AIP Elimination Phase: Week 2 Findings I’ve been doing the AIP diet, which is an elimination diet for people with autoimmune conditions. If you’re not sure what an elimination diet is, I wrote about that here. As I wrote in a previous post, I’m currently in the thick of the AIP elimination phase, which I’veContinue reading “AIP Elimination Phase: Week 2 Findings”
Category Archives: Anti-Inflammatory
Food Allergy: A Surprising Discovery
Food Allergy: A Surprising Discovery My recent food allergy discovery It may surprise you to hear that I was surprised to find food allergy while doing an elimination diet whose purpose is to do just that. Perhaps it’s less surprising given I had been ignoring food allergy symptoms for a long time. Let me explain.Continue reading “Food Allergy: A Surprising Discovery”
Don’t Procrastinate – It Might Be Easier Than You Think
My Special Flavor Procrastination Procrastinating is ubiquitous, yet some seem to struggle with it more than others. I am not, by nature, a procrastinator. Not having something done that I know needs to be done stresses me mightily. So, if anything, I usually start a task quite early. A recent example: when moving from D.C.Continue reading “Don’t Procrastinate – It Might Be Easier Than You Think”
AIP Protocol: 9 Findings from Week One
What is the AIP Protocol? The AIP Protocol is short for the Autoimmune Paleo Protocol. Sometimes it’s called the AIP diet because it’s what’s known as an elimination diet. It is not for the purpose of weight loss. If you’re not sure what an elimination diet is, I wrote about that in a previous post. Continue reading “AIP Protocol: 9 Findings from Week One”
Not Healthy Habits: 10 of My Top Health Practices
10 of My Top Health Practices Introduction I’ve been reading a lot about habits lately; how they’re formed, how they’re maintained, why people make and break them, and how and why different personality types engage in habits. All of this will be covered in a future post. For now, I want to share that inContinue reading “Not Healthy Habits: 10 of My Top Health Practices “
Elimination Diets – What They Are, What They’re Not
Elimination Diets – What They Are, What They’re Not What is an elimination diet? An elimination diet is a protocol for finding foods to which you have an allergy or sensitivity. This is done by process of (you guessed it!) elimination. Food groups that commonly cause allergic reaction(s) or sensitivity, including an inflammatory response, areContinue reading “Elimination Diets – What They Are, What They’re Not”
My Passage Through the 5 Stages of Change
My Passage Through the 5 Stages of Change Recap In my previous post I wrote about the 5 stages of as described in the book Motivational Interviewing. If you haven’t read that post, I recommend you read it first before continuing on here, as it’s more informational. As a quick refresher of the 5 stagesContinue reading “My Passage Through the 5 Stages of Change”
20 Kitchen Essentials for the Chronically Ill
20 Kitchen Essentials for the Chronically Ill A Few Notes Before We Get Started As you may have read in my post about changing your food first, if you’re struggling with a chronic illness, I think following your own version of an anti-inflammatory diet will provide the greatest impact to your wellbeing. Cooking meals atContinue reading “20 Kitchen Essentials for the Chronically Ill”
What is Food First?
What is Food First? My Experience In the height of my struggles with health from about 2014 to 2020, I remember how overwhelmed I felt. After 6 years of consistently poor physical and at times mental health, I was really ready to try anything. I felt alone, misunderstood and unqualified to help myself. Having nowContinue reading “What is Food First?”