Sharing My Autoimmune Recovery Journey + Solutions for your Gut Health (GAIP diet)

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eminem0091

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Hello Michael Harrop,

I have been reading a lot of the information you have posted for the last 3 days and to tell you the truth, I was in a similar situation as you (nobody knew anything and I had to search for everything on the internet). I had an incurable autoimmune disease - Ankylosing spondylitis. I had this disease for about a year and fortunately it left no lasting effects. It was a year only because the doctors took it as incurable and that I needed to take pills and exercise for the rest of my life to delay the disease (but that's just how the capitalism/business system works - cured patient = lost customer (I don't want to say that doctors do it willy nilly, they are just trained that way)). With my information up to date it would have definitely been less than a year. I never saw FMT as the solution but diet change and I was right as was "Dr. Michael Klaper" (It's The Food! It's been the food all along.). And I knew the problem was in my gut, thanks to an elimination diet where certain foods were a problem and certain foods were not. After the cure, the foods that were causing me problems were no longer causing me problems.

If you are interested I will elaborate more on my experience with the good ending.


Enough about me, now it's your turn
I'd like to know what all the problems you're currently having. I've read about ibs-c, ibs-d. What other problems? Autoimmune diseases? Underweight? I'm sure we can both agree the problem is in the gut. Anything deficient or excessive in your blood tests?

And most importantly, what's your current diet? What are you eating? What are you drinking? And how many grams? Liters?
Solution?

Have you heard about M.D. Brooke Goldner?

Have you heard about Dr. John A. McDougall?
Have you heard about Dr. Michael Greger?

Have you heard about Dr. Peter Rogers?
Have you heard about https://cronometer.com/ ?
  • Cronometer is a comprehensive nutrition tracking platform designed to help users monitor their diet, health, and fitness goals. It provides detailed insights into calorie intake, macronutrients, and micronutrients, allowing users to track vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional data. The platform is suitable for various dietary preferences, including vegan, keto, and paleo, and supports integration with fitness devices and apps. Cronometer is commonly used for meal planning, weight management, and ensuring balanced nutrition. It’s available as both a web app and a mobile app, offering user-friendly tools for personal health optimization.
  • Add your favourite foods or foods your gut tolerates to your list and see how many nutrients you're getting into your body
  • Example screenshot - https://i.imgur.com/oBl4wHP.png
Have you heard about ...? (from Puzzle metaphor for learning nutrition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Uxr7ps214)
  1. Caldwell Esselstyn - diet to prevent heart disease
  2. Dan Buettner - The Blue Zones
  3. Dean Murphy DDS - The Devil's Poison: How Fluoride Is Killing You (best book ever on F-)
  4. Dean Ornish - research on atherosclerosis, prostate cancer, telomeres
  5. Denis Burkitt - Diet and Disease
  6. Douglas Kell & Etheresia Pretorius - iron metabolism and on amyloid clotting with leaky gut
  7. Gregory Sloop - atherothrombosis theory of atheroslcerosis = the best one = contains the other theories = atherosclerosis is a blood clot
  8. Jack de la Torre - vascular hypothesis of dementia
  9. John A. McDougall - Starch diet
  10. John Olney - figured out that MSG was a brain excitotoxin
  11. Kelly Turner - radical remission
  12. Loren Mosher - was the psychiatrist who figured out that schizophrenia treatment results were much better in a non drug residential living center called Soteria, compared to antipsychotic meds, he got fired for that.
  13. Martin Pall - NO-ONOO theory
  14. Michael Brownlee - the greatest diabetes researcher of all time
  15. Nathan Pritikin - Relationships of Various Degenerative Diseases to Diet and Activity,
  16. Otto Warburg - metabolic theory of cancer.
  17. Richard Moore - ion pumps and sodium relationship to hypertension
  18. Robert Whitaker - psyche drugs
  19. Roy Swank - Founder of the Low-fat Dietary Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
  20. Ruth Heidrich - diet for sports & for cancer prevention
  21. Stephanie Seneff
  22. T. Colin Campbell - animal protein and cancer his book the china study
  23. Tetsumori Yamashima - theory of neurodegeneration = calpain-cathepsin theory due to omega 6 cooking oils
  24. Walter Kempner - Founder of the Rice Diet
  25. William C. Roberts - atherosclerosis and coronary artery autospsy study

I don't think your job is to find the perfect stool donor to solve your problems. Your job is to eat specific foods that will help your gut to multiply bacteria and regain its health. I fully believe the first step will be smoothies from Brooke Goldner + a plant-based diet you can tolerate. We're talking a minimum of 3 months of a daily perfect diet. After you heal follow the Daily Dozen by Michael Greger. And if you want to keep your health 100% under control then follow the advice of Peter Rogers.

