What is the autoimmune Protocol Diet? Do you suffer from a chronic or autoimmune condition? If you do, let’s take a look at one diet that can improve your symptoms.
What is it and where do I start? When we look at different to reduce inflammation, pain, and various conditions related to chronic or autoimmune conditions, there is no better way to give a shot at the Autoimmune Protocol diet or AIP for short. .AIP stands for Autoimmune Protocol Diet and it is hugely popular nowadays. The main benefit of AIP is that the diet makes you feel much better and experience less pain for people living with an autoimmune or chronic disease. In addition, there is tons of research to backup these claims.
How does the AIP diet work?
AIP works by eliminating certain types of foods that may trigger inflammation. Although you might not know about it, eggs, nuts, legumes, dairy products, and grains are some of the foods that cause inflammatory responses. But it’s not only foods that we eliminate from our diet when on AIP. Tobacco, coffee, and processed sugars, among others, are the sort of things we also have to stop taking.
What can you eat on the AIP diet? Let’s talk about what you can eat. Your diet should consist of minimally processed food. These can include meats, leafy green, berries, tiger nuts, sweet potatoes, plantains, Yuca. Foods like artichokes, fish, seafood, kombucha, kimchi, olive oil, avocado oil are greatly encouraged on the diet.
What Does AIP Help With?
While reducing inflammation is the goal, it is a pretty broad term. When on AIP, you will be eliminating one of the biggest causes for inflammation: leaky gut. While this is only the beginning, it will help you better deal with any autoimmune disease and chronic conditions.
Are There Any Possible Downsides?
One of the biggest downsides of the AIP diet is that plenty of people have a hard time sticking to it. This is because the diet significantly changes the way you eat and types of food you’re supposed to eat. This can make it quite hard to follow during social gatherings in restaurants with friends and family. In the next blog post, we will take a look at a way of eating in the continent of Africa, a nutrient dense diet that is very similar to the autoimmune protocol diet. We will explore the similarities between the African diet and the AIP diet, and foods eaten in the continent of Africa for thousands of years and surprisingly AIP compliant.
