The Paleo Mom is a scientist turned health educator and advocate.
Nearly everyone has heard of (and tasted!) honey, but did you know that a number of other bee products also have proven health benefits? It’s true! …
My definitive guidebook on the Autoimmune Protocol, called The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body, was published way back …
Need a snack? Don’t feel guilty! Read on to learn what the best snack choice is from a metabolic perspective. In order to discuss the role of …
Alexa Federico is the founder of GirlinHealing.com, a recipe and wellness site for the autoimmune community and the author of The Complete Guide to …
Infertility is clinically defined as the inability for a couple to conceive, with the pregnancy resulting in a live birth, after having unprotected …
Are you considering following the AIP as your New Year's resolution this year? That's how I got started, but I would do it differently if I had to do …
This might seem blasphemous on a Paleo-focused website, but (gasp) not everyone needs to be strictly gluten-free for their entire lives. Indeed, as …
For many of us, any study suggesting our coffee-drinking habits might be good for us is a reason to celebrate (and to raise our mugs of hot delicious …
The most remarkable improvement I've seen with my continued use of the Joovv Red Light Therapy device is the complete disappearance of residual …
One of the core principles of a Paleo diet is avoiding foods that contain compounds called toxic lectins. The term toxic lectin originates from the …
One of the core principles of a Paleo diet is avoiding foods that contain compounds called toxic lectins. The term toxic lectin originates from the …
I want to thank the wonderful people taking my successful AIP Course for the inspiration and motivation to dive into this topic in detail: I started …
Alissa is the blogger behind LissMS. She is a Nutritional Therapy Consultant, AIP Certified Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and Licensed Mental …
The gut is a biological niche, home to a diverse array of microbes that influence nearly all aspects of human biology through their interactions with …
What Is the Gut Microbiome? And Why Should We Care About It?Read More
In a previous post, we looked at the development of immune tolerance (the body’s lack of reaction to antigens that could potentially trigger an immune …
Can Paleo or AIP Diets Cause Loss of Immune Tolerance?Read More
According to our best estimates, about 15.5 million Americans have had cancer at some point in their life, and about as many as 60 million Americans …
With mounting research showing the negative impact gluten can have on the human body, awareness about gluten-related health problems is on the rise! …
For those of us enduring winter in the northern hemisphere right now, it might not take much convincing to get us eating soup. On a cold day, nothing …
Move Over, Smoothies and Juice? The Soup-rising Benefits of Souping!Read More
Leaky gut is gaining more and more acceptance as something that not only coexists alongside a huge number of health conditions (including autoimmune …
Okay, let’s admit it: there’s something super appealing about health products that let us just sit there (or stand there!) and work their magic …
Spending time in nature is unequivocally beneficial to our health (see The Health Benefits of Nature). However, there's a particular way that we can …
When it comes to supplements, one of the biggest challenges is navigating the overwhelming number of products available, and finding which ones are …
Beating Brain Fog with Fit Mind Nootropic SupplementRead More
The feelings of peace, relaxation, and tranquility that come from spending time in nature are so potent that they’ve been measured and confirmed by …
Although science has brought us closer to understanding how celiac disease occurs, what genetic and environmental factors make us susceptible, and how …
Genetic testing can give us tremendous insight into our own health and, more importantly, our optimal diet and lifestyle choices given our genetic …
With 2017 predicted to be one of the riskiest years ever for Lyme-carrying ticks (thanks to an explosion in the mouse population last year that was …
Despite mainstream nutrition’s continued promotion of grain-based foods as part of a healthy diet, the evidence against wheat continues to grow (and …
Oxalate is a type of organic acid salt that occurs naturally in many plant foods, and can also be produced endogenously (within our bodies) from the …
One of the amazing things about spices is that they do way more than liven up our meals with delicious flavors: they can also help make us healthier. …
Between its abundance of gut-healing amino acids, its benefits for joints and skin, its awesome flavor, and its ability to warm us up on a cold winter …
Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials. She is also a patient with secondary …
Guest Post by Dr. Terry Wahls: An Update from Dr. Wahls’ Research LabRead More
I’ve dedicated a huge portion of my website, my books and really my business to the idea that we are capable of affecting massive change in our health …
No matter where we are in our healing journey, we've likely discovered that a positive mindset makes a world of difference in how we think, look and …
As parents, friends and community members, we’re often pulled in a million different directions. In a culture that increasingly emphasizes hard work …
If there’s one skill we all gain on the AIP, it’s cooking! When we’re focused on consuming only the most nutrient-dense, clean, anti-inflammatory, …
We might be tempted into intimidation at the idea of putting together AIP snacks. Even if we’ve been Paleo for a while, avoiding old staples in the …
This post is the first in a new series all about the mindset shifts that can help us heal on the AIP . I felt it was time to tackle mindset because I …
Corticosteroids are man-made hormones similar to the cortisol naturally produced by our adrenal glands, typically prescribed for autoimmune conditions …
The Autoimmune Protocol, or AIP, is a life-changing complementary approach to healing autoimmune disease that’s based on a somewhat radical notion: …
My good friends Mickey and Angie at autoimmune-Paleo.com have created what they call AIP Evolved - A Manifesto, a collection of 20 key concepts that …
There is increasing interest within the scientific and medical communities in something called self-management, a fairly loosey-goosey term for any …
Self Care and Healing From Chronic Illness (includes vlog)Read More
The Autoimmune Protocol is somewhat of a contradiction. On the one hand, if we’ve struggled with years of conflicting medical advice, prescription …
Eczema is a tricky condition that affects an estimated 10-20% of infants in the U.S. And, though it's less common in adults (only about 3% of American …
Olive oil has been used for centuries and is simply one of the least controversial fats in use no matter what our nutritional philosophy might be. …
While the Paleo Diet is often presented as a collection of foods to eliminate, its tenets go far beyond that list of foods to avoid. In fact, the …
There are SO many important and exciting studies coming out on sleep right now, and the reason is pretty simple: we're finally grasping the fact that …
5 Ways to Improve Your Bedroom Environment for SleepRead More
Microwaves are a hot topic in the health community (pun intended!), and the internet is full of claims that they leak radiation, destroy nutrients, …
It’s no secret that I’m a huge broth fan! Between its helpful mineral content and abundance of important amino acids (especially proline and glycine), …
