Auto-Immune Protocol: 2 Years Later | A Thousand Words
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"It's basically paleo, minus anything that might bring you joy." Lol-thanks for sharing!
That was so funny!
Made me LOL. It's true too lol
It's possible to find joy in it, all right. Personally? after a first month of despair, i started finding alternatives and new way of seeing / dealing with food. half an year later, cooking was again one of my greatest pleasures and nowadays, i'm really stunned with what kind of food certain people have in their kitchen (even if they claim to eat healthy); i wouldn't feed my dog with it. And more, if i happen to have a bote of some processed food i used to find tasty before, now it tastes so artificial to me, i can't stand it. So many ingredients we don't even know what they are... Our taste does change, it's a question of educating it - for the better. You will find yourself delighted with the simple taste of an organic (normal, actually) carrot : )
Love and courage to all
I am going to start low dose naltrexone tomorrow night in hopes of overcoming my Sjogren's, fibromyalgia, arthritis, thryroid, and Raynaud's. keeping away from processed foods, soy, genetically modified foods, and high fructose corn syrup helps but I heard that this medicine can almost cure you.
Dear@@Germatti13489, first of all, wish lots of courage. I just want to share with you the huge difference diet makes to my autoimmune situation. It' simply going from totally knocked out and not being able to get out of bed to being a functional, capable of working person. It's so big, i'm sharing it with everybody i can. Besides the foods that you mentioned, it is very important to exclude dairy and gluten - note that oats also have it, but there are gluten-free ones on te market. There are people who react even to rice or quinoa, because actually they also have prolamines; and gluten is only one of them. Chemical medicine can relieve you, but to what price, with all the side-effects. And it will n e v e r cure the origin of the problem, which is in the gut lining. The best thing to do is to consult a doctor in functional and/ or integrative medicine. Wish you to find one as nice as mine (in Belgium, so no sense giving contact). Wish you also lots of patience, for the recovery is slow, and much better days ahead
I'm just starting the diet to treat an autoimmune disorder that has attacked my brain for years. I'm in my early twenties, and it's been really hard to relate to other people my age or just in general because the life experience is so different.
When you said that you were saying the diet is strict but you've been fighting for long long you'd do anything to get your health back, it felt like I was hearing myself 😭 😭😭
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!!
*so long not long long lmao
@@charko6139 same im 22 and i cant relate with anyone my age and none of them understand what i go through
@@shreyaroka1551 it does get better! You find ways to make it easier, and life becomes a bit more beautiful. I sincerely wish you the best!
@@charko6139 i really hope it does but for now its only getting worse
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Hello how is your condition now
Can you eat the things that you couldn't and did you check your gut?
I've been on the AIP Paleo diet for about 3 months now. It's definetely really tough at first. At least for me. I went from eating so many processed foods, sugar, dairy and just all out unhealthy food growing up. I'm 32 years old now and just now learning what food is actually healthy. Since eliminating the dairy, gluten, soy, sugars, etc. and following the AIP Paleo protocol, I've been feeling alot better energy wise. Still dealing with some autoimmune issues but those didn't come about overnight, and wont go away overnight. This video of yours is encouraging and I hope I have the same great results that you had. My wife has Lupus and she's been trying to get on this AIP as well to help her out. It's definetely a life changing thing.
Well done, that must be so hard to make such a complete change in your diet. I'm glad you are feeling better and finding it worth it. I hope you and your wife can achieve full health!
How's your wife doing? Did it work for her condition?
How are you now?
Thank you so much for posting this video! Taking the time and the energy to make it is simply amazing!
I’m 20 and was just diagnosed. I’m scared to start but I will do anything to stop feeling so bad all the time. Thank you so much for your guidance
Basically Paleo minus anything that might bring you joy...this made me smile. You are adorable. Thank you for the incredibly helpful videos.
So glad you have found them helpful :)
Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling with auto-immune problems. I have supper bad inflammation in my hands right now and severe joint pain. It really helps knowing that the AIP diet can be done! I really can't thank you enough! I feel so inspired by you!
I hope that you find healing sooner rather than later.
Wow. I love all of your videos, your family is so charming!!
I love that you said it's a grieving process. I've tried to start something similar and I keep falling off the wagon. I had never thought that it's a grieving process to realise that you may not have certain things ever again. Thanks for the encouragement! Blessings!
Thank you for the kind words! I hope that it helps to realise it's a grieving process - be kind to yourself and allow yourself to feel the loss and sorrow so that it can move through you and you can move on. All the best!
This was so good. I actually have tried to change my diet and was doing so well for a while but christmas came around and I have STRUGGLED to get my health back on track. You really have given me that 'get back on track Leah' buzz.
You can do it!!
I just found your channel. I'm very happy I have. Subscribed! I have been dealing with some immune system issues and am in the middle of a very painful flare up. It's very nice to see I have options and other people have been on the same/similar path.
