Tempest63
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Today is the start of week two into my slow introduction to the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Diet. AIP is a Paleo diet with a lot more restrictions.
This last week I have omitted certain foods but on a loose basis I haven’t completely excluded them but after a week of abstinence I ate bread, drunk coffee and had a couple of alcoholic drinks all within the space of a few days and the difference was quite catastrophic. As symptoms seem to abate very slowly you don’t really notice them not being there, then suddenly I would notice I wasn’t as bloated or inflamed, when they come back they do so with a vengeance and those few instances above resulted in a lot of discomfort and more sleepless nights.
The whole idea is to follow the diet religiously for a month then start to gradually include excluded foods, one at a time in order to identify those that affect your health. These can then be excluded for life.
The diet looked as if it was going to be an uphill battle but having bought a couple of second hand books on the protocol I think I could transition quite easily. The difficulty will be finding the time to pre-prepare food to take into work given my current busy schedule, especially breakfast. Anyone who works in a big city and those who work in construction will know most readily available food involves bread in some form and finding a food outlet that gives an alternative usually involves salad or similar, something that doesn’t appeal for breakfast.
One more week of the slow introduction and then a week off work to learn the alchemy involved in the diet and I hope to be med-free. I can’t see me back on the Guinness and curry diet again…unfortunately!
This last week I have omitted certain foods but on a loose basis I haven’t completely excluded them but after a week of abstinence I ate bread, drunk coffee and had a couple of alcoholic drinks all within the space of a few days and the difference was quite catastrophic. As symptoms seem to abate very slowly you don’t really notice them not being there, then suddenly I would notice I wasn’t as bloated or inflamed, when they come back they do so with a vengeance and those few instances above resulted in a lot of discomfort and more sleepless nights.
The whole idea is to follow the diet religiously for a month then start to gradually include excluded foods, one at a time in order to identify those that affect your health. These can then be excluded for life.
The diet looked as if it was going to be an uphill battle but having bought a couple of second hand books on the protocol I think I could transition quite easily. The difficulty will be finding the time to pre-prepare food to take into work given my current busy schedule, especially breakfast. Anyone who works in a big city and those who work in construction will know most readily available food involves bread in some form and finding a food outlet that gives an alternative usually involves salad or similar, something that doesn’t appeal for breakfast.
One more week of the slow introduction and then a week off work to learn the alchemy involved in the diet and I hope to be med-free. I can’t see me back on the Guinness and curry diet again…unfortunately!