Why the AIP Diet Doesn't Work for Most Autoimmune Cases 

I'm glad it worked for you! I do find it's a little more restrictive than most people need, but that doesn't mean it doesn't ever work. :)

Agreed they only spoke about monitoring HBA1C. I had hashimotos for 22yrs I'm 28 now been on low carb diet and slowly got rid of dairy I'm still slowly transitioning so yes it take a slow way so you give your body the space to adjust from all the years of bad diet that was only killing you inside out. I'll be moving to AIP by December started cutting out tomatoes and few night shades slowly ... This works

How do i find what food i can/cant eat. I suffer from extreme inflammation and have a terrible diet

@@babbahassa you get on AIP diet do it for 90 days and introduce eliminated foods in stages (AIP has the stages listed out)

So what were the foods you took out that worked if you had already removed gluten and dairy? All nuts, seeds? Eggs ? and all grains ? I find when I try and do AIP I feel terrible and get very stressed b'cos I feel so bad on it, I go back to eggs and rice to get some energy.

What happens when you eat foods that don’t agree with you? What is your breakfast and lunch consist of

@@idarkboost nightshades and gluten can actually disable me because they make my fibromyalgia flare up really bad. When I was in the strict elimination phase, I just ate meat (usually homemade nightshade-free sausage), fruit, and veggies for breakfast. They also make aip compliant yogurt and cereal. I was successfully able to reintroduce many foods, so now I can eat things like eggs, oatmeal, raw milk yogurt, and simple kneads toast for breakfast.

@@idarkboost and for lunch I like meat with veggies and either winter squash or fried plantains or a salad

@@sundragon13thank you so much, I’m just starting my journey. Terrible body pains fibro, panic attacks, stomach pains.

Well said OP

Yes, I actually find life simpler not being able to eat so many foods

So true!!

I went down the functional medicine Dr path and came away dis spirited and broke . Diet is the first step and the biggest step in my experience. Sadly it took me too long to figure out I was Insulin Resistant and how carbs even "healthy" gluten free carbs were making me sick ie rice, ie any processed 'healthy' carbs etc....

The guy said AIP is to restrictive for long term 😂 makes no sense you're doing everything in life long term if it helps you feel better . Then the lady said eliminate for six months then reintroduce dairy eggs etc. Why if you feel better not eating a certain food why would you reintroduce it when you already know it does not benefit your good health they both are 2 people I won't listen to

@@jasonj7755 also, the elimination phase of AIP is not even meant to be long term, so saying that it's too restrictive for long term is not a valid argument and shows that he's misunderstanding AIP

​@@jasonj7755 because bodies aren't machines and can heal, and nutritional needs evolve over time. With adequate space and support to heal (eg immune syst re-regulation, restoration of gut microbiome, mucosal lining, brush lining and membrane, mitochondrial health, etc), people can achieve a much less restrictive diet, which helps both socially and to add more diversity to the microbiome and nutritional intake

Oh i can also tolerate raw/fermented A2 dairy now, too (A1 is a no go). So definitely not AIP anymore but it still (in)forms the core of my diet.

Have you tried nightshade free? For a lot of people gluten and nightshades are the two most disease triggering foods

Intermittent fasting works by giving the body a clear "rest digest recover" (parasympathetic) period to fully digest and assimilate food, experience, etc. The opposite is chronic snacking which keeps the body in a chronic sympathetic autonomic nervous state. Nutrient absorption (digestive efficacy) plummets. Snacks are usually high calorie low nutrient density. Post-prandial stress accrues and mitochondrial function atrophies. Blood sugar dysregulates. I also generally stop eating at least 6hrs before bed, get way better sleep quality as a result. I had to restore mitochondrial function first, also using anaerobic physical activity to promote human growth factor for tissue repair, which also helped prevent chronic stress (chronic sympathetic autonomic state) by completing stress cycles.

listen to the podcast ..in the link

this is video is what i would consider fake news, click bait. Panicmongering

I'd go AIP

@s.r5534 Rice and nightshades are huge pain triggers for me, too.

That's interesting. I was exactly the other way around. I literally almost died on a vegan diet because I have malabsorption problems. Veganism also DESTROYED my gut quite severely. AIP restored my health and put my fibromyalgia into remission. For me AIP is not a meat heavy diet. I eat mostly vegetables. I'm sure everyone is different, but I'm curious: were you eating pasture-raised meat? Because factory farmed meat makes me sick, but I tolerate pasture-raised meat really well.

Also, what healthy sugars did AIP take away? Because AIP is not supposed to take away healthy sugars or cut carbs. The most common AIP mistake that I see over and over again is that when people cut out grains, they don't replace them with AIP compliant carbs. When I was in the strict elimination phase, I ate lots of flat bread, cassava, taro root, sweet potatoes, plantains, winter squash, carrots, beets, and lots of fruit. There is no shortage of healthy sugars/carbs/starches on an AIP diet.

Oh, and I just thought of one more thing that may be helpful. Since you've tried so many different diets without success, maybe that's not the root problem for you. Maybe nervous system dysregulation is making you sick. Are you familiar with the ACE study? It's a study on how childhood trauma increases the risk of chronic illness. Basically, when you're chronically stuck in fight or flight mode, your digestion is turned off and all kinds of other things go wrong in the body. Another thing that could make you sick is exposure to toxins (like mold, harsh chemicals, or heavy metals). Nutritional deficiencies (even in a person who eats super healthy) can also make a person sick. There are many different possible root causes for chronic illness, and elimination diets do not address many of these causes. Anyway, I know how frustrating it is to have a chronic illess that doesn't respond well to the things that seem to work for everyone else (that's how my endo is I can manage my fibro through diet but my endo doesn't care what I eat 🥴). My suggestions may or may not work for you, but I hope you find something that does work for you!

I'm sorry you are struggling but it also sounds like you have a significant misunderstanding of AIP, what it is and isn't. I would pick up a copy of The Paleo Approach (Sarah Ballantyne, she has since distanced herself from the Paleo moniker due to so many paleo people spewing dogma but the book is still super relevant) to better understand the pathophysiology and associated diet and lifestyle intervention opportunities. Good luck regardless!

AIP is making me gain and I hardly eat anything. And I’m already overweight.