Thanks for sharing. It was like listening to myself trying to explain this over and over to my loved ones. It really feels good to know that I and many others with similar issues are not alone. I wish you all the best on your wellness journey 🙏
Corn, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini etc have lectins, that’s why they affect you. They are small doses of poison in our tummies and seep out from our leaky guts and we flare up. My Hashimotos was brought on by extreme stress and adrenal fatigue as well and now I’m backpedaling trying to heal the cause not the affect. It’s our bodies screaming for some self care finally.
You were the easiest to understand re:AIP I found.... Also, your skin is amazing. The diet may be hard, but the health you exhibit is really beautiful. I too have dealt with an autoimmune issue and you have given me hope.
Thank you! The thing that has been even more helpful to my health than AIP has been the Medical Medium protocol - I have two videos on my channel about it:
ruclips.net/video/i0s_Pi3ZPoI/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/8fHWaMS0otY/видео.html
Oooh, an update on your AIP! I'm so happy you have been able to reintroduce a few foods here and there but that overall you are paying attention to your body. Thank you for sharing this update.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
What a great idea for snacks!!!
I’ve been on it for 6 months and everyday still feels hard. I feel like an addict. But my results are so incredible so I try to be strong and remember it’s the price I pay for my good health. It’s worth it but seeing your honesty helps
i love the "listen to ur body" diet..u worded it great...
Thank you :)
I've just been put on the AIP diet today and yours are the first videos I've come across. I have a form of lupus that causes dramatic and sudden inflammation to the joints. This is a huge issue for me because I'm in the fitness industry Anyhow this has been incredibly helpful. You're absolutely lovely, thank you for sharing
I'm so glad you found this helpful, all the best with your journey. I did another video with tips and advice for AIP: ruclips.net/video/Xfj4ymuWkl4/видео.html
How did it go Angelo?
How are you feeling?
It’s been rough, my lupus moved to my heart creating a condition called pleuropericarditis. It’s life threatening in my case extreme swelling of a sack around my heart and lungs. Lucky for me I found a new drug through my rheumatologist called Benlysta which has saved my life for now. The only draw back is that it kills your immune system. I know this probably isn’t what you wanted to hear but I’m going to keep doing everything I can to be here as long as I can for my family. I still follow a modified diet but it is more tailored to me specifically since I have identified what my trigger foods are. Stay safe everyone and have courage. 💪🏼❤️
@@Arkangel77 Thanks for replying, Angelo! I just started a sort of antiinflamatory diet. I've eliminated dairy and red meat. I try to eat as clean as possible. Fruits, veggies, salads, chicken and turkey.
No more coffee, also.
Please check dr.'s Robert Morse videos. Maybe you will find something useful. He talks about raw veganism, about cleaning our lymphatic system, etc.
Take care and stay healthy! ☺🤗
So many things wrong with me I know I need to so something - I started reading about autoimmune and realized that all the inflammation in my body, the thyroid, mood swings ..... the list goes on. I am slowly easing into the AIP, I was so addicted to bread and I have cut that out a couple of weeks ago, and I already see some improvement. I take care of my sister (autistic) but I cook for my brother and he is so picky. I warned him tonight that after we eat through all the bad stuff in the pantry and freezer things are going to change. I enjoyed your video very much.
After falling in love with your family, vlogs and gardening, I all but forgot that I originally found you thru your Aip and hashi vids! ☺️😁 I ve been full Aip since September after my Adrenal fatigue& hashi diagnoses. ( I had the blood tests done to find out what foods I'm sensitive to) I connect with everything you said! I feel fantastic, it's really been worth it to me too! Healing my gut and really learning about the brain gut connection, my anxiety and depression have devolved! Thanks for sharing! 💝💖💕
I'm so glad it's been successful for you! Isn't it amazing what a difference it makes?
Thank you for this video! I have Hashimoto's autoimmune disease as well. I've been dealing with the daily symptoms since age 16 (now age 32) -- I just started AIP on Jan 8/18. I work with a functional medicine Dr as well (finally) which has been a big game-changer and very refreshing. Your video and the many other AIP success videos out there are so important for those of us just starting out. It gives me motivation to continue, as hard as AIP can be. Big thanks!!!
I'm so glad it's been working for you! I hope you continue to gain more and more good health.
Nitro135 how are u feeling? How long did it take to notice results.
This is an encouraging video. I have fibromyalgia. I did AIP for a year. But the last 6 months have been slipping back into bad habits particularly with sugar. I had improvement within the first week with migraine reduction and clear skin which I didn't think was possible. I still have chronic pain, but have had so much healing with my gut especially and much less severe reactions to food. I have had allergies since young, and now I know I have a lot of allergies with food too. I know AIP is good for me, but it is really hard to stick with it and to figure out exactly what you're reacting to because they are so many other factors that play into it. Especially when things that you can eat on the diet are not ok for you, like nuts, bananas, etcetera. It is a grieving process, I love sugar, peanut butter, and spicy foods which all seem terrible for me. The good thing now is that I can eat a little of some things, and pay attention to my body and stop way sooner. Thank you for your encouragement!
