Healed with Dietary Intervention. You Must Try AIP!

[david2404]

orange86 How are you getting on with the diet? I did the AIP diet for 4-5 months last year. I also did a Cyrex intolerance test beforehand which threw up so many reactive foods. And actually, the intolerance results were all compromised by my system's 'lack of oral tolerance', so they were not reliable, but I went off most of these foods anyway. Which is to say, my diet was very limited. And like you i am a slim guy. Well, I did lose a lot of weight. I'm not sure what you can do about this really. Maybe just consume more healthy fats. Either way i suspect you'll feel pretty good physically.

I was having a lot of MGD issues with my right eye and was taking a lot of drops and antibiotics. Now I can't say for sure that the diet saved me (because even 10 months later i'm still not in the clear) but i'm certain it didn't hurt matters. It did take months but things gradually got better.

At the moment I'm steering clear of carbs as i am fairly certain that i am reacting to these. I'm not totally carb free but i've cut down massively and this seems to be helping. I'm off sugar and (mostly) alcohol as well.

[orange86]

Hi,

i was on a keto diet for a month but it caused gout in my toes and couple of fingers. I'm now on AIP eating turkey mince in the morning with cassava roti + 1x sweet potatoe with veg and olive oil, repeat this meal at 12noon and at 6pm i'll have turkey pork patties with sweet pot and veg with avocado oil.

I'm going to ask the butcher for organ meat like minced lamb heart , liver, etc. dont think i could fry that stuff lol. shape it into a burger and bake in oven.

I think i'm same as you with carbs, sugar causes toxic tears so other carbs must be doing this at a slower rate maybe? The only carbs im currently eating are sweet pots and cassava flour roti's + some green veggies.

I've only been on strict aip for 3 days, so will see how i get on but my eyes are on fire. IPL isnt helping me at all, i think the inflammation is too high in my body

Do you live in the UK ?
What carbs do you eat and what is your diet consist of ?

[david2404]

I'm only eating the occasional handful of wheat or potato or rice. It's not a full keto diet but it's pretty close. Oh, and some cassava. I ate a lot of cassava, yam and sweet potato when doing the AIP. I'm substituting now with cauliflower and broccoli and other non-starchy veg. I'm still experimenting.


I had a nutritionist guide me through the AIP diet and offal meats were definitely recommended so the liver etc sounds like a good plan.

[orange86]

david2404 i also thought carbs were causing my mgd inflammation hence i was on keto in december. Do you think u react to AIP compliant sweet pots, cassava ?

[ItsSteve]

interesting Post would be nice to hear back from the Writer, im thinking starting carnivore and seeing how that goes, if you are still on this site could you give us an update on your progress if its came back or not? cheers

[Overboardmate]

Hey everybody, I'd like to give an update. First of all, I am doing great. My diet has changed around quite a bit. After some extensive allergy testing (i know the science isnt quite there yet, but i noticed a huge diff when i cut out the reactive foods), I wanted to cut out a bunch of things i was eating on AIP. Being interested in medicine as a profession as I am, I was digging into the why and the how I reactive to foods that are revered as healthy. I was introduced to carnivore by doctor saladino whom I've grown very fond of in the ancestral diet space. Through him, I discovered the world of defense chemicals associated with animal foods. I went strict carnivore for about 8-9 months and experienced the greatest symptom relief I ever had before. Even more so then AIP. I've decided to add in the least toxic plant foods like sugary and non sugary fruits. I haven't eaten vegetables in a year. I love raw honey although that's a fringe food that doesn't necessary classify as animal or plant. My calories are sitting around 70% from animal foods alone minus eggs and dairy. I feel so great eating this way and my eyes are thankful for it as well.

However, all of that isn't the whole story... after getting my meibography, i had quite a bit of atrophy and scar tissue from when the root cause wasn't being treated. To solve this problem and regain function in those glands, I opted for a combination of meibomian gland probing and IPL. I was made aware that probing carried the risk of creating a lot of inflammation after the fact that could result in needing retreatment, but IPL as a post treatment anti inflammatory could alleviate the need for retreatment. In short, both treatments used in conjunction could solve the problem and allow me to maximize the amount of functional tissue. I got the idea from this study here... https://bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral....886-019-1219-6

Now, these treatment methods aren't without substantial cost and I'm lucky i had family to help. Private insurance companies need to get off their butts and cover these treatments because they work. Eating healthy however seems to be quite affordable. I no longer eat out and buy meat in bulk. The few plants I do eat don't break the bank. If you want to get in touch with me for more details, you can reach out to me through instagram @andrewcarrill130. I'm pretty laxed in terms of social media or checking my messages, so don't be surprised if it takes awhile for me to get back to you, but I still want to put it out there because I know how bad this ailment can be.

Good luck to everyone, I know your struggle
- Andrew