If you decide to change your diet I will be happy to be around to help you achieve this goal :)

PS: If you have the money to pay for Dr. Brooke Goldner's help, you have won and it is only a matter of time before your problems are cured - https://www.goodbyelupus.com/work-with-doctor-g/ ;)


Thomas =)
 
eminem0091 said:
And I knew the problem was in my gut, thanks to an elimination diet where certain foods were a problem and certain foods were not. After the cure, the foods that were causing me problems were no longer causing me problems.
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This doesn't appear to make sense. Your cure was a temporary elimination diet? Then when you added back the foods without doing anything else, you could tolerate them fine?

I also eat based on an elimination diet. It's not a solution, it's a method to prevent the worst symptoms. It doesn't fix anything on its own. You have to add back the missing microbes that allow you to digest those problematic foods.

There's nothing new in the OP for me. Most of us resorting to FMT have already tried everything else. Seeing, and paying, people/doctors like that is a waste of money for me.
 
Your cure was a temporary elimination diet?
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Yes, although you need to define the word "temporary" as it is misleading. It wasn't a day, a week, a month. It was roughly 4.5 months.
  • 1.07.2023 I started an elimination diet (GAIP - Goodbye Autoimmune Disease Protocol) according to Dr. Brooke Goldner.
  • 11.12.2023 according to the blood tests, I was cured
  • How do I know the exact days? Because I started writing down what I eat, how I feel and what pills I take from 22.06.2023 to 02.08.2024 when I got tired of writing down every day what I eat and drink when I was already cured.

Then when you added back the foods without doing anything else, you could tolerate them fine?
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Yes.

You may think I was doing nothing, eating and lying on the couch, but it was a psychic battle. I was at home for about 4 months, eating food I didn't like at all, getting zero support from both my loved family and doctors when they looked down on me when I refused the pills that I tried first and found out that I couldn't cure anything (at most get rid of the pain but I lost the feedback from my body) but pills that only "heal you" for the rest of my life. Everyone was putting psychic pressure on me to eat normally (like everyone else) to eat pills and not be stupid. But I've only seen one thing, if Dr. Brooke Goldner's people cured autoimmune disease I can do it too. And I did it.


I also eat based on an elimination diet.
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When I got the autoimmune disease I was already on an elimination diet. It's called a plant-based diet. I'm on a plant-based diet now, but it has certain foods that may not be good for people.


It's not a solution, it's a method to prevent the worst symptoms.
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Yes when I switched to an elimination diet called "GAIP - Goodbye Autoimmune Disease Protocol" I got rid of the pain. When I added only one food like beans, sauerkraut etc (nowadays they don't give me a problem) the pain in certain parts of my body came and it was probably due to "leaky gut". And when I included them in my diet when I was cured I was pain free.
It doesn't fix anything on its own.
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That's right. You need to know which foods heal the body and which ones don't. Some do it quickly and some do not harm or heal. Dr. Brooke Goldner herself had an autoimmune disease that she cured, found the cause and created a protocol (certain diet) that has helped many people.

Your gut disease is her daily bread that can cure like a cold.


You have to add back the missing microbes that allow you to digest those problematic foods.
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What is mainly needed is to feed those gut microbes properly with the right food.


Most of us resorting to FMT have already tried everything else.
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No, you haven't tried everything. Doing an elimination diet with foods that don't solve the problem doesn't solve anything. You need to listen to the people who get results, and that's Dr. Brooke Goldner.


Seeing, and paying, people/doctors like that is a waste of money for me.
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It is necessary to give certain people trust and it is difficult to give it to people you don't know. That's why I urge you to watch all her videos like I did and start doing the GAIP diet. I myself didn't pay for her services and only used what she was giving for free on youtube and her site.




