-20 minutes to either meditate or take a nap a few days a week. I even recommend hypnosis audios as I "wake up" from those (you don't actually go to sleep, just get deeply relaxed) more refreshed than a nap and you get the added benefit of reducing bad habits or cultivating habits you want. Whatever you do, just don't be hard on yourself, it'll get better and you'll get more and more nights of deep sleep, but for now just accept that's one area you won't be able to improve that much right now. Focus on the ones you can!
I’m in college and i have celiac disease. I’ve experienced rapid weight gain and severe inflammation over the past few months so my doctor suggested this. I start tomorrow and i’m so scared.. wish me luck. & thank you for the talk🥺❤️
@@sukanyaclarke3838 didn’t do anything for me to be honest. I stayed on it for 2 months. My doctor said i didn’t need to stay on it because if it was going to work, it would have atleast a little at that point
Hi Michele, I recently saw a functional medicine doc, did an extensive blood test to try to determine why i had constant joint pain, etc. I found that I am allergic to wheat gluten, rice, coconut, corn, dairy, and weird stuff like watermelon and pineapple. She suggested I got on a AIP diet. In my limited research for recipes, etc., I’m finding a lot of recipes contain coconut and or rice. I’m feeling completely overwhelmed. Does this mean that I’m limited to grass fed met and veggies? Help?
What is your opinion of food sensitivity tests? I know they aren’t a reliable or definitive test, but could they be an indicator of things to avoid during the elimination phase? I took one about a year ago before realizing they weren’t considered definitive and it suggested I should avoid a few fruits. I don’t detect symptoms when I eat them, but I am thinking I should just cut them out while on elimination and reintroduce them like anything else. The problem is that would include coconut… which seems pretty foundational in most AIP recipes. Do you have any suggestions?
Eh, I really don't think they're the most useful things to take when you have a leaky gut. Too many times I've seen evidence that when you have a leaky gut, ANYTHING can trigger the antibodies on a food sensitivity test. It doesn't necessarily mean that that food is an issue, it's just that you had that food within a few days of the test and your body is reacting to it. But if you had had other foods within the test period those may have come up instead. I put way more stock in tests that are done once you've done a healing diet - but even then I feel that elimination and reintroduction is the absolute best way to determine for you if you're sensitive to a food. I think if you're not detecting symptoms that you're fine to include those items - but if after a month or two you aren't feeling better then I'd look to those first just in case. And as for coconut if you do wind up eliminating that as well - so many people have coconut sensitivities (where they actually feel major symptoms when consuming coconut products) so I really try on my website (thrivingonpaleo.com) to provide alternatives to coconut in all of my recipes. It's actually not very difficult to do, you just have to plan to use the alternatives available - and once you know them you can usually translate that back to other sites that don't give the alternatives as well.
"You may have nightmares about eating a non-AIP food" - Yup. I'm on my 18th day and for the past 5 I've had these dreams, todays dream was about some potato chips (not sweet potato)
haha - isn't it such a weird feeling? "OMG, POTATO CHIPS" probably wouldn't have been on your radar as a nightmare a year ago, right? (or even a few weeks ago). Alas, they do go away for the most part - though I still have infrequent dreams about eating gluten 6 years later....
