r/AutoImmuneProtocol

Has anyone else tried Urban AIP meal delivery lately? It’s terribly expensive but I hate cooking, esp when my Hashis is acting up, so I was trying it out to keep some meals on hand. I loved Pete’s Real Food and was sad when it shut down.

I’m not enjoying the Urban AIP nearly as much. The business itself runs more smoothly but the food… just seems off. Not like bad/spoiled. I can’t quite put my finger on it but it’s like there are too many herbs and spices being added to compensate for the relative lack of variety in ingredients. The flavor is just strange, across several of the meals.

I got diagnosed with lupus last June. I started on the core elimination diet this February. I completed 3 months in May and started reintroducing foods. It's been an absolute disaster! I've had severe reactions of fatigue, depression, anxiety, joint pain and insomnia. At this point, I'm unable to call anything a reaction, because this has become my baseline state. What do I do? How do I recover and how on earth do I reintroduce foods? I've been as careful as I could possibly be.

Any help, advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone on here is an AIP coach, I'd be most grateful if you could DM me your details. Thank you! 💕

Backstory: hashimotos levels are WHACK, recently put on NP thyroid from Synthroid , leaky gut, PCOS, hemacromatosis , lymphatic 90% blocked, liver not detoxing. Been gluten free for 4 months. Eat Whole Foods and workout regularly. Recently a month off of a 2 year use of GLP1 (25F)

My functional health doc put me on an AIP diet to fix the above. Currently day 6

I have been extremely taut and distended after eating anything. This was not an issue before. It’s almost like this diet is making it worse?? I haven’t pooped in 2 days and my gas is reduced significantly too. I’m ravenously starving but my stomach always feels full

Foods I have eaten

Cocojune yogurt
Raspberries
Honey
Grass fed beef
Turkey
Chicken thighs
Avocado
Cilantro
Lime
Sweet potato
Brussels sprouts

What is yalls experience with this? Does it get worse before it gets better? Plz help. Not sure if this is good for me or if I should let things adjust. Just very uncomfortable

Hi all, sorry if this is a potentially silly question.
I have a type of vasculitis and am thinking about trying modified AIP to see if it helps me. I’m already gluten, dairy, and corn free (although I’m bad about derivatives.)
My symptoms are related to my hearing and balance. Has anyone with similar health issues or symptoms had success with the diet, and how could you tell when you were reacting? It sounds like a lot of people are able to tell by physical pain/stiffness/etc and I don’t have those (I did before I cut out gluten and dairy, but they left with that elimination…)

Edit: are you using inflammation markers in bloodwork? Is this a way to tell?

Apparently fresh squeezed lemon and/or lime juice makes me VERYYYYY dizzy. I made a DIY electrolyte recipe at home took a few sips & it made me sooooo dizzy saturday into all day Sunday :( I'm lightheaded 24/7 365 so I can kinda know when I feel dizzier than normal such a PITA.) I tried monkfruit last week & half in a drink & it immediately made me super dizzy as well. I guess I'll stick to water & fresh apple juice ha. water just gets boring & it sucks i cannot add lemon or lime to it.

Posting here in hopes of helping others. I’m not a doctor and this isn’t medical advice just my experience.

I created a modified version of AIP based on both elimination of inflammatory foods and “doubling down” on anti-inflammatory foods. For me the results were really strong, and it was the combo of elimination plus doubling down on the anti inflammatory foods that seemed to be best at driving outcomes. Curious if others have had similar experiences.

Happy to share the specific diet if folks are interested.

Hi, I'm helping a friend recover and I'm searching for advice on meal replacement drinks that do not contain magnesium - as she can't tolerate it due to MG (myasthenia gravis).

If anyone has any recs (which are available or can be sent to Germany) or ideas where to research further, I'd be super grateful!

When I started AIP for my ulcerative colitis, I found cooking/eating difficult. I was constantly second-guessing whether something was actually allowed. Half the blogs say one thing, a facebook group says another, and reintroductions made it worse since then it depends what phase you're in. I had a note on my phone that was just a mess of ok/no/maybe foods.

So I built a little tool to keep myself sane: you type in a food and it tells you whether it's elimination-ok on AIP, with the actual reasoning instead of a bare yes/no. Free/no signup, you just type in a food and see the results: https://www.tract.health/tools/can-i-eat?diet=aip

I also put together a batch of AIP recipes here: https://www.tract.health/recipes/aip, mostly because I was sick of "AIP" recipes that snuck in almonds or a nightshade spice.

Full disclosure: I'm building a gut-health app (Tract) and this grew out of that, but the checker and recipes are completely free and I'm honestly more interested in whether the info is right. If you've done AIP longer than me, throw some foods at it and tell me where it's wrong or too strict!

Any direct feedback is seriously appreciated 🙏

I'm considering doing AIP properly. I'm wondering the following:

1. How long did you do the elimination phase for before introducing foods or moving to modified AIP? How long did it take for a trigger to cause symptoms? What symptoms did it cause and how long did it last?
2. Did working on healing leaky gut help to tolerate more foods or do you continue to have a reaction to your trigger foods?
3. Did you eliminate coffee? Not sure how I'll manage because I'm already so fatigued..
4. I'm currently consuming dairy only in the form of goat butter. I guess I should switch to ghee? Or use a different oil for some time? How did you approach this?
5. Any unexpected lessons or findings on this journey?

Thanks a lot! I'm trying to figure out whether it's food that I'm reacting to. I'm still consuming eggs, lentils, buckwheat, goat butter, coffee and chocolate. Yesterday, I had some GI symptoms after breakfast but felt great all day. Today, I've woken up feeling like I was hit by a truck and with muscle and joint pain. Could it be from yesterday's food? But I think I had those foods the previous couple of days, too. Could it take 2-3 days to show up? Keep wondering whether it's PEM or immune reactions to food.

Thanks a lot!

hi I was wondering if anyone has experienced anxiety on this diet? I have been getting really bad anxiety which I normally don’t get and i’m on day 6 going on 7 is this normal? i’ve upped my carbs but still feeling this way. it gets worse at night for sure.

Hello everyone

I have strange symptoms from ACV and Coffee

Any coffee gives me itchiness, shole body, hand,
sneezing, runny nose.

Little less with decaf but still affects me.

Recently i noticed that i have almost similar skin reaction from ACV.

To that i can include nervous system irritation.

Charcoal little helps to bind toxins .
I feel impendium doom also if will not do that.

H1/H2 does nothing. So its not histamine.
Different reaction i have on sweetners(before) too

Any clues?