Did you know that according to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 7 percent of the U.S. population (23.5 Million Americans) have an autoimmune disorder with rates increasing every day? If you are struggling with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis you might be curious about alternative ways of managing your symptoms. While medications may dull chronic pain, they sometimes come with unpleasant side effects. Also known as the autoimmune protocol diet, the AIP diet offers one way of helping reduce your symptoms by addressing one of their potential causes. The AIP diet provides people with autoimmune diseases an opportunity to manage chronic pain by eliminating specific type of foods that are thought to cause or worsen inflammation throughout the body. In addition, the diet also incorporates many different types of food that could help reduce joint inflammation and soothe pain, including those rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Some patients have reported a