Wow, am I happy I found your channel!! 😊 This is the road for me to be on. I'm excited to get started. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us! 💓
Thank you so much for this video! I just started the AIP diet - week 2. I am feel a bit better, but tired. I definitely already had low stomach acid because I was prescribed famotidine - and I don't like it. I am sure it's worse now. For the past five months, I had a lot of hypoglycemic and allergic reactions (foods that I have eaten all of my life) and was diagnosed with Hashi's. I am just EXHAUSTED with AIP. When can I start reintroducing "starchy" foods? 😊🤞
Thank you for the reminder about not being food perfect. I have HS and recently took a food sensitivities test. I am now following my specific AIP diet. After being plant based/vegetarian for more than half my life I have had a lot inner turmoil about eating meat again. However, after watching several of your videos it helped validate my feelings and my new diet. I am eating only my “safe” foods and find social gatherings stressful. I also have that fear of eating a trigger food. Even though my food sensitivities are non life threatening, my quality of life is: the pain, my intimate relationship and my relationship with myself. Anyway, I went on a nice long tangent.... when I just want to say thank you. I dont personally know anyone else following an AIP diet so watching your videos gives me a sense of community and hope for a normal/pain free life. Thank you
I'm glad I can be that community for you - the struggle is so hard sometimes when suffering from a chronic disease like that, especially when you don't have personal friends going through the same thing. We all have that fear of eating trigger foods because the alternative is, well, not good and sometimes can be downright devastating. Sometimes not just physically even but emotionally and mentally too, which I can imagine is definitely a factor with HS. Sounds like you're on the right track though and I hope you can find some relief soon! ❤️
Thank you! I really like your personality and all of your super helpful videos!! I want to start cold turkey, I just worry about how to combat the first couple of weeks, going from SAD to AIP. I don’t have time to take off work if I get a bad “carb flu”. I’ll take your advice on eating enough veggie & fruit carbs. I can use all the tips of surviving the initiation process hehe...
Maybe start on a Wednesday or Thursday because the first day or two usually isn't too bad, but then days 3-5 tend to be some of the worst, so you can nap a lot and take it easy over the weekend. I worked full-time when I did GAPS the first time from SAD (similar elimination diet to Paleo) and that's what I did - started on a Wednesday. Thursday and Friday at work were tough but it was kind of nice to have the distraction from food (tough in that I had cravings), and then Sat/Sun was hard because I was tired - so I slept a lot.
Headaches. I’m on day 4 and still have all day headaches. This video has helped prepare me as I watched it the night before I started. I also wonder if the headaches are summer related because I had the same problems last year. (This is our second summer in Texas). Anyone else have ongoing headaches?
Thank you so much!!🙏 The info you give, the support, your enthusiasm makes me want to carry on! I am new to AIP and have lots of gastro conditions, including leaky gut, sibo, gallbladder issues and gastritis... So I developed lots of food sensitivities... I am basically down to 10-13 foods... I am day 3 on AIP, previously I was near it but I did gluten free grains. Now I don't and follow AIP strictly. The first days I was exhausted, sleeping all the time... I then added some electrolytes in and it got better! I am still tired and have a lot of symptoms but at least I can carry on with life:)) so, electrolytes can be a good idea! Thank you so much!❤️
You're so welcome. I'm glad you are starting to feel better. Hang in there. Hopefully you're also addressing the other issues, especially the SIBO, with a practitioner/doctor? I think between those you'll feel worlds better soon and will start to be able to add more foods to your diet.
@@MicheleSpring thank you for the answer, Michele!! I have tried working with doctors on my Sibo several times but everything gives a very temporary effect. Where I live we lack good professionals... Sometimes when coming to a gi doc I feel i have broader knowlegde...🤦 So I am trying to take care of myself on my own for now... Please keep up the great work you are doing👌
Well, I come from a 4 month carnivore diet to fight my ulcerative colitis. Currently, I am in aip for about 2 weeks and experience low appetite and the last few days a lot of bloating like something sits in my gut and is fermenting but no acid reflux and stuff at all. I already took a beatine hcl supplement with pepsin while on the carnivore diet but not during aip. Maybe I will try that again. In general, there is a lot to watch out, I guess. For example if fermented foods work and so on. It is all about testing...
100% it's all about testing. We are all SO individual and what works for me might not work for you and vice versa. It takes time and experimentation but it will help you for the rest of your life - knowing what affects you, helps you, hurts you, etc.
I have a mold allergy, and I'm supposed to avoid fermented foods. Sometimes they stir my allergies. I added probiotics, because I am finishing steroids and just did 3 antibiotic rounds to get rid of sinus infections and allergies. I'm doing this diet because I feel like I've been failed by medicine.
lol, I'd daresay it's probably not for you either then! Seriously, it's one of those things that I recommend for people whose quality of life is suffering but if you're not really bad off, I wouldn't do it. Usually people can self-select and say "OMG, I'm at my wit's end and I'll do anything" when things get bad enough, so sounds like you're not there! (and hopefully you'll never need it)
After I suffered from the H Pylori infection which caused so many symptoms including low stomach acid, I had to treat it with antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors which made things worse but got rid of the infection all together. This week I am starting the AIP diet to calm down the inflammation (especially gastritis) and heal my leaky gut. I am taking enzymes and two caps of betaine hcl with pepsin and bitters (low dose due to gastritis) to improve meat digestion cause usually consuming animal products just sit in my stomach for prolonged time. Any tips on how to implement the AIP diet to improve the low stomach acid issue so to eat more meat or is it just a matter of time since pH levels get back to normal?
