The history of AIP is both short and long. I really did my best to avoid turning this into a term paper and provide links to resources so that you can explore them further, but for those who just want the cliffs notes, keep reading below.
The first theories regarding the AIP diet were introduced by Dr. Boyd Eaton in 1985 in the New England Journal of Medicine these were further expanded into his first book The Paleolithic Prescription . From there, Dr. Loren Cordain further explored Dr. Eaton's theories and expanded them into the AIP diet. He authored The Paleo Diet, The Paleo Answer, The Paleo Diet for Athletes, and The Real Paleo Diet Cookbook.
Robb Wolf worked as Dr. Cordain's graduate assistant to develop the AIP protocol and The Paleo Solution was born.
For a more detailed timeline and history please see these two articles, The History of AIP 2011-Present and History of The AIP with Robb Wolf. I've also found some great information from this scientific study that focused on ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease.
What does all of that mean??
Basically conventional western medicine does not fully understand / hasn't discovered the best treatments for autoimmune disorders to date. At this point the best that your "normal" doctor can do is prescribe medications that will suppress your immune system and hopefully suppress the response that it is having to unidentified factors that are causing your symptoms.
What is the answer??
For many the answer is the AIP autoimmune protocol modified paleo diet.
What does AIP do??
Briefly: the AIP diet eliminates foods that can aggravate autoimmune conditions to allow your body time to heal itself.
How long does this take??
The generally accepted time-frame for this healing is about 4-6 weeks. After which time you will be in a maintenance phase and begin to start adding foods back / testing each one to ensure that it is safe and will not cause an allergic reaction.
I know it is strange because you've eaten these foods your whole life, but now all of a sudden you're... ALLERGIC???
Yes, allergies can show up at any time throughout your life, the AIP is a great way to determine what new food allergies have developed and how each food impacts you, what reaction you may have and how to avoid those specific items that will derail your health. It can feel daunting at first, but that is what EasyAIP is here to help with!
The resources on EasyAIP will help you navigate the intimidating list of elimination foods and help you see the fun in creating new delicious recipes you never new were possible!
AIP is the beginning of a journey for those who want to reclaim their happy, healthy, fun loving lives!