I'm so glad you found my video encouraging! It is definitely a hard road, but it will be worth it in the long run if you can stick with it. All the best x
So great to see how much nutrition has made an impact for you!
yes! everything you said! Thanks for sharing. I have sjogrens. A THOUSAND HEARTS TO YOU
Robyn Sheriff I’m interested to know if you tried the diet and if it has helped. I also have Sjogrens
An AIP search was how I found your channel. Love all your vlogs but love this one espeically. I did AIP a while ago and it was wonderful. I am restarting today (hashimotos) so this was perfect timing. Thank you for sharing:)
*The wonderful part was how I felt, not the initial giving up the food :)
Be strong! It will be worth it! I wish you all the best with AIP.
Very interesting to hear of the improvements to your health.
It is almost 2 years since I adopted a LCHF diet to treat insulin resistance. The changes to my over all health have been so amazing, I will never return to my former way of eating, although it was considered 'healthy'. Like you I do find socialising the most difficult part and I kind of dread being invited to someone's home, unless I know them well enough to explain.
I hope your current flare up passes quickly.
I need to be on this diet because of my autoimmune. Right now I'm doing whole30 and working on transitioning to aip. Just the thought is daunting.
It’s basically paleo minus anything that brings you joy! 🤣🤣🤣 perfect way to describe this - I’m 1.5 months in - and the grieving processes is real!
WOW. Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I have been following your videos, since we too want to move to NZ. Your videos makes us believe that our dream is possible. So thank you so much for that! I had no idea you were struggling with Hashimotos, same as me. I have had the diagnoses for about 10 years now. Other than avoiding gluten and dairy, I had no idea that a specific diet could help (something they don't teach in medical school of course). I will give the AIP diet a go, and see if it helps me too. Thank you so much, and take care!
I wish you all the best with it, I hope it can help your health as much as it has helped mine!
This is the first video I am watching from you. That was very informative and helpful for me. Thanks
Thank-you. I just came across this video and it was exactly what I needed. I’m struggling on and off to stick to AIP but when I do stick to it, it’s like night and day; I feel like a different person. I needed some encouragement and appreciate you talking about the reality of the diet.
Let's do it!
I sooooo enjoyed your video. I cant help noticing you are South African like me. I have to tell you at the approx 9minute mark I started laughing so wildly, almost hysterically! I felt like posting it on fb saying "THIS IS HOW I FEEL EVERYONE! THIS IS ME WITH A DIFFERENT FACE!!! But despite the laugh/almost crying I honestly found your video so useful and informative. Soooo many of the things you have said, I feel too. eg. taking food out with you or eating at a restaurant which turns out to be really borning anyway! Weird and restrictive as you say! Someone said to me yesterday "Ytou really ought to change your diet!" Inferring I must be eating junk food or something! Best not to talk about it basically! Sorry.... still laughing!! Iceberg lettuce at McDonalds!! Thanks for the great video!!
It's great to find a kindred spirit and know that you're not alone!
My mom uses the GAPS diet to treat her hashimoto's and it sounds like the same kind of diet. She is also in remission.
I know so many people that are using these diets to treat leaky gut syndrome. I know people that have used it to treat depression, obesity and allergies. I even have a friend who is using it to treat their schizophrenia, and they are now off medication and fully functional. It is amazing how well it works!
It is tremendous and I feel more people should try it. I saw a quote last week that said food can either be the gentlest of medicine or the slowest of poisons, and I feel like so many people are poisoning their bodies.
I started and now my endo going to lower my thyroid medication..I can see the difference among no longer suffering from depression =D
Thank you. This is very credible, and therefore inspiring. Best wishes on your continued journey.
Glad you found it helpful!
I love how you worded it! A grieving process! People who don't have autoimmune disease, can never understand this! Even though on most days I don't cry inside over what other people are eating anymore, I still get those days when I wish I could just go into the supermarket and buy one of those fragrant croissants or something or just order a simple pizza like in the past...And I am always feeling like I cause trouble for people I visit. Even though I tell them they should not cater to my needs bcs as you, I don't expect them to know everything, they still try and they mess up most of the time, and then I feel bad for having to say no to the food they made me, even though they were trying hard. I feel like a nuisance and even though I loved family gatherings in the past, now it has just become this awkward, embarassing experience with always having to explain things and then seeing the sorry faces as they are looking back at me. And the general question I get everytime: "But if you cannot eat so many things, what do you eat???"....if I had a dollar for everytime someone asks me this question...:)
I have had gluten and dairy intolerance for 5 years now, so I was used to eliminating certain foods and I was feeling A LOT better but still there were certain symptoms here and there...I felt like I am not keeping my diet clean enough. A routine bloodwork at my family doctor showed that I had reeeeeally high liver enzymes without anything else showing any issues. I immediately thought of it having a connection to my intolerance but the doctor does not want to acknowledge it. They had me do a ton of tests and don't understand why this is. My two theories are, either I was not keeping my diet well enough, or I am intolerant to something else as well. So now I am doing the AIP. It isn't as hard for me as for others who go in there more cold turkey, but i still had headaches (just started 3 days ago) from not being able to eat rice or any "harder" carbs. I don't feel hungry, I just feel needy for stuff. :)
The only issue I have is....if I reintroduce for example rice...how do I know if it has an effect on me? I don't get strong symptoms anymore, I did not even know there is an issue with my liver until now! SO how can I test if reintroducing a certain food will cause issues?