It sounds like you're going about it the right way - it does often take some time but as your body gets used to food, your gut microbiome stabilizes, etc, you should start to notice a difference (hopefully in the right direction!)
Hey Michele, I’m suffering from pretty bad rosacea, my skin especially starts to burn right after I eat. I just started AIP, and even when I eat an AIP meal, my skin starts to burn like normal.. is that normal? I don’t have any known allergies. Thanks for your videos!
eh, it's hard to tell. Plenty of people still have sensitivities to foods that are AIP compliant, but it's too soon to tell that for you just yet if you just started. It could be just a product of leaky gut - skin issues tend to be quite exacerbated by leaky gut and the first few weeks of AIP could make it even worse as you go through the detoxification and gut bacteria changes. But I'd expect it to start clearing up after like, week 3? (Skin issues also can take a bit longer than some of the other things to really start seeing some results). If you still feel it after week 3 comment back and I can help you troubleshoot.
I’m having quite the issues with meat. It is making me very gassy and smells horrible!! I’m used to eating predominantly plant based and I never had a gas issue when eating that way. Now that I’ve started adding in lots of meat and removing my plant based staples, my guts are very angry. Has anyone else experienced this? Will it go away?
Have you addressed low stomach acid? It's extremely common, even more so for people coming from a plant-based diet and is usually the reason people have gas, bloating, and nausea from eating meat. You can take digestive enzymes or sometimes people do well with Betaine HCL Pepsin (it's basically stomach acid - but I'd word with a practitioner on that) but this article has some gentler ways to start: www.parsleyhealth.com/blog/low-stomach-acid-symptoms-treatment/
@@MicheleSpring while the symptoms of low stomach acid do sound a lot like me, I’ve actually had a camera shoved down my throat and they found over production of stomach acid that had actually burned a bunch of blood spots into my stomach lining. This was when I was a mainstream eater and one of the reasons I went plant based. Meat, especially red meat would absolutely destroy my stomach. It would cause such horrific pain every time I ate it. Now maybe by going plant based I corrected the problem and lowered my stomach acid so now that I’m eating more meat again with AIP, my stomach doesn’t know how to handle it. I haven’t really had much stomach pain, only slight discomfort from time to time but the gas is horrible. I’ve also found I’m getting the worst heartburn from beef liver and heart. I love organ meats but maybe I should try cutting out all beef. I don’t seem to have an issue with elk or lamb. I also was wondering if my body is having an issue with the fats. I used some duck fat to make a mushroom gravy and I seemed to have issues from that as well. Just hoping to figure it out quickly before the husband kicks me out of the bedroom 😆. Oh, I also take papaya enzymes on a regular basis. They really helped my stomach when prescription meds were making it worse. I swear by them now.
@@seaglassmomma4040 yeah, not sure then - that's why I always say work with a practitioner before actually taking any stomach acid but the gentler things are safer and it sounds like you're already doing some enzymes.. But yeah, you may have gone "too far" towards not making enough, or maybe you even have a gut infection like H. Pylori or SIBO something like that that could be causing the gas as well. Though plant stuff usually exacerbates/feeds that more than meat. It also just could be an adjustment period where your body is learning to once again make the necessary enzymes and acids and whatnot to digest the meats. Unfortunately this is all out of my area of expertise (and really out of scope of what I'm allowed to do anyway) so I'd address it with a doctor but I hope you can find some answers because I totally get the gassing your husband out thing, lol 😂 Mine was because of SIBO but either way, they're not so happy when that happens!