I know I'm asking a lot of you to give someone you don't know trust, but it just works. Give me your trust and I'll show you where to go to cure your problems with diet. If you don't give me the trust and pretend that you already know enough things and know which direction to go in, I'm afraid that the "goal" you want to reach will be thorny and rocky for a few years and maybe you won't even reach it. Just follow the people who cured their/your problem.

You will be like Alice in Wonderland, stepping through the looking glass and seeing things you never knew existed.

Just say yes, and let's go deal with it.
 
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It was roughly 4.5 months
when I got tired of writing down every day what I eat and drink when I was already cured
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That's extremely lucky. But your personal experience does not translate to everyone else.

I have eaten plant-based diets, 100% raw vegan, 100% raw paleo, etc.

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What is mainly needed is to feed those gut microbes properly with the right food.
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If they're not present you can't feed them.

Missing Microbes with Dr Martin Blaser (American Society for Microbiology, 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK_O0ahDKo

eminem0091 said:
No, you haven't tried everything.
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Don't be so arrogant just because something worked for you personally. If it was really a miracle there wouldn't be hundreds of ongoing studies on FMT; they'd just do Dr. Brooke Goldner's diet instead of wasting time and money on FMT clinical trials.

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I know I'm asking a lot of you to give someone you don't know trust, but it just works.
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It worked for you. Insisting that your own unique experience is translatable to everyone else is ignorant.

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Just follow the people who cured their/your problem.
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I am. I'm following the people (including myself) who cured their problem with FMT, because that has the most promising scientific evidence to support it. If you can point me to clinical trials where people cured their chronic diseases with Dr. Brooke Goldner's diet I'll give it a look.

Please keep in mind that this is an evidence-based website, not a "just trust me bro" website.
 
If you can point me to clinical trials where people cured their chronic diseases with Dr. Brooke Goldner's diet I'll give it a look.
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This is the best I can give

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10949923/



I didn't come here to have a fight, and definitely not to waste other people's time, but to help. When you feel ready to try GAIP please let me know.



Quick question if I've had an autoimmune disease that I haven't had for 1 year and I'm still being blood tested and monitored by a rheumatologist is it still worth trying to fill out a stool donation questionnaire please?
 
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@eminem0091 Was your autoimmune condition induced by a long course of antibiotics? Did you even have IBS? Obviously one person's experience does not apply to everyone, since people have unique microbiomes and unique environmental exposures. I'm sure many people can cure themselves with diet but this is not true for everyone. Have you read the studies on FMT for C. diff and IBD? Most people resorting to FMT have tried many, many different elimination diets already. Some people's guts are so damaged and depleted from antibiotics that FMT is necessary to restore functionality and digestive capabilities. What you are saying is comparable to telling someone with kidney failure that they don't need a kidney transplant, they just need to change their lifestyle. Sure that can help with symptoms and slow deterioration but it doesn't change the fact that they need a new kidney.
 
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I didn't come here to have a fight, and definitely not to waste other people's time, but to help.
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Why don't you start with explaining exactly what you did? What did you eat, how much, for how long etc. Describe your full protocol that you used to get better.

Your first post reads more like an ad for paid websites than an actual attempt at helping people by sharing your exact methodology.
 
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Was your autoimmune condition induced by a long course of antibiotics?
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No

Have you read the studies on FMT for C. diff and IBD?
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No

I heard about "FMT" thanks to Michael Greger https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/fecal-transplant/

About Bowel Troubles I have only seen videos or read text that referenced studies:
Most people resorting to FMT have tried many, many different elimination diets already.
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But it seems that because they have tried so much they have an argument not to try something else like GAIP.


@Asclepius

Why don't you start with explaining exactly what you did?
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Why even bother trying when it can be taken off the table in one sentence? - "Obviously one person's experience does not apply to everyone, since people have unique microbiomes and unique environmental exposures." - @indigo34

It's time consuming to write a certain period of my life, so I took the easier route of writing the first post.