I had a food intolerance test done for 30 food types (from blood) and I got a strange result. Many ppl who had it done say it is not accurate and cannot be trusted. but then how am I supposed to know what to eat and what to not eat? :S :( The test said I am intolerant to eggs, soy, dairy, yellow/green pepper and apples (???). But it did not show gluten...so ia m also unsure about trusting it. I wanted to cut out eggs and soy anyway, and dairy already cutting out, but...pepper and apples?
It is hard anyway to have to leave out gluten and dairy from my meals (especially bcs 90% of food in my country are made out of these things) but then to not be sure what i can reintroduce...In my country doctors don't take autoimmun diseases and food intolerance seriously enough...
(sorry, this became a novel! :D)
Hi Sister, that smell of croissants, right? Me it's the gaufres on the streets of Brussels : ) Unless you are coeliac, there are now digestive enzymes for gluten that you can use, exceptionally, for instance, when you want to have a bite of that birthday cake or something : ) This enzymes lower the bad effects it can have. Good courage, keep the hope; there are cases of completely healed people.
About meals with friends, i'm just like you sister; about the rice and orher hard carbs it may make a big difference if you soak it overningh. Yes, soaked rice, and it's really yummy! About getting a cleaner diet, it's teally worth it to have as much organic as possible; at least the nightshade vegetables, which are produced with a lot of pesticides. Good courage to you!
It is not a novel, it is your experience, a patient knows much more than a doctor, what to eat nd what not. ..it is the willpower , only if you want to survive. ..stay healthy, peaceful, safe and secure. ..thanks for sharing
For family functions, I take my own food. It is that simple. I have explained to everyone in the family that I have to be on a special diet due to the autoimmune disease I have (Hashimoto and Hypothroid). Is it annoying? Yes, very much so; but, I feel so much better since I went on the AIP diet.
For family functions, I take my own food. It is that simple. I have explained to everyone in the family that I have to be on a special diet due to the autoimmune disease I have (Hashimoto and Hypothyroid). Is it annoying? Yes, very much so; but, I feel so much better since I went on the AIP diet.
i love these videos jen! i have thyroid issues my doc just threw levothyroxin at me said theres nothing you can do about it this is the rest of your life. i cant lose weight and ive felt like the walkind dead for the past 12 or so years. im definatly looking into this. thank you so much for the info.
I highly recommend giving it a go, and I hope it works for you!
And get another doctor
great video, informative and you have a great voice. Given me more courage to stick to this diet, thank you
I am struggling with AIP a bit. You were dead on with the "grieving" part, which I see is my main issue. I have always been an emotional eater, so I think my next big step is to just grieve the "loss" and accept that I feel so much better! I have MS, psoriasis, and some pretty severe food allergies. It makes this so much more complicated! On top of foods I have to give up, there are a lot of foods that I just can't eat if I wanted to (I am allergic to raw banana, avocado, peanuts, and shellfish along with nightshades!). I have only been at this for about a month, but I am giving into cravings at times. Thank you for the motivation to stay on track and the advice to go ahead and be sad about losing certain foods. Oh, to add salt to my wounds, I am a professional chef! Ugh! I just need to relearn and rethink. Again, thank you!
It can be very difficult. I used to be an emotional eater too, and found it hard to not have that comfort when I needed it. But now I feel free, not having that dependence on food for comfort. I wish you every success on your journey, stick with it and it will be worth it when you enjoy renewed health!
I am just trying to decide if I need to do AIP, and I found your video to be so helpful, because you are so honest, so real, and I sincerely appreciate you putting this video out into the world. I really like that you confront missing foods, how hard it really is, and that still, after all that, you still believe it is worthwhile and have experienced relief.
I'm so glad you found my video helpful. All the best with your journey to health.
So glad I found you here...I suffer from hashimotos hypothyroidism too...sad thing was the doctors never looked into how important the diet was and I myself started my journey with trail and errors..still haven't found my ideal...:)
Paleo minus anything that brings you joy.....You speak the truth! haha I am embarking on the AIP diet for the first time. I am simultaneously looking forward to it and dreading it. haha Your video makes it lean more toward the looking forward to it. Thank you!
