Red peppers? Nightshades?
Yesterday things finally clicked in my mind. Red, yellow, and orange peppers are against AIP protocol. I never liked green peppers so I never ate them. They look so pretty sautéed in butter with onions! I've learned to sauté them in olive oil and often leave out the onions. But guess what? I've been eating them lately and I am waking in the 2 o'clock hour and can't get back to sleep. My skin itches. My Gamin watch tells me that my body battery is climbing slowly. Very slowly. I'm exhausted. Oddly, the skin on my left hip itches so badly I'll leave red scratches if I mindlessly itch. My lips are dry and chapped. I've learned that my skin doesn't naturally itch or get dry and chapped except when I'm eating foods I can't process well. That's an allergic reaction. I finally got curious enough about lectins to start researching them. I checked out The Plant Paradox Cookbook by Dr. Stephen Grundy from the local library. I don't like books wit...