Just saying try GAIP if you have any problem. I don't want you to cut your leg off and have permanent damage. I don't want you to take a miracle pill that has a label that describes the side effects from top to bottom. I simply want you to be healthy and I want you to try something else, and that's GAIP.
 
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1208074/full

Seems like GAIP (Goodbye Autoimmune Paleo) is a very strict diet comprised of essentially:
8-10 cups of raw vegetables and fruit
  • 75% raw vegetables (leafy greens, crucifers)
  • 25% raw fruit
1 cup flaxseeds/chia seeds
96 oz of water

It exploits the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio needed to transition the body into a less inflammatory state, attempts to feed good gut bacteria with soluble fiber, and attempts to starve pathogenic bacteria that thrive on animal products. But if you can't tolerate high amounts of insoluble fiber then I don't see how this diet would work. Also there's potentially a lack of protein which would be a concern for people who already have gut issues and digestive difficulties. At least one useful takeaway though is that a higher omega-3 to omega-6 ratio is likely beneficial for people with conditions involving excessive inflammation.
 
I've essentially already tried GAIP. I tolerate flax and chia seeds very poorly. It seems plausible that this diet can help clear problematic components for some people.

eminem0091 said:
I heard about "FMT" thanks to Michael Greger
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I read his "How not to die" book and liked it. I'm generally a fan of his, but his info on FMT is quite poor and contains misinformation, which makes me think he's not a good source on anything, given that he's so confidently wrong on the things I know most about. We can create a new thread to discuss that if you like.

eminem0091 said:
it seems that because they have tried so much they have an argument not to try something else like GAIP
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If you've already tried very similar things that's a good reason to not try something else similar, especially if those other similar things caused problems.
 
eminem0091 said:
Why even bother trying when it can be taken off the table in one sentence? - "Obviously one person's experience does not apply to everyone, since people have unique microbiomes and unique environmental exposures." - @indigo34

It's time consuming to write a certain period of my life, so I took the easier route of writing the first post.

Just saying try GAIP if you have any problem. I don't want you to cut your leg off and have permanent damage. I don't want you to take a miracle pill that has a label that describes the side effects from top to bottom. I simply want you to be healthy and I want you to try something else, and that's GAIP.
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And if I want to try it, would you share your protocol then?

indigo34 said:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1208074/full

Seems like GAIP (Goodbye Autoimmune Paleo) is a very strict diet comprised of essentially:
8-10 cups of raw vegetables and fruit
  • 75% raw vegetables (leafy greens, crucifers)
  • 25% raw fruit
1 cup flaxseeds/chia seeds
96 oz of water

It exploits the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio needed to transition the body into a less inflammatory state, attempts to feed good gut bacteria with soluble fiber, and attempts to starve pathogenic bacteria that thrive on animal products. But if you can't tolerate high amounts of insoluble fiber then I don't see how this diet would work. Also there's potentially a lack of protein which would be a concern for people who already have gut issues and digestive difficulties. At least one useful takeaway though is that a higher omega-3 to omega-6 ratio is likely beneficial for people with conditions involving excessive inflammation.
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Good summary. It seems to be effective in particular for people with Lupus and Sjögren's which most likely are caused by similar deviations in the microbiome which gets corrected with this diet. I seriously doubt it'll work for every other autoimmune disease out there since those are likely caused by different deviations. For example the Carnivore diet can also help with autoimmunity problems and it's the polar opposite of this diet.

I've had symptom relief from avoiding fibre but this is a rather simple and easy diet to follow so who knows, I might give it a try just to see what happens.
 
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I've had symptom relief from avoiding fibre but this is a rather simple and easy diet to follow so who knows, I might give it a try just to see what happens.
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Same on fiber. I've read insoluble fiber can aggravate Crohn's (I have small bowel inflammation but unconfirmed if it's actually Crohn's) likely due to the physical irritation of an already inflamed intestinal lining. I'm also considering trying the diet though by slowly increasing the amount of vegetables I eat. Not much to lose. But going to be really careful since I think insoluble fiber has caused me a lot of problems recently.
 
