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AIP diet for autoimmune illnesses
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 4 11:34pm | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
Thanks to all who responded to my questions about AIP diet. A BIG problem where this diet is concerned is that in addition to my 3 autoimmune illnesses (celiac spruce, UC, lupus), I also have congestive heart failure. So I absolutely have to watch fats and salt. And unfortunately, most of the high-calorie items on AIP (coconut products, bacon, chicken fat, meat fat, red meat) are forbidden to me! So I am left with only the leaner AIP allowables. The dietician who proposed I go on AIP encouraged me to eat lots of olive oil and avocado oil; I use both to cook with, but I have no gall bladder, so I don't deal with lots of oil/fats well anyhow. I did not get much guidance from her after I brought up my heart-related (and gall bladder-less limitations). Hence my hollering for help to all of you. 🙂
While I realize this is an elimination diet, I expect I'll have to abide by it for several weeks before I add things back in. Bottom line is I don't know how I'm going to get through those several weeks without dropping weight, and at 89 pounds, I don't have much to spare!
Another issue: Most of the recipes I've seen online are WAY complex and require more energy than I've got. And AIP prepared meal services don't suit as they won't tailor to my low fat and sodium requirements.
Someone asked re: scientific basis for this diet. The jury seems to be out. One Mayo Clinic article called it a fad diet, explaining that the lectins I'm told AIP eliminates are mostly destroyed or altered in cooking. However, some people say it helps... and I could sure use some help! So I'm very willing to try. But one day on this diet left me hungry.
BTW, I have been STRICTLY gluten free for 40 years because I am a severe celiac, and I eliminated refined sugar and sugary products from my diet 30 years ago. So I've had those bases covered for a long time.
If anyone has more suggestions after reading all this detail, please suggest away. And meantime, thanks to all who shared their thoughts.
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I’m on my 5th AI disease, including primary biliary cholangitis, which attacks the bile ducts of the liver. I was specifically told not to do AIP, but to do the Mediterranean diet instead for its anti inflammatory effects (I was thinking about eliminating gluten- still not sure about that). Can you look into that instead of AIP which is so restrictive?
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your physical restrictions leave bananas, sweet potaroes, and salmon. Avocados? When I first started AIP, I made soups of the vwggies and sweet poato. You just throw into a pot with fresh organic herbs, garlic, basil, onion. Braise onion first in smsll amount of olve oil, then add sweet potaro to brown and crisp. Then organic grass fed ground beef. Brown into hash. Add veggies of choice. Include spinach, kale, celery, cabbage, carrot, parsnip. Can add fruit for a touch of sweetness, apple bananaa. SOME OK Grains. Arrowroot, buckwheat Biscuits. See AIP Facebook Group for yummy recipes. you can graze on soups and the hol over for two or tree da feastng. Berries allowed, So breakfast can be buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup and berries. Check out Facebook AIP recipes. It's not as bad as you think.
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