Jessica Flanigan Jessica Flanigan

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#Repost @empoweredautoimmune
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In the past decade, the autoimmune protocol (AIP) has risen in popularity.⁣
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I myself followed AIP for six years (yikes) and although elimination of food triggers produced some symptomatic resolution, it ultimately stalled my healing.⁣
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I was guilty of falling for the hype around AIP as the panacea, its demonization of perfectly healthy foods, its adulteration of science (using in vitro and animal studies to make sweeping generalizations and all-encompassing claims), and the religiosity that sold it to me as the *one and only way*.⁣
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A yellow brick road to healing paved in liverwurst, sardines, and bacon-wrapped dates.⁣
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The cardinal problem with AIP is the one many therapeutic diets are guilty of - it elevates food as the primary element in healing, neglecting much more important variables, foremost of which are a return to nature in the form of sun exposure, grounding, circadian rhythm normalization, and mindset shifts in the direction of purpose and gratitude.⁣
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It neglects essential pillars of healing which oftentimes supersede food—such as processing trauma, enhancing parasympathetic nervous system tone, ensuring restorative sleep and evolutionarily appropriate movement, mobilizing social support, undertaking comprehensive detoxification regimens, minimizing electrosmog and other toxicants—including pharmaceutical drugs—and reversing dysbiosis, intestinal permeability, and growth of opportunistic pathogens.⁣
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It remains silent or even *endorses* adjuvant-laden soon-too-be mandatory medical interventions inextricably tied to induction of autoimmunity within the peer-reviewed literature.⁣
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To it’s credit, *if* digestion and assimilation is optimized, it can address micronutrient deficiencies—but in cases of severe and acute illness, targeted supplementation under the guidance of a practitioner is oftentimes required to provision the megadoses necessary for restoration of function. ⁣
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AIP can breed orthorexia, disordered eating, or food phobias, jeopardizing a healthy relationship with food and providing fertile soil for irrational fears surrounding oftentimes healthful foods such as legumes, nuts, nigh

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I missed #nationalpugday2019 yesterday!!
When Mae was 4 years old, she legit wished upon a star for a pug. We found Milo as a rescue 4 years later. He is the kindest dog I've ever met. He brings happiness to everyone. And, he loves vegetables 🥕🥦🍠 like a boss. #pug #pugsofinstagram

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Thank you @hjmoyer for bringing light to the reality of Orthorexia and disordered eating from restricted diets. Specifically Healing Diet Orthorexia and the crazy "AIP harder" mentality with diet meant only to last 6 weeks, but for many, lasts for years. ❤️ link to the podcast in her IG bio.

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Issues with food help us discover valuable things about ourself like where we hold misunderstandings about healing, value, worth and God.
Loving the parts inside of us that hurt is how we heal. Food is just practical. Our relationship to food is a wayshower to our hearts. But, it cannot do heavy lifting like making us safe. Only our hearts can do that. 💕

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A little about me for all the new folks here!
I live just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in SF. My partner Derek has three girls and I have one (yes, that is 4 teenage girls in our house 💕..keeps me humble). I've been a nutritionist for 20 years, and have found that the less I assume, the better I can be present for my clients and love them. My practice is 50% functional medicine nutrition and 50% emotional and energetic work. I now teach practitioners how to grow a compassion based practice in my Spiritual Coaching Certification program and am also a Certified Noetic Practitioner. My newest professional program is a 6-week online support group called Transformational Eating. Every single thing I teach, I do myself, often. I have a true master teacher (it is rare to find a real one) and have been a student of his for 15 years and a private intern for over 4. I believe the only thing that matters is if we are loving. And, I still love myself when I'm not loving. I believe it isn't about the food, it's about the relationship we have to healing. I wrote a mind-body book about autoimmune disease called The Loving Diet. I'm a Capricorn with a Leo rising and Taurus moon. I have an identical twin sister and we are very close. I was born two months premature and some of the biggest personal work I've ever done was to go back and mother myself as a tiny infant over the course of a few months. That was a pivotal moment when I knew the transformative power of my own loving to heal myself. I believe that loving and caring for the parts inside of us that hurt is the strongest medicine we have.

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