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Seems like GAIP (Goodbye Autoimmune Paleo)
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It's just a detail but it's not "Paleo" but "Protocol"


Michael Harrop said:
I've essentially already tried GAIP. I tolerate flax and chia seeds very poorly. It seems plausible that this diet can help clear problematic components for some people.
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I'm not sure exactly how you meant it but GAIP is not about eating flaxseed and meat (to put a fine point on it). There are rules that need to be strictly followed. If I remember correctly if you can't tolerate a certain amount you need to start with less and gradually increase. Instead of flaxseed you can consume flaxseed oil which was my case. But I would not see flaxseed as the food that saves a person but eating specific leafy greens, crucifers in large quantities. "Tolerate poorly" is in my opinion a good indicator that you know where your limitations are which when they disappear you know you are moving forward. That's why I used to refuse medications that blocked my pain because I didn't know where I stood in my current condition and also these medications could cause "leaky gut".


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I'm generally a fan of his, but his info on FMT is quite poor and contains misinformation, which makes me think he's not a good source on anything, given that he's so confidently wrong on the things I know most about.
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If you think there is misinformation in the video or have more credible studies that need to be published please contact them at https://nutritionfacts.org/contact/ It may help to raise awareness and publicity for FMT.

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If you've already tried very similar things that's a good reason to not try something else similar, especially if those other similar things caused problems.​
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As I mentioned the important thing is to eat certain foods according to the GAIP rules because one food can ruin the outcome of other foods.


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1.07.2023 (I started GAIP earlier and its 27.6.2023 when I am looking properly now) to 26.07.2023 (29 days)
  • this period was very chaotic because I was eating pills and in combination with spinach, flaxseed oil, I had abdominal pain and green diarrhea due to spinach, since the diarrhea did not come right away I was not sure why the pain and diarrhea occurs so I tried more theories - pills + spinach, pills only, spinach only - with diarrhea I tried not to eat flaxseed oil to stop it, I ate more different vegetables but every day was different except for spinach in which I saw what I needed (kale, chard I would eat but we don't have it available in the stores)
  • during this time I was aware that I had to stop the pills, have feedback from the body (pain) and get as close as possible to the GAIP protocol (especially its rules) and by following it every day


between 27.07.2023 to 26.08.2023 (30 days)
  • Every day: (sometimes I wasn't able to eat 400g but only 200g of spinach, sometimes the store didn't have spinach, sometimes I had less avocado and ate the other half of the Guacamole the next day, when there was no broccoli in the store I replaced it with cauliflower because it's also cruciferous etc.)
  • I stopped eating pills and tried to have the same diet every day
  • During this period I was rather pain-free and if pain occurred I tried to find its source (in food), sometimes I got diarrhoea for no reason, during this time I found out when adding sauerkraut or legumes or oats that they were causing me pain, then I cut down on black pepper because I was worried that I had leaky gut and also because it helped with the pain
    • 2l of water to 3.5l of water
    • smoothie - spinach leaves - 400g + 2 ripe bananas (during those 4 months I had up to 800g of spinach every day for 1 week)
    • 40g to 50g flaxseed oil every day
    • Vitamin D3 1000 IU (I was deficient in vitamin D3 which I increased over time to 4000 IU which was still not enough, you may say it was 8 month of the year which for us (czech republic) is the ideal time to go in the sun but I didn't have the energy to go in the sun)
    • quacamole - 2 avocados, 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, salt, pepper, 1 whole broccoli
    • a plate with - 2 apple, 4 radishes (because Cruciferous veggies), 4 carrots, kohlrabi, tomato
between 27.08.2023 to 06.09.2023 (10 days)
  • Every day: looked the same as the day before, except I was able to add
    • smoothie = 50g flax seed + 50g chia seed + 2 ripe bananas = I took off about 35g flaxseed oil

