If you’re not familiar with the Autoimmune Protocol diet, it’s a diet that is designed to reduce inflammation and provide a wholesome diet for those suffering from Autoimmune Diseases – Crohn’s Disease etc.
To be clear, I have not been diagnosed with any of those.
However, for the last 6 months or so I have been suffering from a long list of symptoms, which we initially thought could have been Coeliac, but a blood test has since proven that to be negative. The symptoms I’ve had include:
- Fatigue (even to the point that leaving the house for a couple of hours meant I needed to lay down when we got home)
- Bloating (I looked pregnant at some points)
- Varying bowel movements
- Headaches
- Stomach cramps (including around my belly button, which I can only explain it feels like someone is trying to rip my belly button out – it hurts)
- Extreme sugar cravings
- Diagnosis of Leaky Gut by a naturopath
- Irritability (just ask Mario – he’ll vouch for this one)
- Itchy ears
And that’s not even going into the private ones 🙂
