Autoimmune disease is complex, and there are times we need help from medical professionals. How do you choose the right healthcare team for you? What do the different titles mean?
If you’re new to the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol, a lot of your favorite foods are suddenly off the table and you may wonder what you can eat! In today’s podcast, we share AIP food swaps for the foods you miss the most. We also share some powerful superfood combinations. My guest is Annie Rubin. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and an AIP Certified Coach. She’s also a fellow autoimmune warrior living with rheumatoid arthritis herself.
The latest Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes are: Anti-Inflammatory Tart Cherry Gels, Sticky Cauliflower “Rice”, Sheet Pan Fennel Pork Tenderloin, and Pork Tenderloin with Blueberry Sauce. Happy cooking, everyone!
$1,000 GIVEAWAY! It’s time to celebrate! Thanks to all of you who listen to my podcast, I just hit a huge milestone: 2 million downloads! To celebrate, I’m hosting a giveaway with over $1,000 in prizes. There are 4 US-only prizes and 4 international prizes. So, no matter where you live around the world, you’re eligible to enter! Prizes include ShopAIP, Luminance Skincare, Sip Herbals, Bonafide Provisions, Chronicon, Autoimmune Strong, Real Plans, and a Visual Journaling Course taught by Olwen Wilson. Every prize supports autoimmune health! Click through to the blog post for details. I’ll choose the winners 1/28/22.
If you’re a regular listener of my podcast, you know that I start every year with a Healing Stories episode. It features back-to-back interviews with autoimmune warriors just like you! I ask them to share their journey from rock bottom to reclaiming a vital life. In this episode, we talk about rheumatoid arthritis, alopecia, myasthenia gravis, and also autoimmunity in general. Everyone’s story is unique, but we also have so much in common. Whatever your diagnosis, I hope these stories resonate and inspire.
The latest Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes are: Easy Chicken Florentine, Gingerbread Loaf, Daikon Noodle & Meatball Soup, and Cranberry Cocktail Meatballs. Happy cooking, everyone!
The Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) can be life-changing, reducing inflammation and autoimmune symptoms and helping us reclaim a vital and joyful life. However, the elimination phase is intimidating! For many of us, it removes all the foods we used to eat, especially for breakfast. When eggs, grains, and dairy are off the table, what on earth can you eat? I have 50 delicious answers to that question!
This is one of the most popular podcast episodes – for good reason! Autoimmune health depends on blood sugar balance. When our blood sugar gets too high, drops too low, or swings wildly between these extremes, it increases inflammation in our body. If this happens regularly, it leads to chronic inflammation. In today’s episode, we’ll be sharing diet, lifestyle, and functional medicine tips for achieving and maintaining blood sugar balance. My guest is Dr. Jeff Horacek, a functional medicine physician with over 20 years of experience. Blood sugar is one of his medical specialties.
The latest Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes are: German “Chocolate” Cake Donuts, AIP Chili, Hot and Sour Soup, and The Best Italian Stuffed Mushrooms. Happy cooking, everyone!
This is one of the most popular podcast episodes – for good reason! If you think you can’t meditate, this podcast is for you. Do you picture meditators sitting quietly with completely empty minds – something you could never do? Let me tell you a secret: those people don’t exist. Even the Dalai Lama has thoughts while he meditates. The mind is designed to think just like the heart is designed to beat. Meditation isn’t about stopping thoughts; it’s learning how to notice and detach from them. There are also many different ways to meditate, including moving meditations, or cultivating mindful moments in everyday life. My guest is Jeff Warren, who is known as the “MacGyver of Meditation”. He excels at fixing people’s meditation problems. In this episode, we talk about common meditation obstacles for people with autoimmune disease, and how to overcome them.
The latest Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes are: No Yeast Biscuits, Egg-Free Garlic Mayonnaise, How to Make AIP Frosting, and Spiced Vanilla Poached Pears. Happy cooking, everyone!
Once upon a time winter was a peaceful season, a time of communal rest and renewal. Modern life has changed that dramatically. It’s now the busiest time of the year with the pressure to do too much, spend too much, and push our bodies to their limits. That’s not a recipe for autoimmune health, so let’s make a pact to do it differently. In this blog post, I share my best tips for stress management, boosting your body for health, navigating holiday gatherings, Paleo AIP gift ideas, and delicious AIP recipes for Christmas cookies and holiday treats. Here’s to a healthy holiday season!
When you first experience the connection between the food you eat and how you feel, that can be an empowering moment. But when certain foods cause you to flare, that can also inspire a fear of food. This is a natural reaction, but it also has consequences. The fear itself can cause autoimmune flares and also increase food sensitivity, creating a vicious cycle. Suddenly, all food feels dangerous, and we over-restrict our diets, which harms our health long-term. There is good news! We can overcome food fear, replacing it with a deep knowledge about our bodies and enjoy eating again. That’s our goal with our conversation today. My guests are fellow autoimmune warriors, Nitika Chopra and Alison Marras. We share our own experiences with food fear and tips for overcoming it.
The latest Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes are: Slow Cooker Meatloaf, Sweet Potato and Dill Tuna Patties, Curried Turkey Salad, and Stuffed Delicata Squash. Happy cooking, everyone!