between 07.09.2023 to 12.10.2023 (36 days)
  • I was forced to stop eating GAIP due to weight loss from 69kg (which I probably should have on 22.06.2023) to 58kg at 185cm on 7.9.2023. I think my weight went down mainly due to low carb intake and not enough calories
  • An illustration of the diet I had before
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  • I was without energy, skinny but the most important thing was that when I ate foods that caused me pain before, these foods did not cause me pain. So I started eating. In retrospect when I think about it I should have put rice in my daily diet instead of radish, pepper, cucumber, tomato to maintain energy (but that's me talking when the worst is over :D )
    • In the beginning I mainly ate 200g of oats + 2 bananas, 3 apples, 900g of potatoes, 200g of rice with 200g of frozen vegetables, during this period spinach smoothie with banana was in my diet between 200g and 400g of spinach but about 10 times in the whole period, it was not on a daily basis, flaxseed oil was also not consumed daily rather about 10% of the time and in the range of 0g to 40g
    • On 13.9.2023 I visited a nutritionist who was sent to me by a rheumatologist because of low weight concerns, and her recommendation was meat, milk, eggs, fish (just the classics...) so I gave the nod but only because I had 60g on that day
    • I'm not complaining about this period at all because I started eating 30g of walnuts a day, 30g of pumpkin seeds, 30g of almonds, I started eating processed foods like tofu, ketchup, honey, I also started with chicken, frozen processed cottage cheese dumplings, ready meals in lidl that contained meat etc, kebabs...
    • It was a period when I started to watch only calories and I was between 3000kcal and 5000kcal a day.
    • After 36 days I had only gained 2kg

between 13.10.2023 to 11.12.2023 (59 days)
  • I stopped eating animal foods, I fulfilled the promise I made to the nutritionist
  • I went from 62kg to 69kg in this period.
  • I had 90% in this period of 400g of spinach every day, 200g of oats, 200g of legumes before soaking, nuts, fruits, nut bars, 700g of potatoes + broccoli 100g


11.12.2023 - CRP = 1.5, on this day I consider myself cured
  • 13.06.2023 - CRP = 27
  • 02.05.2023 - CRP = 15
  • 22.1.2024 - weight 74kg, I had to stop eating a lot of fat because my legs started to swell up and accumulate water after standing on my feet for 8 hours a day at work (since I had calculated that I would be 83kg on this day but I had to stop gaining weight earlier)
When I think about it, what I recommend right from the beginning in the daily diet during GAIP is spinach 400g with 2pcs to 3pcs banana, rice 400g + salt (if it does not cause problems) potatoes 1000g with chopped broccoli and added salt (if it does not cause problems) + flax oil - but it depends mainly invidually on the person

Too much has happened in this period for me to be able to write it all down here. What was also important was that on 22.6.2023 I created an excel file on my computer desktop where I started to write down everything (what I eat, what I drink, where I feel pain, how I feel).The excel file became my calendar which I don't use anymore but there is a piece of history there which is still quite important for me because my brain just doesn't remember so much information in detail. I'm glad for what I've experienced, at least I'm smarter.

This is how I would see my history. Today I don't eat spinach at all, even though I think I should. Currently I sometimes eat 120g of mixed salad without arugula because it tastes good.

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My current diet on this day, my weight 72kg
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in particular for people with Lupus and Sjögren's
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the Carnivore diet can also help with autoimmunity problems and it's the polar opposite of this diet.
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That's something I found strange and I think it's because they eat everything without restrictions and suddenly they have an elimination diet called "Carnivore diet" and suddenly they are without problem (temporarily because vitamin C, fiber, some antioxidants, constipation, increased cholesterol) and they praise this diet.

I think these people should look at which part of the past diet gave them problems and slowly work their way into the healthiest elimination diet (in my opinion) and that is "Plant-based, SOS-Free Diet (salt free, oil free, sugar free) promotes a whole-food, plant-based way of eating, focusing on unprocessed, nutrient-dense fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds".

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I've had symptom relief from avoiding fibre but this is a rather simple and easy diet to follow so who knows, I might give it a try just to see what happens.
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@Asclepius @indigo34 fibre problem
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If you both have a problem with fiber consumption (and other problems that would be good to post to be taken into account) and want to try GAIP, let's do it as a team project and inform each other about its status. More heads can come up with better solutions than one, plus it can motivate others to take a path that may work for others :) It will be a brainstorming session :) If you agree maybe we should create a new thread to discuss that. I recommend watching these videos about fiber and Dr. Denis Burkitt

Dr. Burkitt’s F-Word Diet, Dr. Denis Burkitt interviewed by Dr. John McDougall, Dr Mcdougall's mentor = Fiber man Burkitt, Denis Burkitt MD, nutrition hero#3

