![]() I used ground turmeric for this recipe, here is my favorite brand. Both are easy to source in health food stores like Wholefoods and Vitamin Cottage. You can find it in its natural form, as a root, or ground. Try to include it in your diet as much as you can! It is a powerful root with numerous health benefits. This orange-colored spice, related to the ginger family, has been used for centuries by Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine to clear infections and inflammations on the inside and outside of the body. Turmeric is a powerful antioxidant, potent anti-inflammatory, and an osteoarthritis pain reliever. It is especially recommended for joint pain as it can help to quickly reduce the pain. I searched for a natural way to reduce inflammation, and thus pain. And the whole point of the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol is to repair the gut! So you see, taking pain medication isn’t a good idea. NSAID medications are a well-known trigger for damaging the gut. I know they are not good for me, especially with an autoimmune disease. Now, this is big for me because I never take painkillers. That first night, I barely slept because of the pain. I went to see my chiropractor, but that didn’t bring me instant relief of course. Long story short, one day, I ended up completely stuck because the lower back pain was so severe. Then I started to suffer from persistent and severe lower back pain that was shooting down my legs. It was mostly mild joint pain and itchy, watery eyes. I tried to ignore them at first (ahem, like that’s ever been a sound healing practice!). It just kind of happened.Īnd that’s when symptoms started creeping back in. But then I slowly started drinking more and more of it without even noticing. As long as I kept my consumption of coffee low, say a maximum of one cup per week, I was fine. ![]() ![]() Coffee was one of the first reintroductions I made, and it was successful. After a year on strict AIP, I felt ready to start the reintroductions (yes, 1 year – I am a slow healer). You see I have been following the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol since 2012. It all started with terrible lower back pain.
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