Welcome back to the Paleo View, episode 390! (0:40)
Stacy has fully recovered and has finally found her groove in life again.
For Stacy, routine brings her a lot of joy.
She feels like she has been working the work-from-home mom life!
Sarah is coming out of a kid activity focused weekend, which was very busy.
Robotics club has taken over, and Sarah is looking forward to soon getting back into their normal routine.
Sarah took a proud mama moment to share on her daughter's latest accomplishments.
This week's show is inspired by another great listener question.
 
Q & A
Mackenzie says, "I first just want to say your podcast is my go-to for everything in my life! (7:40)
I now live for my Thursday afternoons so I can listen to the newest podcast!! 
My question to you is: I did AIP and reintroduced many foods.
Now I'm basically paleo with few other exceptions, but I recently had blood work done and my DHEA and thyroid levels have dropped.
I'm working with my naturopath now to get back to my normal, but I didn't know what I could do at home to help as well.
Should I go back to the elimination phase of AIP? Any help would be great. Thank you in advance!!
Stacy wants to first reiterate that we all go through these phases in life when stress and different lifestyle factors affect how our body reacts to what it can tolerate.
Every person who has done this process goes through this challenge at some point in their life.
Stacy and Sarah both also feel that it is common to see people get test results that aren't reflective of any symptoms they are experiencing.
This makes it difficult to know what to eliminate when you don't have symptoms to manage.
One of the amazing things about the autoimmune protocol is that the structure of it is set up so that we can really learn about our own bodies and triggers.
We learn our own tolerances to the individual foods that have been eliminated.
Really going through the autoimmune protocol and going through reintroductions methodically allows you to take this as a learning experience.
 
Re-Introduction
What do you do when you experience a trigger? (11:09)
In an ideal situation, we have learned what works really well for us from our reintroduction phase.
We incorporate these foods on a daily basis and feel really good consuming them on a regular basis.
Then there is a second group of foods that are sometimes foods, that we tolerate when everything else is dialed in.
When we are eating a nutrient-dense diet, our stress is managed and our activity levels are appropriate, these foods don't affect us.
However, when anything starts to slip, our body will act negatively to the sometimes foods.
If Mackenzie has a good grasp on that list of sometimes foods, Sarah recommends that instead of going back to the beginning of the elimination process, to refer to that list.
Then take out the sometimes foods, the foods we know aren't helping us.
On the flip side, it can be common for people to start out with a methodical reintroduction process, but then have so many successes that it turns into a free-for-all.
If this resonates with you, don't feel bad. This is a very common experience.
Don't feel like you have failed reintroductions if this is what happens to your reintroduction process.
If you are in a position where you don't know what foods you've reintroduced are completely working for you, versus sometimes food, and you are faced with a health set back, you may need to go back to full elimination.
As you recover from the health set back, take that as your opportunity to be more methodical about reintroduction.
So the next time, and there will be a next time, you will have the food classifications that will help inform you what to do when you have a setback.
 
A Third Scenario
There is a common third situation as well.
Is there a facet of the autoimmune protocol where the focus on implementation can be more carefully monitored.
The nutrient-density piece can be a stumbling block for a lot of people.
An aversion to org