Wow, this video has everything, well done, thanks. Me and my sister might have to do this, we both are reacting to so many foods. I understand so much about grieving process and emotions related to this (dairy and gluten-free plus oat free for 5÷years)
Thanks for sharing your experience
Hi, my name is Angela and have MS. Thank you for sharing your experience with your illness. I hope you are getting better. I understand it's hard to eat certain way...Hope you have the right support around you. Can't find many things where I am and have to repeat ore times what I need to get at the store. I am glad you can have greek yogurt. I have it too. IIt makes people tired to live this way but I think you are doing a very good job. n You are getting better. I have a f\different immune system illness and I know yours because searched all the immune system one. Can't have cheese either and LOVE cheese. Being in central Italy it's hard to explain to everyone why should not have them just like with pasta...gluten for an Italian is everything and can't eat it every meal any more but if it helps us feel better it's worth it most of the times. Best wishes and take good care and have a wonderful holiday time, ciao, Angela from Umbria, Italy :)
Hi Angela, what is MS?
Most doctors of classical medecine don't take auto-immunity (diets) seriously in any western country. Only a doctor in functional medecine (and maybe holistic medecine as well) is able to deal with this. I'm so happy i found one! Love and courage to all
Good courage Sister! How is it going?
Thank you so much for this video! I needed this encouragement to try it.
Great video! Thank you, very professional.
Thank you :)
I'm seriously considering the AIP after many changes to my diet including gluten free and low FODMAPs. In addition to recurring small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, I was diagnosed within the last three months with hypothyroid and adrenal fatigue. I'm very nervous about removing nuts and eggs. Nuts are a super convenient food to have in my purse when I'm out and about. Ugh! But, I very much appreciate your videos and hearing about your positive response to AIP. Thanks!
I would highly recommend checking out Anthony William's books on the root behind thyroid disease and adrenal fatigue. I've been following his protocol for 4 months now and it has completely transformed my health, even more so than AIP. Maybe keep nuts in rotation for now if they make a big difference for you and you don't feel you have a reaction to them.
@@AThousandWords Hi, how we now that something is baf for us, do we always have some reaction?
@@kissgirl67 If your body can't tolerate it it will let you know with a bad reaction of some kind. If you have no reaction then you're okay to eat that thing. It's tricky though, because sometimes your body can tolerate a food but only in small amounts. Experience and trial and error will reveal what is okay and not okay, and that may even change with time. For years I could not eat bananas but lately I have been intuitively drawn to them so I tried again and no reaction at all.
Diagnosed with graves “desease” three weeks ago. About to do everything I can to avoid anything conventional including AI diet. Thank you for your honesty. You give me hope.
Please read Anthony William's book called Thyroid Healing!! It is SO eye opening. I will be posting my 10 month update on my channel on Friday, check back for that video to see how much it's helped me.
I haven't achieved diet success yet, but I also was diagnosed with Graves 1.5 years ago, and after several months on PTU (the older antithyroid med) my T3, T4, and TSH are normal without meds. My endo still wants to kill my thyroid, but as long as my numbers are normal, I don't want to go nuclear. So, I'm starting the diet. I think I will be able to deviate from Paleo AIP pretty quickly, but that's where I'm going to start.
The Autoimmune Solution is a book by an MD who was diagnosed with Graves. I highly recommend her book.
Im on the aip wo knowing it. Thank you for sharing.
I have been eating just protein, veggies, low carb bread which is only 17 GM's a slice....n I love it because I don't crave sweets, salts or junk food...whereas, before I ate galore sweets n food.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing your aip experiences! I just started aip and your advice is so helpful - and gives me hope to survive this lifelong project (in Germany I can't find propper support). Your post is sone years "old" now. How do you feel today with aip? Did you experience further development St your health? Best wishes and stay healthy!
am so glad I found you. Thank you, so helpful and informative. Have Hashimoto's too. Just want to share, Peanuts and Pistachio's are not tolerated by us because they are the two type of nuts that carry a certain fungus, thus cause nut allergies. Also, any tomato product needs to be organic, unfortunately tomatoes are produced by spraying high levels of chemical pesticides. Have now begun to use only ORGANIC produce for all vegetables.
I've been avoiding peanuts but didn't know that about pistachios, thanks for the info.
Thank you for this. PS: i love the way you say red lentils
Sounds like the diet I follow. Thanks for the video.
Thank you. You helped me understand the process better.
I am so happy I can eat rice to specifically for sushi when going out😭😭 and with some meat at home it’s nice :)
happy to hear you feel youre in remission. any chance you could do a thyroid bloodwork panel and show us the results?
Yes. Changed my health but i also grieve.
"Listen to your body diet", sweet 🤗
Thank you!!
thank you for sharing
I was on that diet and felt great but I quit after about 5 years. Menopause got to me . Now I’m fat and tired again.
Hey,
I’ve been watching your videos on moving to NZ as my OH has a job offer in Auckland (from UK) then found this video which is awesome! I have Crohn’s which I’ve got myself off all meds by controlling with AIP (4 years in!). Eggs, gluten, bovine dairy, capsicum peppers, garlic and my main poisons but pretty much if it comes from a packet its off the menu!