Dr. Aly Cohen is an integrative rheumatologist who blends both conventional and holistic approaches in her medical practice. She’s been a great resource for accurate coronavirus information since the pandemic began. I interviewed her in Episode 154 about COVID-19 infections among people with autoimmune disease and what factors increased vs. decreased our risk. I invited her back onto the podcast today to talk about vaccines. This is a topic many of you requested when the vaccines first became available in early 2021. At that time, there was no data on people with autoimmune disease because we weren’t included in the initial research studies. Now, enough people have been vaccinated that the data is available, and we’ll be sharing it with you today.
The latest Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes are: Bacon Mac & “Cheese”, Instant Pot Chicken & “Rice” Soup, Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips, and Baked Apples. Happy cooking, everyone!
Now that Halloween has passed, are you starting to plan for Thanksgiving? I’ve got you covered with 50 Delicious Paleo AIP Thanksgiving Recipes! Turkey, Gravy, Stuffing, Sides, Desserts, Beverages, and More!
Human beings depend on each other. Sometimes we give help, and sometimes we receive it, but many of us are much more comfortable in the giving role. Autoimmune disease can turn the tables quickly. Suddenly, we’re in a position where we need help more often. If we were the caregivers before, how do we navigate this change in identity? How do we face the fears that may arise – of vulnerability, feeling weak, being seen as a burden, or people saying no? If you took pride in your independence, do you feel shame if you need help? There are gifts that come with learning to receive: a deeper intimacy in relationships, a greater sense of self-compassion, a more expansive sense of identity, and a stronger connection with humanity. But that doesn’t mean it’s an easy transformation. My guest is Kalene Khan, a licensed therapist who specializes in self-compassion. She helps people learn to be as kind to themselves as they are to others. She is our guide for this conversation today.
This week’s Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes from last week are: Pumpkin Tigernut Waffles, Pumpkin Spice Gummies, AIP Breakfast Porridge, and The Perfect Cassava Tortilla. Happy cooking, everyone!
What happens when diet and lifestyle changes don’t lead to the improvements you seek, and the doctors aren’t providing solutions that work either? It may seem strange that I’m highlighting a story where the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol wasn’t the answer, but sometimes that happens. Lauren Mabry didn’t give up. Autoimmune encephalitis is a rare autoimmune condition that’s only recently been discovered. That was a huge barrier to an accurate diagnosis. She went to multiple doctors and tried both conventional and functional medicine approaches. While she would experience short-term improvements, her symptoms always returned and eventually escalated to the point that nothing helped. She continued to advocate for her health until she got the right diagnosis, and eventually the right treatment (having to fight her insurance company to receive it). She’s a role model of persistence and self-advocacy and shares her story with us today.
Covering all your Autumn cravings, both savory and sweet! Pumpkin pie, muffins, scones, lattes, soup, chili, granola, and more!
I have two friends who were diagnosed with autoimmune disease through a referral from their ophthalmologist. Their first symptoms appeared in their eyes. Across diagnoses, this is common. Eye pain, dryness, swelling, inflammation, vision loss, and double vision – almost every autoimmune diagnosis can include eye symptoms. This is why an ophthalmologist is an important person to have on our healthcare team. Today, we’re lucky enough to have an integrative ophthalmologist on the podcast. Dr. Rani Banik is a board-certified neuro-ophthalmologist with over 20 years of medical experience as a clinician, educator, and researcher. She also has specialized training in functional medicine and treats her patients from a holistic perspective.
This week’s Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes from last week are: Lamb Vindaloo, “Cheese” Crisps, Roast Spatchcock Turkey, and Autumn Harvest Bowls with Maple-Balsamic Dressing. Happy cooking, everyone!
This week’s Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes from last week are: Pumpkin Pie Donut Holes, Balsamic Mushroom Pasta, Crispy Ginger Chicken Legs, and Sheet Pan Lime Shrimp Fajitas. Happy cooking, everyone!
Inflammation is a root cause for most chronic disease and it’s a major player in autoimmune disease. That’s why most doctors track inflammation on blood tests, because it often corresponds to autoimmune activity. Many patients find anti-inflammatory supplements helpful. Which ones have the most science behind them? How do they each work in our bodies to reduce inflammation? And how can you tell if one might be helpful for you? These are the questions we’ll be answering today, and we’re focusing on three popular supplements: fish oil, curcumin, and quercetin. My guest is Dr. Amy Nett. She’s a medical doctor whose specialty is functional and integrative medicine, and many of her patients have autoimmune disease.
This week’s Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable is now live! The featured recipes from last week are: Pumpkin Scones, Creamy Labneh “Cheese”, Apple Pork BBQ Meatballs, and Baked Greek Kofta Kebabs with Tazatziki. Happy cooking, everyone!
The Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) has the potential to make a big difference in your health, which is why so many people with autoimmune disease try this healing diet. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy, and one of the challenges is how other people respond. Friends, family, coworkers, even strangers are likely to notice you’re suddenly eating differently than everyone around you. You turn down the birthday cake at the office or family birthday party. You show up with your own food to a holiday dinner. You ask the waiter extra questions when eating in a restaurant. You serve food in your own home that’s delicious but doesn’t come from a box. Healthy eating stands out, because we live in a world where unhealthy eating is the norm. It’s natural for people to have questions, and it’s helpful to have some quick answers ready. Here are ten answers for a wide variety of situations.
