{"id":2752,"date":"2017-01-23T20:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiscontemplativelife.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2017-01-23T20:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:47:43","slug":"the-whys-behind-the-autoimmune-protocol-nightshades-the-paleo-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/23\/the-whys-behind-the-autoimmune-protocol-nightshades-the-paleo-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"The WHYs behind the Autoimmune Protocol: Nightshades ~ The Paleo Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1987 or 88 I saw Dr Chris Reading who had a mixed &#8220;Orthomolecular&#8221; medical practice in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney. I actually give him credit for what is now called the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP). No nightshades, no legumes, no gluten or casein&#8230; Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. (AKA The Paleo Mom) explains here, 30 years later, why we don&#8217;t eat nightshades.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, sweet and hot peppers (but not black pepper), and chili-based spices (including paprika) all come from plants which are members of the nightshade family. Nightshades can be problematic for many people due to their lectin, saponin and\/or capsaicin content. They tend to be even more problematic for those with autoimmune disease and \u2026Read More<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepaleomom.com\/the-whys-behind-autoimmune-protocol\/\">The WHYs behind the Autoimmune Protocol: Nightshades ~ The Paleo Mom<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1987 or 88 I saw Dr Chris Reading who had a mixed &#8220;Orthomolecular&#8221; medical practice in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney. I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}