One of the things I’ve been struggling to find out about in NZ is holistic medicine and general ‘alternative’ therapy practitioners. Any advice would be massively appreciated!
I’m currently about to revert back to full elimination in the run up to our medicals just in case I have to have a colonoscopy to prove that I’m not going to be a burden on the NZ government and I don’t want my health to be the stumbling block!
Keep being brave its so hard not being able to grab food as you go.
Thanks for sharing your experience to help others!
Way to go Sister : ) Actually, meat isn't so good for auto-immunity, because hard to digest for a weekend digestive tract; if ever, chicken is best. As far a si'm concerned, i had tu cut off al the nightshades, not only tomatoes... Good courage to all!
i follow a similar style of eating for Myasthenia Gravis ...
Great video. I have tried the gut healing diet, and I drop weight. Now down to 90pounds, at 5 feet. Clothes dropping off, taking them in, but need to know how to get around that. Brain fog feels better though
Dont forget your meat cant just be any kind of meat, it has to be free range or wild caught, chances are your meat may have been eating grains and other things given to them..so your really restricted from eating at restaurants because chances are they're meat ain't free range or wild caught.
Jesus...who can afford that.
I want to add this, since diving into AIP and doing plenty of research meat does not have to be free range, grass fed, or organic. Is it the better option? Well obviously yeah but please for anyone who can't afford it....don't stress it. This diet is enough to see results with or without expensive meats.
how bout me? :(
red meat causes inflammation in my body :(
Ik exactly what you mean by "repeating the same food" over and over, it was very very hard for me to start the aip protocol, but its been 5 months now and i got used to eat. Altho sometimes i still feel that its very hard to have food always done cus ive to prepare/cook everything in advance for example soup for breakfast.. or try to have left overs dinner for breakfast.. its so hard
I can't eat a lot of things actually i think its better to say what i can eat rather than the huge list ive to avoid.
I started this protocol because i've Disidrosys eczema , its doing much better now but its still not controled. I hope in the next 6 months i can reach normal hands again :) even if it means eating the same thing over and over.
About the rice: I react to normal white rice, but im ok in eating whole rice or wild rice , weird
BTW!! Have you tried the pee/lentil/cheeck pea pasta? tehy're amazing for a "fast" meal, srsly and they are rly tasty..!
But make sure the pasta you're buying is 100% pea/lentil/cheekpea "flour" , cus many brands disguise nusty ingredients behind it, like.. corn flour potato flour and stuff
hope these pasta option helps you! it helps me a lot when im on the run to work ^^! they only take 6 mnts to cook!
I just subscribed, great video, thank you.
I interviewed a young lady who worked at McDonalds. She told me that they sugared their lettuce to make it last longer. I am in the US. I have been doing Wahls Paleo for a year and a half.
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And that is one of the reasons I just don't buy fast food, even if it's a salad! You just never know what they do to it.
I recommend to look around to different countries cousine and choose suitable food from there. Iam from Poland and we have here different optionns. We ale duck, pork, different parts from animals i.e. liver. We also have a lot of fermented food, i.e. fermented carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, cucamber. And also we have a big variety of soups so I can have different soups every day for few weeks!
Such an apt description of the protocol 😂
Hey! I just posted my first video on youtube today! I also just recently started the AIP diet and relate to this video so much!! I am making a channel to document my findings and to try out different things to help whatever I have going on! Im hoping my channel will be able to connect with others going through similar things, and to see that, no matter how hard, life can still be great!
Please check out Anthony William's book Medical Medium Thyroid Healing or the one on chronic illnesses - it has made THE biggest difference to my health!!
thank you .
I'm 27, I have hashi's Im so miserable. I know Its because of my eating habits. Thank you for this video. I know it's going to suck because I love flavourfull foods! For instance I have had a headache all damn day I know it's because of how shitty I ate yesterday. I cannot continue to live like this. I'm going to start the AIP diet right now.
Please check out Anthony William’s book Thyroid Healing - it’s changed my life!!
I have graves and I'm also miserable, making AIP soup now !
Same here
Am 33... with Hashimoto. Am also starting it.
Please don’t view a lifestyle change you’re starting by saying it’s going to suck... don’t do that to yourself, your mentality and your chances of making it last. View the changes you’re going to make that might not be fun compared to how you’ve been eating... but instead view eating greens and what not as fun bc you’re healing yourself and that’s more fun than eating in the way you have been. Ease/heal your body’s “dis-ease”. I’m type 1 diabetic and get hateful spells towards the disease so I understand sometimes it does F-ing suck. Anyways this is unsolicited advice/perspective so disregard if you wish :) idk what I was getting at, I’m just rooting for you and helping your health I guess! Much love, Jack.
