How Many Carbs Should We Eat?
Could there possibly be a more controversial topic than how many carbs we should be eating?! One of the perks of following a Paleo framework is that when we maximize nutrient …
How Stress Undermines Health
Health is impacted by much more than what you eat. Health is also influenced by how you live. How active you are, how much you sleep, how much stress you’re under, how much …
3 Food-Based Supplements for Your Gut Microbiome
Nutrient sufficiency is arguably the most important quality of any dietary approach, meaning we choose whole foods with the goal of consuming adequate quantities of all essential …
My Top Ten Favorite Podcast Episodes and a BIG Announcement!
Wow. Stacy and I have been podcasting for almost 8 years! And co-hosting a weekly podcast has been the most amazing experience, and a key driver of my personal and professional …
How to Prepare for a Coronavirus Shutdown
When my kids’ school district announced last Thursday evening that, after one more day of school to prepare students for at-home learning, all schools would be closed for at …
How Does Sugar Fit into a Healthy Diet?
Over the past century, few foods have overtaken our food supply quite like sugar and sweeteners. Yet despite decades of research, the relationship between added sugar and human …
Water Quality and the Gut Microbiome
Staying hydrated is essential for kidney health and helps optimize digestion, neurological function, circulation, body temperature regulation, and muscle contraction (see The Paleo …
The History of Dietary Guidelines (and How They’ve Steered Us Wrong)
Since their beginnings in 1894, various United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition guidelines have been criticized as not accurately representing scientific …
Featured AIP Coach: Megan Kelly
Megan Kelly is The Realistic Holistic, a holistic nutritionist helping ambitious babes with digestive & autoimmune disorders to use nutrition and self-love so that they can …
The 3 Phases of the Autoimmune Protocol
Autoimmune disease is an epidemic in our society, affecting an estimated 50 million Americans. There are more than a hundred confirmed autoimmune diseases—some of the most common …
AIP, Orthorexia and Food Phobia
I just wrapped up another session of the AIP Lecture Series, marking two years of teaching this online course, and I’m reminded that one of the (many) benefits of this type …
The Great AIP Pumpkin Round-Up
Well, Starbucks has made it official. It’s pumpkin season! LOL! Even if the weather hasn’t quite changed where you live (it’s still in the 90s for me!), chances …
The Importance of Exercise
The importance of exercise is ingrained in our minds, and for good reason: studies routinely show that physical activity is health-protective, and we’ve identified a wide range of …
AIP FAQ: Carbohydrate Intake on the Autoimmune Protocol
One of the consequences of a nutrients-first approach is that the distribution of macronutrient intake tends to end up fairly balanced, with roughly a third, give or take, of …
Cruciferous Vegetables and Thyroid Disease
The thyroid gland produces hormones that control metabolism as well as influence other essential systems in the human body, such as the cardiovascular system, the immune system, …
All the NEW AIP Books!
I launched my website 7 1/2 years ago. At the time, there was almost no information on The Autoimmune Protocol out there: a half page of additional foods to avoid if you have …
Featured AIP Coach: Kirsten Serrano
Kirsten combines her training as a Nutrition Consultant with her certifications as an Autoimmune Paleo Coach ©, Wahls Protocol © Health Professional, Certified Gluten Practitioner …
Why Crickets Are Great for the Gut Microbiome
Maybe you’ve already heard that there’s a new kid (err, insect) on the block when it comes to awesome protein sources: crickets! Along with being an incredibly sustainable food …
Announcing The Autoimmune Protocol E-book!
Da-da da da da daaaaah! I’m so excited to finally be able to launch the e-book that you’ve been asking for for so long, The Autoimmune Protocol! Scientific studies …
Why Bee Products Are Great for the Gut Microbiome
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! While honey definitely deserves …
Updates to the Autoimmune Protocol
My definitive guidebook on the Autoimmune Protocol, called The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body, was published way back in January of 2014. This epic …
Snacks, Weight Loss, and Insulin
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 snacks in weight management and …
Featured AIP Coach: Alexa Federico
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 Crohn’s Disease & …
The Link between the Thyroid and Infertility
Infertility is clinically defined as the inability for a couple to conceive, with the pregnancy resulting in a live birth, after having unprotected intercourse for 12 months. And, …
Your Guide to AIP New Year’s Resolutions
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 it all over …
5 Gene Variants Linked to Gluten Sensitivity
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 discussed in Genetic …
Coffee and Autoimmune Disease
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 Americanos in toast)! And as …
Worse than Gluten: The Agglutinin Class of Lectins
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 fact that lectins are a class of …
How Gluten (and other Prolamins) Damage the Gut
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 fact that lectins are a class of …
CBD: Panacea, Snake Oil, or Somewhere in between?
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 fielding questions about CBD …
Featured AIP Coach: Alissa Frazier
Alissa is the blogger behind LissMS. She is a Nutritional Therapy Consultant, AIP Certified Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She works with …
Can Paleo or AIP Diets Cause Loss of Immune Tolerance?
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 response) in the context of …
The Link Between Cancer and Autoimmune Disease
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 have an autoimmune disease. …
Genes to Know About: Celiac Genes
With mounting research showing the negative impact gluten can have on the human body, awareness about gluten-related health problems is on the rise! Along with the upwards of 30% …
Move Over, Smoothies and Juice? The Soup-rising Benefits of Souping!
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 hits the spot quite like a …
8 Nutrients for Leaky Gut
Leaky gut is gaining more and more acceptance as something that not only coexists alongside a huge number of health conditions (including autoimmune diseases, food allergies, joint …
Earthing: Scam, Cure-All, or Somewhere In Between?
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 connect with nature, …
Beating Brain Fog with Fit Mind Nootropic Supplement
When it comes to supplements, one of the biggest challenges is navigating the overwhelming number of products available, and finding which ones are backed by legitimate research …
The Health Benefits of Nature
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 science. Everything from a short …
Glyphosate (Roundup) as a Cause of Celiac Disease
Although science has brought us closer to understanding how celiac disease occurs, what genetic and environmental factors make us susceptible, and how the disease can affect our …
Genes to Know About: MTHFR
Genetic testing can give us tremendous insight into our own health and, more importantly, our optimal diet and lifestyle choices given our genetic predisposition. I’ve long …
Understanding Lyme Disease: A Primer
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 thanks to a bumper crop of …
Wheat and Innate Immunity
Despite mainstream nutrition’s continued promotion of grain-based foods as part of a healthy diet, the evidence against wheat continues to grow (and grow, and grow!). And, it’s …
Is Oxalate Sensitivity Real?
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 metabolism of vitamin C, …
Turmeric: The Full Scoop
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. Many herbs and spices are top …
Bone Broth Risks: Skim the Fat!
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 day, there are plenty of …
Guest Post by Dr. Terry Wahls: An Update from Dr. Wahls’ Research Lab
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 progressive multiple …
Two Ways to Troubleshoot
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 all on our own. From the …