For me it has been the easiest 😂. I eat what I like the most ( still miss the bread and the cakes) but on the whole it’s been like second skin😊. I lost almost 5 kg 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks to Sophie van Tiggelen’s cooking books. Best recipes ever ❤
I m from India and i m suffering from autoimmune disease and in India there is no cure of this disease neither there is any protocol about it plzzz help me out i m very much stressed as I have nothing to do plzz guide me from the very first point plzzz🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.God vll bless uh bcz it's really lyf threatening now 😑
Unfortunately no, because regular black chai tea includes spices that are not allowed on the elimination phase of AIP. Sorry! But I do have a "chai" like latte in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DHg5OBsFYaY.html and there is a new Dandelion/Chicory coffee coming out that I was surprised tasted quite a bit like coffee - you can learn about that one in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3qH6BXh9aPQ.html (It's the Sip Herbals one)
Phew 😮💨 well, I think this diet may be a no go for me. I can’t do anything that will make me feel worse than I already do ( hashimotos) I have 3 jobs and 3 kids. I barely have it in me to survive as is.
blood type A people naturally have low stomach acid and can't digest red meats. best to start with turkey, chicken, fish. And take digestive enzymes with each meal.
Thank you for this video. I just started AIP and my wife found your videos and it's extremely comforting since my original diagnosis and my doctor putting me on this was very overwhelming. For the low stomach acid. Aside from adding a supplement, do you have recommendations on increasing it naturally?
Please help! I have hashimotos for 10 years. On synthroid. I started a whole food plant based diet a few weeks ago, and I’m starting to feel like crap on and off for the last week or so. I feel like my thyroid is having a flare up, ear pain and jaw pain and thyroid pain. A lot of bloating and tiredness, cold sensitivity. I have lost 20 lbs. I don’t know what’s going on? I don’t know much about AIP, I’m learning now. Am I doing something wrong? Is plant based lifestyle wrong for hashimotos? My doctors here are all about pushing meds and not about nutrition. Can you give some advice please
I have very dry skin. I am a hashimoto and autoimmune liver disease patient, I am going free of all grains, cereals, gluten and diary and I it has been 3 months now. Although my stomach is okay but my skin (face) is extremely dry, flaky and itchy. Now a days my face is full of rushes and redness I am not sure what I am doing wrong or what to do at this point.
That's the worst part!! Having people around you making stuff that (a) smells amazing and/or (b) you feel bad about offending them. But I've found most people understand when you explain to them that you can't eat it because you're trying to understand what makes you sick. Even if your daughters are young (not sure how old they are), you could help them make a cake that is more friendly toward your needs...
Hey Michele, So in May 2019 my autoimmune arthritis suddenly came about and I got diagnosed quickly and wanted to treat it naturally so July 1,2019 I started the AIP diet. It was probably a couple months in I did it more strictly (cutting out guar gum, citric acid and the more hidden things). I've tried a number of supplements and essential oils, some which have maybe helped some that haven't. I've switched almost all of my cleaning, detergents, etc. to all natural.I've overall been doing so much better since AIP but still have lots of inflammation in my toes and middle fingers specifically. I know full healing takes time and everybody's different but I've had a healthy lifestyle and diet (although I ate nightshades daily). I guess I thought I'd find full healing quicker than those with unhealthy lifestyles or strong medications before doing AIP. I was wondering if you had any suggestions of other things that could be factoring in to me still not being symptom free 8 months in?
Do you have a doctor (preferably open-minded/natural) that can help you test for infections/parasites, etc? Usually by 8 months in the diet I'd hope to see more changes. If you're still having inflammation it's most likely due to some sort of underlying root cause that doesn't respond to diet. Unfortunately I'm not overly familiar with the common root causes of arthritis-related symptoms (like I am with Hashi's, for example), but typically once you figure those out it's a pretty quick recovery. You may need some sort of medicine/antimicrobial/antiparasitic/antibacterial kind of thing to eradicate an infection or parasite for example, but once you do that, and since you've done the other work of the diet, it hopefully would be rather quick to find relief. And it's NOT failure if you do happen to have to take some medication - these are all just tools to help us heal (and I had to take antimicrobials for an underlying gut infection when I first went on AIP ). If you can preferably find a functional medicine practitioner or naturopath it would be best as they're usually much more versed in this sort of thing. I hope you can figure it out soon though!
