Although the autoimmune paleo (AIP) diet is a well known foundation for managing chronic health issues, some people are dismayed to find embarking on it makes them feel worse. What gives? The sudden change in diet can temporarily upset your chemistry and reveal hidden health problems. If you have been accustomed to eating gluten, dairy, grains, sugars, [...]
Those with high blood pressure and heart disease know to avoid salt, but researchers have learned salt comes with another riskâ too much alters immune cells in a way that promotes autoimmune disease. Examples of autoimmune disease include Hashimotoâs hypothyroidism, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, and type 1 diabetes. Autoimmune disease rates have skyrocketed [...]
Does stuff really leak out of your intestines when you have leaky gut? The truth is, contents of the small intestine escape through the wall into the bloodstream. This can trigger many different inflammatory disorders and autoimmune disease, a disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys body tissue. Leaky gut is associated with [...]
Research  has confirmed what many people have long known: Gluten sensitivity is a real thing. A Columbia University Medical Center study found gluten sensitivity is not an imagined condition, as many seem to think these days, and that celiac disease or a wheat allergy are not required to react to gluten. Although people with gluten sensitivity [...]
Because women make up about 75 percent of autoimmune disease diagnoses, this means many sufferers of chronic illness are also raising children. Itâs common for women to feel disappointed or inferior because they are not the kind of mom they had envisioned. But the perfect mom is an unattainable myth, and itâs possible your illness [...]
You can eat fermented foods every day and take all the probiotic supplements you want, but if you arenât also feeding those intestinal bacteria what they want, you could be throwing your money away. Thatâs because to thrive and multiply, healthy gut bacteria need to eat. And what your gut bacteria like best is fiber. [...]
If youâre like most people, you over indulged during the holidays and now youâd like to reboot your health with a detox diet. The  autoimmune diet  calms inflammation, stimulates repair and recovery, and boosts energy while preventing hunger. It also helps tame autoimmunity and repair leaky gut. Remove foods that cause inflammation Many foods people eat daily [...]
