About AIP
Curious about the Autoimmune Protocol? You’re in the right place! Scroll through the links below to learn about everything from what’s included in the protocol, to how to maintain a healing mindset.
NOTE: The Autoimmune Protocol was updated in 2024 and not all online resources are correct. Keep this page bookmarked to stay informed on the most current protocol instructions that reflect emerging nutritional science, straight from the source.
What is the Autoimmune Protocol?
The Autoimmune Protocol is a science-based elimination and reintroduction diet and lifestyle protocol. It focuses on repairing gut health, balancing hormones, and regulating the immune system. The dietary component includes removing food-driven sources of inflammation and restoring nutrient density, while the lifestyle component includes approaches to sleep, stress management, movement, and connection (both with humans and nature), in order to help best manage autoimmune disease.
AIP has been used successfully alone or in combination with conventional treatments, depending on a person’s needs. Medical research into the efficacy of AIP has been performed with patients having Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, eczema, and psoriasis, with more publications coming soon.
>> You can learn all of the basic details about AIP, including how to implement the elimination phase, what foods are included and avoided, and more, by heading over to the definitive guide: What is AIP? The Definitive Guide
More AIP beginner resources:
The Autoimmune Protocol Quickstart Guide : Sign up for free downloadable resources like printable lists of foods to avoid and include for both Core and Modified AIP, comprehensive meal plans, shopping lists, reintroduction guides, and more!
What’s In, What’s Out? Answers to Tricky Foods: A post that contains answers to foods that people are often confused about on Core or Modified AIP eliminations.
AIP Evolved: A Manifesto: A great read for honing in on your “why” and key things to keep in mind on the healing journey.
The Autoimmune Protocol vs. Other Healing Diets: How AIP stacks up in comparison to other dietary approaches commonly used for autoimmune conditions.
Print-Out Guides: “Yes” and “No” Foods on the AIP: Our free, printable downloads of the foods to include and avoid on both Core or Modified eliminations.
The Best Diet for Autoimmune Disease: An overview of how dietary approaches help in managing autoimmune conditions.
Food Reintroductions on the Autoimmune Protocol: The basics of reintroducing foods following a Core or Modified AIP elimination.
Introducing Modified AIP: A 2024 Update to the Autoimmune Protocol: An article detailing the process of updating AIP in 2024, and the addition of Modified AIP.
AIP Medical Research Review : An overview of the medical studies that have been published to date about the efficacy of AIP for managing autoimmune conditions like Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, eczema, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Definitive Guides
These definitive guides are meant to be a one-stop shop for accurate information on their given topic. Make sure to bookmark them for future reference!
What is AIP: The Definitive GuideCombining AIP with Conventional Healthcare: The Definitive Guide
How to Reintroduce Food on AIP: The Definitive Guide
Everything You Wanted to Know About Oral Tolerance and the Autoimmune Protocol
Sourcing Food 101: A Guide for the Autoimmune Protocol
The Ultimate Guide to Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with AIP
Nightshades and AIP: The Definitive GuideCooking + Meal Prep
9 AIP Cooking Hacks to Save Time and Nourish Your Body
Time Management in the Kitchen
The AIP Freezer Cooking GuideTroubleshooting Common Problems
Troubleshooting the Autoimmune Protocol: A Guide
What is Gluten Cross-Reactivity?
5 Ways to Improve Your Digestion
Understanding Digestion to Own Your Healing
Hidden Gluten, Grains and Nightshades in Meds and Supplements
Cold and Flu Remedies for the Autoimmune Sufferer
Why Food Intolerance Testing Doesn’t Work
AIP And Histamine Intolerance: The Complete GuideNavigating Holidays and Social Situations on the Autoimmune Protocol
Nutrition
Are You Getting Enough Nutrients on AIP?
Supplements and the Autoimmune Protocol
The Argument for Nutrient Density
Goitrogens: Why You Don’t Need to Avoid Them
Fruit and the Autoimmune Protocol
The Autoimmune Protocol Guide to Fats
Healing Mindset
6 Ways to Mentally Prep for the AIP
8 Key Lifestyle Habits to Support Adrenal Healing
How to Gauge Success on AIP When Progress Isn’t Obvious
10 Tips for Staying on the AIP Wagon
AIP Travel
The Guide to AIP Travel: Road Trips
The Guide to AIP Travel: Flying
The Guide to AIP Travel: International Trips
Travel Tips While on the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol
Looking for more AIP resources?
If you are looking for hard-copy resources for the Autoimmune Protocol, we’ve got you covered.
Our co-authored guide, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook serves as an all-angles approach to every area those with chronic illness want to cover, from the Autoimmune Protocol to sleep, stress management, and connection (and it also contains a library of AIP recipes!). The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook was the very first AIP cookbook and still a favorite in the AIP community. The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook was the first to tackle the emotional side of healing along with delicious reintroduction recipes. And The Nutrient-Dense Kitchen contains an impressive library of AIP favorites with an extra focus on accessibility, quick meals, and nutrient-density.
We’ll be the first to tell you that you don’t need to buy any books to get connected to all the information you need to embark on AIP, because our mission here at Autoimmune Wellness is to share that information for free. There are over 100 articles on this site covering every detail of AIP, in addition to over 250 compliant recipes and even more resources and links on our resources page. You can also tune in to past episodes of The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast for an audio version of the information presented here.
Downloadable resources
If you are looking to get started with AIP, you will want to sign up to get the AIP Quick Start Guide. Just pop your email in the box below and we will send you the following resources over the course of a week:
- Complete, printable lists of the foods to avoid and include during AIP
- A 2-week AIP meal plan and shopping list
- A 90-minute batch cooking video from Mickey
- Printable guides on food reintroductions and reactions
You will then be subscribed to our occasional newsletter, where we deliver free, exclusive content in the form of tips, articles, recipes, news, and more. By signing up, you will be the first to know about what is happening in the autoimmune community!