@@MicheleSpring No I am going to go to a nutritionist or integrative doctor soon hopefully. Ok I will look for a functional medicine practitioner or naturopath as well, I wasn't sure what kinds of doctors to be looking for to be honest so thank you for the titles to be looking for! Yes I am totally willing to take medicine for a while for something like a gut infection, I just wish I knew what the problem was of course. Thanks for your reply!
@@BlueEyedPale the integrative doctor may also be helpful in this situation - it's always hard to blanket statement say that all will or will not because some docs are really open-minded and totally embrace food and other natural methods and some are against it. Even within the same job title/field. So if you don't already have your doctor picked out, just do some research, ask some questions, and you should be good.
@@BlueEyedPale drink celery pineapple with cucumber or carrot juice and don't consume diary this helps me alot I have polymiositis same problem inflammation in hands and feet
My biggest problem I am finding is the lack of normal looking food and lack of ingredient access (living in rural Australia sucks for that, sauces in particular... on and eating enough carbs as I am having issues with textures of a lot of the compliment foods (almost 2 weeks and really hoping I start feeling better soon cause I am going mad lol)
Did it for a month a while back. Idk what I did or didn't do right but I got what felt like a kidney infection on week 3. I had no insurance to go to a doctor so I just laid in bed for three days. I never broke my protocol though and finished out the month feeling great otherwise. Haha.
Hi Michelle. Thank you for a fantastic channel. I have started AIP about 13 days ago. I have been doing really great on it and i have loved some of your recipes. I have one concern that is really troubling me. I have loads of veggies, meats, fruits, some of the bread / taco recipes you have posted and have water only to drink. I have found that i wake up with extreme shakes, or it will happen in the course of the day. I have not found what it is that is causing this. My doctor has said it could be ketosis. I have gone to the extreme of having sugar to see if it works. Then i have had bread to see if the shakes stop. I did find that with bread the shakes stopped. But now my body is aching and i have a splitting headache. In your experience could you possibly enlighten me on what this may be. We have started bringing in Cassava, Tapioca and coconut flour. I am allergic to coconut, i have shortened it down to the flour being the allergen. I can use the milk, cream and oil. If i get the shakes i feel like i want to loose my mind. Please be so kind as to help with you opinion on this. Lots of love Marlize. (Shantelles wife)
I've recently bought an AIP leaky gut tea on Amazon. It does miracle to my gut from day 1. What worries me is the ingredients that despite AIP labelling aren't AIP. For example slippery elm, licorice root and marshmallow root. What do you think about it? I read an article the other day where the author confessed she did take those herbs when being on AIP diet. Although she was under control of a holistic healthcare specialist. Importantly it helped her too. Why then argue against those herbs?
So here are my thoughts on this - they CAN have an effect on digestion, sometimes making stools loose, etc, and can have an effect on the immune system. However, just like that article's author, I took a non-AIP substance - maca the first time I did AIP while under a functional medicine practitioner's care (and at one time licorice root as well), and I still healed. There are no guarantees that they'll cause issues, but Dr. Ballantyne recommends removing them or at least using strong caution because many do have issues. But if you've been taking it and haven't had any issues and feel better, than I say keep going. That being said - if at any time you start to feel worse (which sometimes can happen with immune-stimulating substances- it takes a while to see any negative effects), I'd stop them immediately. Everyone is different, so listen to your body and it may be perfectly fine for you!
Also - do you recommend taking a probiotic? I usually drink Karma Probiotic water but don’t think i can do that on AIP? Please let me know ❤️ thank you!!🤗🤗
So my mom says she’s in constant pain 8/10 scale and has had multiple surgeries. She has degenerative disc disease, I.B.S., along with other autoimmune issues. I was wondering if this would help her at all. I also suffer from autoimmunity problems I have P.A.N.D.A.S. and was considering trying this for a while
It's definitely worth trying - if anything the lessening of inflammation many times helps with pain, and then the healing of a leaky gut can help get rid of many (if not all) symptoms of the autoimmune issues. Many people find a lot of relief from trying the diet and determining if any particular foods might be affecting them! It's only a few months and if it has the potential to help, why not just take those few months and try? That's my thoughts on it at least 😀
