Comments on: Autoimmune Disease And The Autoimmune Protocol Diet: An Introductory Guide

By: LuckytoBeAlive007

LuckytoBeAlive007 — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 21:09:00 +0000

Diagnosed with HLA-B27 uveitis in 1991. 2 years ago I stopped all gluten and the eye inflammation is gone. I was on a myriad of treatments to control the inflammation. The side effects were no fun, to say the least. Since I was told that HLA-B27 never burns itself out, I can only attribute my change to my gluten free diet. It is not as hard as it seems.

By: Joe Leech, Dietitian

Joe Leech, Dietitian — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:25:23 +0000

In reply to Courtney. Hi Courtney, I'd start with low FODMAP.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:35:58 +0000

Hi Joe!
I’m a 34 yr old woman with Graves’ disease. I was diagnosed last summer, i don’t have any kids but me and my husband were thinking on having kids my doctor recommended RAI to me because she mentioned getting pregnant under thyroid medication would take a long time and that if i continued with the pills I could even lose my “pregnancy window”. Ever since the RAI I gain close to 20 pounds. My levels are now “normal” and my doctor claims that i should be able to lose weight now. My energy levels are down, I’ve lost much hair, my joints hurt and lost my libido. I started having a protein shake in the mornings and clean don’t drink any sodas or processed food. Managed to go to gym 2-3 times a week (a win since I’m always fighting fatigue) and do weight lifting. I haven’t lost a pound (I’ve done this for 5 weeks now).
I went to se a nutritionist (cost me $90) and she told me I was doing thinks ok. I started crying in her office when she aid I had to adjust to a new normal and that’s maybe I wasn’t going to lose the weight at all.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:24:48 +0000

Hi Joe,
How do I know which diet to try first? Low FODMAP, AIP or GAPS?
I have multiple sclerosis, I’ve been gluten & dairy free since January 2014, I also went low carb for around 1.5 years and did well on that, lost 10kg/20lb.
Things were going great, I gradually increased carb intake but still gluten & dairy free, it was fine for about a year then during last year I noticed I started to get a lot of bloating which has now become chronic. I get a lot of distention every night at bedtime, it flattens in the morning but no matter what I eat I bloat up through out the day till I look 5 months pregnant after dinner.
I can’t figure out what the problem is so I’m going to get some pro-biotics and digestive enzyme tablets and try one of these diets, I’m just unsure which is best to start with, which would you recommend to start with? Thanks 🙂

By: Risa Sullivan

Risa Sullivan — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:47:18 +0000

In reply to Linda Germany. Can you provide the link to the T3 article by Prof. Dr.Michael Derwahl, Berlin, that you referenced in your comment above. i am having trouble locating it. Thanks.

By: Linda Germany

Linda Germany — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:16:44 +0000

Hello, I am hypothyroid (hashimoto’s with no antibodies). I gained around 88 pounds on l-thyroxine within a few years, no matter how healthy i eat and how much sports i did. I begged for combination therapy with T3 but was denied with lame excuses by incompetent doctors, though we know today that 20% of Hashimoto’s patients NEED extra T3, because they lack an iodase enzyme. (Read german article from Prof.Dr.Michael Derwahl, Berlin). He did a clinical trial on that topic. So I finally found a doctor who gave me extra T3 and finally I was able to get into ketosis again AND feel good on it (with T4 only i had massive side effects from ketosis like arrhythmias and muscle weekness so i had to stop eating ketogenic every single time I tried). Now I am eating a ketogenic paleo diet since 7 month and lost half the extra weight. I feel better on many levels with combination therapy, with T4 only I was literally a walking dead. So I recommend to use combination therapy (T4/T3) or maybe even NDT(natural desiccated thyroid) in combination with a low carb or very low carb diet (ketogenic). I am about to start the AIP protocol because I also have leaky gut with chronic diarrhea and that needs to be taken care of. Best wishes!