8 Easy-to-Make AIP Diet Recipes
Page Contents: Astoundingly, one in seven Americans suffer from an autoimmune disease, and over 80 different autoimmune diseases have been identified: Hashimoto’s disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, lupus, and many, many more. (1, 2) When functioning normally, the immune system recognizes and attacks foreign substances like viruses and bacteria. But in an autoimmune disease, the body mistakes one or more types of its own cells as invaders and attacks itself. For example, in type 1 diabetes, the body targets beta cells in the pancreas. In Hashimoto’s disease, the body attacks thyroid tissue. In many cases, proteins or antigens in specific foods can trigger the body to attack itself. The AIP diet was developed as a way to help manage autoimmune disease and determine individual...