Encouraging, thanks! I have Hashimoto's for two years. Starting after the lost of my son. One year and a few months later, my results was not ok. I was extremely tired, crashing all the time. I switched the synthetic thyroid medication to np thyroid (pig). Then finally my results came back average except for the antibodies (600) that were still really bad and did not change at all. I was feeling less tired but still really really off. I could feel something was still really wrong in my body. Not in a good mood and tired after 4 pm.
Then, I discovered Paleo diet four months ago. That was a life changing! Hard at first for a couple of weeks, my body was craving gluten and cheese! But then after a month I felt so much better, I thought It seemed to workand I continued. Two months after starting my diet : Antibodies reduced by half, TSH, T4, T3 great ! 4 months later now, I am feeling full of energy, motivated. I do not feel any craving and I have even noticed that if I see somebody eating pizza or some heavy creamy cake, I am feeling nauseous just by looking at them.
The Paleo diet is amazing!!! I would STRONGLY encourage everybody who starts this diet, do not feel discourage if you feel weird the first couple of weeks because it's normal, our body has to adpat but, after a month, you would notice already such a big change, you would never go backward after. For me, it gets better and better. I cannot wait to go back to my Hashimoto's follow up visit and see my latest antibodies results!
Hi Jen, thanks for making this video... This has raised some questions in me since I have high tsh levels but no food allergies at all and dont know if I have an auto immune problem too. Can you describe how you felt initially and what symptoms led you to the doctor to diagnose Hashimotos?
A simple blood test can diagnose Hashimotos - just ask for a thyroid antibodies test if you would like a definite answer.
I'm on AIP and it's super hard. You can still have some treats. Just not everyday. Gluten free donuts aren't horrible
I hope it goes well for you. Please do check out my recent video on the Medical Medium protocol I've been following, it's been even more helpful than AIP.
Hey, thank you for sharing this information with people, I've been on the AIP diet for 2 month now, recently I tried to eat some chia seeds, I felt extreme migraine for two days, never thought it was the chia! However, I think that the conventional paleo works for my lifestyle, I have tested peanuts before and I didn't have any bad reaction but then I found that it's not paleo, now that you're saying you've successfully incorporated rice, I feel encouraged to try other things, of course it's not gonna be gluten, because regardless of Autoimmune diseases, it's very damaging and dangerous.
Btw, have you ever tried intermittent fasting, a lot of practitioners and doctors think it's very beneficial for the gut and overall health.
Are you still on the immunosuppressive medications ?
Thank you again anyways!
I very much believe in listening to your body!
The most helpful thing for my health (even more so than AIP) has been Anthony William's book Thyroid Healing and his other book on chronic illness. It is SO eye opening! I'm following the protocol laid out at the end of Thyroid Healing and have seen amazing changes in my health. My doctor has said that all of her patients who have followed his protocol have had fantastic changes in their health.
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I agree with listening to your body. I was doing that but so many people kept yammering at me and I lost my own voice and sense of self. It took me down a nightmarish path and in less than a year I went from eating whatever I wanted and having no symptoms and from not having autoinmune to mold spore exposure ( once again and my own fault ) causing autoimmune. I now live as a freak thanks to getting so used to listening to everyone except my own voice, my own gut instinct. I started this journey off saying I'd rather die than get on that road again but here I am in such worse shape than I was in January of 2018, when this all could have gone a whole other way had I only listened to myself and my body instead of listening to everyone telling me what to do. It is hard to believe how easy it is for some people to die and how hard it it is for my body to die. If I was clawing and kicking to survive and had a reason to live, I'd been dead last July. Ugh. I don't know how I'm going to die but I know unless it's in my sleep it's going to be horrific.
Love your explination of the thyroid antibodies
I wish people would stop saying Auto-immune Paleo. It is Auto-Immune Protocol. These two diets are not interchangable. AIP is much more restrictive. One main difference is no eggs on AIP. No nightshades--tomatoes, peppers, egg plant. And other things.
You look fantastic. I know it’s hard. I was on it and lost 20 LBs. But I fell off. And gained my weight back. So am on it again and hopefully I stick with it. I cannot eat sugar, dairy and gluten. Oh vay.
If you really miss chips with your grass fed steak....try sweet potato fries (chips)...I've not tried them cooked in coconut oil, but even back when I ate nothing but garbage, my usual burger / chips fast food, I was 100% in love with sweet potato fries....super tasty....try it...let me know what you think :)
Yup, I eat them all the time and I love them :) I do bake them rather than frying them though.
It's funny but maybe this will help you with perspective. I'm on the full carnivore diet right now for my auto-immune stuff and just looking at what you can eat on AIP makes my mouth water! It's like a delicious buffet of options! I can eat meat and drink water. Period. :) My plan after carnivore is AIP pretty much as a lifestyle LOL.
Haha, "basically paleo minus anything that might give you joy". I'm sorry to laugh at your pain, but that was quite funny. Good for you. So many people try elimination diets but sabotage themselves by fudging here and there - oh one cookie is fine... that sort of thing. I totally sympathize with grieving over food. I was a pastry cook once upon a time, then I found out I probably have celiac disease. That was really hard to come to grips with. Honestly it probably took a few years to not feel deeply upset that there are some things I'll never be able to eat again. Now (7 years later) I feel mostly OK about it. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
LOL that's okay, I have to laugh about it too.
