We discuss whether autoimmune diets really work, placebo effects and the problem with anecdotal evidence about diets, and the harmful side effects that can come from restricting what you eat. 

Resources Mentioned

• Submit your questions for a chance to have them answered in the weekly newsletter

• My upcoming book, The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being

• My online course, Intuitive Eating Fundamentals

• Snake Oil Science by R. Barker Bausell

• Three tiny, uncontrolled clinical trials (Content Warning: food- and weight-stigmatizing language, BMI numbers) with very short-term implementations of the autoimmune protocol diet