More than 11 years ago, we learned that our son had multiple auto-immune diseases and about a hundred+ food allergies. The very day we got the diagnosis from our MD/PhD immunologist (MAPS) we changed everything about our life. Cold turkey. None of us could bear another minute of the suffering our son had endured.
He needed a special diet and because of severe food allergies, we all had to be on that special diet or risk cross-contamination. Overwhelmed, I cried on that first grocery shopping trip. I had no idea where to start, where to look, what to buy. I had always cooked our meals, but I was a million miles away from what our son needed for nutrition, and we had dwindled down to about 6 foods.
Fast forwarding so many years through doctors, specialists, immunologists, functional doctors, and even myself going back to school to become a Homeopath and Certified Biofeedback Specialist, we are now able to add in nearly all foods minus gluten, dairy, soy, and oxalates.
We had to heal the gut, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, thyroid, and bowels. We also had to do a major overhaul with detoxing. That meant getting out parasites, metals, biotoxins, pathogens, infections, retroviruses, etc. This was hard work, we’re still at it, but detoxing also means getting rid of the symptoms of ASD, PANS, PANDAS, AE, severe food allergies, leaky gut, sensory problems, hypothyroid, irritable bowel problems, and Lyme with several co-infections.
The Recipe Train is simply a collection of recipes that were useful to us on our journey. Today I am able to be much more versatile and add in so many foods we couldn’t before, all due to healing.
In a separate blog, The Detox Depot, I originally detailed our journey of recovery through detox. Since then, it has also become a place where I post various cases from my wellness business, New Leaf Holistic.
Just a side note: I despise scrolling through long boring stories to get to a recipe. I will never do that to you! I will always put the recipe first so you can get ideas on the fly and IF there is a story I will DISH ABOUT THE DISH at the end and make it short.
Welcome aboard The Recipe Train!
The Recipe Train 