I'm sorry you have also had to give up food you love, it is so hard to come to terms with.
Have you ever considered a liver cleanse. The major kind that takes a whole day because of emptying the gut and also with a week of simple prep. You have to do at least one a month for 6-12 months to get the whole liver cleaned out. We do all this work to heal our guts and clean our system but we forget our livers and gall bladders need major cleaning. It may help with the flares from old toxins releasing into the gut whenever the liver decides to :) Just a thought. Thank you for all your words.
Yes, thanks, I am talking with my doctor about liver support.
Hi! Can I ask how long you were on the diet before you saw significant benefit? Thanks for this video!
Oh found it!!
I had tested my TPO antibodies over and over every few months and compare it with foods that I cut out for a few months. I found that it was dairy products. It is probably the casein in it. My TPO antibodies are going down. It should be gone by the end of this year. After that, I am going to wean myself off thyroid pills.
That's exactly what I plan on doing!
This was very good. I would like to try this but I cannot find the link that she was talking about of foods you it.
As another viewer mentioned... my story but with a different face :-) Thanks for sharing it so well
Glad you have had a good outcome too. Thanks for watching :)
I have hashimotos, I've had symptoms for about 10 years now, I am only 26 so yeah it started in high school for me. I also have other issues that may be related. Anyway I am trying the AIP as of 3 days ago. This video was helpful and inspirational for me. It is REALLY HARD right now. But I am motivated to stick to it and learn how to make it better/easier. I read a book and started a blog....I am definitely on the train! lol, but anyway I wanted to ask you how the kinesiologist tested foods to see if they were ok or not? I has already been thinking I may need to eventually go to a dietician or a nutritionist to talk about what to reintroduce or how to figure out what effects me badly and what doesnt but I never have yet and I don't know what you mean by like "checking to see if that food was ok for your body or not"? Please let me know what you think about all that! Also I totally feel you on the CHEESE!!! I have always said that was the one thing I felt like I can't live without as it is my favorite food but I am pretty sure I am going to have to give it up for good.
Hang in there, and be proud of yourself for making the hard changes! It will be worth it.
An energy kinesiologist can literally ask your body and with muscle response will be able to get an answer. They do it in various ways; my kinesiologist squeezes a muscle in my forearm. It is so interesting! And amazing how accurate it is.
Waaaaah, I miss cheese so much!! But it is worth giving it up to feel so much better.
A Thousand Words thank you for your feedback!
Wow I can’t believe I found you. I have 2 autoimmune diseases. Do you recommend a book I could get?
Anthony William's Medical Medium books are eye opening.
Where did you get the list of foods that you said you printed out. I’d really like to get a copy of that.
Just Google "AIP foods" and there are lots of resources.
More than that, I highly recommend Anthony William's books - following the Thyroid Healing protocol for almost 2 years has given me way more improvement than even AIP did!
When you re introduce food into your AIP diet how will you know if you can't eat it or if it worked?? Thanks!!!
Your body will let you know. Try a tiny bit of the food and see how you feel or if you experience symptoms, for example fatigue, headache, brain fog, irritability, insomnia.
Thanks for the info,
Did you notice if sleeping early affects your AI?
I work at night and I think it caused my issues.
I noticed it as well.
Sleep is essential for healing - it's when the body repairs itself. If you're not sleeping you're not giving your body the chance to auto-repair
“Listen to your body diet” 👍
I think all these diets that help autoimmunity and also mental health are much the same, avoid all grains, legumes, seeds, pulses, and nightshades. (That’s most starchy foods). GAPS, AIP, WAHLS PROTOCOL, PALEO AUTO IMMUNE, plant paradox diet. Etc etc
If I do have a response to an item that is reintroduced, then how long should I wait to recover and try another item?
I'd suggest until you feel well again and have none of the symptoms that appeared from the reaction.
Thank you for this video it has been very helpful ,I have needed to do an elimination diet for a while, this has inspired me to try it because of your results. interested to find out did u get withdrawals when you took everything out of your diet? Well done on doing this for 2 years 😄it doesn't sound easy 😊x
I'm sure I had withdrawals at the time but it's been a while and I don't really remember. Good luck with your healing journey!
Hi. What does it mean exactly when you say you can’t tolerate x,y? How does this make you feel? Do you notice something right away or only the next day? I have Hashimoto since 8 years and only now a Dr advised me to start AIP.
For me when I reach the reintroduction stage I'll try a small amount of a particular food and see how I feel over the next couple of days. Different foods that I can't tolerate give me different symptoms - some physical, some mental, some affect my sleep, some all of the above. There is a lot of info on the internet about AIP reintroduction, hopefully you can find some that is helpful to you.