Starting the Autoimmune Protocol
Today is my first day on AIP and this is something I wanted to post on this blog, because this is a big part of me becoming a fitter and healthier version of me.
So, What is Autoimmune Protocol?
Long story short, AIP is an elimination diet where you go from a paleo diet and eliminate even more things. The things that are eliminated are foods that most people with an autoimmune disease can react on. For example: Eggs, nuts, all grains, dairy, nightshades (like eggplant, tomato, potatoes) and sugar.
You do the elimination diet for 30-90 days and then start to reintroduce foods.
What do I eat?
Tbh, I’m still kind of unsure about this part. I know what is and isn’t allowed but how I make dishes based on that is a bit of a trial and error thing. Most of the recipes I find is very American and some of the things are hard to or even impossible to find here in Sweden, so I’m basically making it up as I go.
Like, I made some sweet potato muffins yesterday, so I had some easy to go breakfast. It was good. But, I need to figure out perfect ratios, so I’ll probably do more until I perfect it and then I might post a recipe.
Otherwise most recipes I find are kind of nice, but I still need to change them up because the few staples in the AIP pantry is coconut milk, a thing I detest. Its awful and I don’t like it, so I need to figure out how to make it un-coconut-y.
I will keep updating here with what I make and how it goes.
But the pasta? The bread? The potato? The foods?
Well, I honestly won’t really miss any of those. I quit gluten almost 5 months ago and I felt better. Sure I do miss bread at times. I rarely eat potatoes unless its fries and I can make sweet potato fries instead. And I do prefer those.
But let’s be honest, the sugar will be a huge pain in the ass. Going from eating sugar all day, every day and basically eating candy for dinner to not eat it at all and skip all added sugars in everything. It’ll be hard. But I’ll manage. I do cook most of my food from scratch so it will be good.
How do I know it helps?
I will journal. Bestie gave me an amazing Journal, with flamingos and I’ll post a pic of it here later. I do love it. In that journal I’ll write down all the symptoms I do have, what changes, general mood and such things.
Am I excited?
I actually am. Like, its weird, but if it makes my stomach not hate me I’m all for it. Even if it means giving up candy and tomatoes.
Extra note:
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