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My Autoimmune Girlie Book Shelf
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items When I started to struggle with my now diagnosed autoimmune condition, ankylosing spondylitis, I took to reading all I can about it. These have all been helpful to me in understanding what it means and what can help me.
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Diet and Lifestyle
I hurt and I want to feel heard
Food Specific Deep Dives
Cookbooks
Diet and Lifestyle
Most of these books have a similar approach to healing. Most of them outline a diet that is either AIP or somewhat close to it.
This is a good walkthrough the AIP diet as well as a good toolbook for making sure other areas of your lifestyle are not stressing your body. This would be a good place to start if you have just been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition.
The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness
This is an in depth dive into why autoimmune paleo is supposed to help when you have an autoimmune condition as well as a breakdown of what is going on in your body. It discusses other modalities such as supplementation as well.
The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases
Similar to the autoimmune paleo diet, but the wahls protocol stresses hugely the importance of eating nutritionally dense foods.
The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles
This is a curious series of stories of spontaneous healing and a doctor who is willing to dig into the likely or unlikely causes to how they happened. This story gave some hope. Spoiler alert, usually it was changes in lifestyle, taking on faith prac...
Cured: Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life
I love Casey Means' breakdown of why the system is keeping us sick. It is a good curious read and it also made me realize the importance of taking care of blood sugar.
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Long technical book, but it can be pivotal into figuring out the trauma that might be making you sick. Be sure to talk to a mental health professional about any topics in this book that might make you feel uncomfortable or if you make any possible di...
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Similar to the body keeps the score, this will walk you through metabolizing possible traumas. This is a much lighter read and is written in a way that is accessible for everyone.
How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Pretty similar to the AIP and Wahls Protocol, but I find it is helpful to learn a few different approaches and see what is similar among them all.
The Immune System Recovery Plan: A Doctor's 4-Step Program to Treat Autoimmune Disease
This is an interesting read. Admittedly I picked it up wanting to dabble in herbalism, but I wanted to avoid the woo-woo if you know what I mean? I think this book can be helpful to most.
Miracle Food Cures from the Bible: The Creator's Plan for Optimal Health
I hurt and I want to feel heard
Prepare to laugh with this one! Pheobe's descriptions of all of the treatments she has tried will have you splitting your sides!
The Wellness Project: How I Learned to Do Right by My Body, Without Giving Up My Life
While Suleika isn't facing autoimmune, her descriptions of treatment for Leukemia can mirror the pain and the unknowns of autoimmune. Written so beautifully I knew I needed to include it here!
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
The Problem of Pain
Kate has a way of writing like she is your friend and she doesn't leave out the nitty gritty about facing suffering. While she mostly discusses child loss, this book has been beautiful to read in the face of physical suffering and dealing with grief.
And Still She Laughs: Defiant Joy in the Depths of Suffering
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
Tonya Ingram battled lupus and her poetry reflects that fight. She gained her wings at the beginning of 2023 and I miss her light. I had the wonderful opportunity to meet her a few years before she passed and she signed my copy of this book and it is...
Another Black Girl Miracle
Food Specific Deep Dives
Need the specifics on why certain food additions or subtractions will help your autoimmune journey? Take a deep dive here!
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
No Grain, No Pain: A 30-Day Diet for Eliminating the Root Cause of Chronic Pain
The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet
Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life
Cookbooks
The Nutrient-Dense Kitchen: 125 Autoimmune Paleo Recipes for Deep Healing and Vibrant Health