"Brainstorming is a creative technique used to generate ideas and solve problems. It is a process in which a group of people or individuals freely share their thoughts and ideas without any limitations or criticism. The goal of a brainstorming session is to produce as many ideas as possible, which can later be analyzed and evaluated."
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I was forced to stop eating GAIP due to weight loss from 69kg (which I probably should have on 22.06.2023) to 58kg at 185cm on 7.9.2023.
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Not really a great advertisement for GAIP for my situation for several reasons:
  • I'm 5'5" and weigh 112 lbs, I can't afford to lose weight, let alone 25+ lbs
  • I have carbohydrate intolerance
  • There is insufficient protein on this diet
  • One of my primary and most bothersome symptoms is fatigue which you said this diet worsens
  • I don't have severe chronic pain every day
  • My CRP is less than 1, my only blood work that looks bad is thyroid and a starvation diet like this is guaranteed to worsen that

I am interested in incorporating some of the elements of GAIP to possibly improve my health, but I'm not really interested in joining a group that's going to pressure me into starving myself or follow a diet that doesn't work with my physiology.

Edit: Also it's strange that you're recommending this diet whole-heartedly to literally everyone, minus minor tweaks, when you are also acknowledging that people do have unique microbiomes and unique problems - and if thats true then a logical conclusion would be that when it comes to diet unique interventions may be needed. Also you're incorrect on carnivore there are people who have long term success with it.
 
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indigo34 said:
Same on fiber. I've read insoluble fiber can aggravate Crohn's (I have small bowel inflammation but unconfirmed if it's actually Crohn's) likely due to the physical irritation of an already inflamed intestinal lining. I'm also considering trying the diet though by slowly increasing the amount of vegetables I eat. Not much to lose. But going to be really careful since I think insoluble fiber has caused me a lot of problems recently.
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Yeah I react differently to soluble vs insoluble fibre as well. I was thinking of trying flaxseed oil first instead of the actual seeds to avoid some of the fibre in the start and then ease into it.

eminem0091 said:
between 27.07.2023 to 26.08.2023 (30 days)
  • 2l of water to 3.5l of water
  • smoothie - spinach leaves - 400g + 2 ripe bananas (during those 4 months I had up to 800g of spinach every day for 1 week)
  • 40g to 50g flaxseed oil every day
  • Vitamin D3 1000 IU (I was deficient in vitamin D3 which I increased over time to 4000 IU which was still not enough, you may say it was 8 month of the year which for us (czech republic) is the ideal time to go in the sun but I didn't have the energy to go in the sun)
  • quacamole - 2 avocados, 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, salt, pepper, 1 whole broccoli
  • a plate with - 2 apple, 4 radishes (because Cruciferous veggies), 4 carrots, kohlrabi, tomato

My current diet on this day, my weight 72kg
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Thanks for taking your time sharing all the details about your diet (I really thought you were just here to sell stuff).

Your healing was quite long and filled with a lot of trial and error. I was thinking of going extreme immediately and only do spinach/kale + flaxseed oil/flax seeds/chia seeds and maybe get results faster (it seems from some of the testimonials that there is one version of the diet only doing the smoothies first which has people improve within days). I know I can't tolerate most fruit anyway due to histamine intolerance, so going with just the basics first means I'll have fewer variables to worry about and it seems like the leafy greens + omega 3 fats is the primary cause of this diet's effects. Then I can start adding more food to it as I go.
eminem0091 said:
My current diet on this day, my weight 72kg
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Have you stopped eating meat completely? What happens if you eat it now? I kind of want to be able to have meat again afterwards...

eminem0091 said:
I had to stop eating a lot of fat because my legs started to swell up and accumulate water after standing on my feet for 8 hours a day at work
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Did this problem go away?

indigo34 said:
Not really a great advertisement for GAIP for my situation for several reasons:
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I'm underweight and can't really afford to lose weight as well, that's why I'm thinking of going extreme with it for a few days to see if I get any improvements at all. I should be able to survive on it for a couple of days at least...

eminem0091 said:
let's do it as a team project and inform each other about its status.
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If I decide to do it I'll make sure to update my progress here.
 
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