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#76: Dining Out Low Carb, Nightshades, Pain & Stiffness, Carnivore Diet, with Jen's Primal Health
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#76: Dining Out Low Carb, Nightshades, Pain & Stiffness, Carnivore Diet, with Jen’s Primal Health

Short Summary:
Today I’ve invited my primal health coach friend Jennifer Essary to talk to us about dining out on a low carb or keto diet, and her experience living with joint pain and stiffness, and various food sensitivities including nightshades. Jen’s tried everything from the Autoimmune Paleo Protocol to The Carnivore Diet, and she’s talking about it today.

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Disclaimer:Β Consult with your doctor or functional medicine practitioner before trying any of the remedies or dietary interventions mentioned in this episode. This information and recording is for informational and educational purposes only.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
– Jen’s Website:
– Jen’s Low Carb Dining Guide:
– Weston A Price Foundation article on Nightshades:
– Episode #54: AIP, Autoimmune Protocol Interview
– Episode #61: Carnivore Diet with Dr. Stephen Hussey
– Episode #53: Cutting Carbs in 4 Steps:

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Points of Discussion:
– What’s it like when you first go Paleo or try The Whole30 when you’re dining out?
– Jen explains her love for food as it affects her dietary restrictions
– Jen’s experience with nightshades, hurts the bottoms of her feet
– β€œtight and crunchy”
– hurt to walk
– chronically tight tissues
– medical community didn’t help
– nightshades cause calcification in soft tissues?
– Nightshades include: tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers of all kinds, spices made from peppers, goji berries, ashwagandha
– If you have an autoimmune disease, nightshades are the group you’re least likely to ever tolerate
– Sweet potatoes are not nightshades
– Carb Cycling and Cyclical Ketosis are smart approaches
– Jen suggests cooking with radishes instead of potatoes
– Jen shares tips on dining out with a low carb or keto restriction
– you can eat meat and veggies at almost any place
– try Jimmy John’s β€œunwich” and slowly peel back the paper as you eat it.
– Skip the bread basket or tortilla chips before they bring them
– The more carbs you eat, the more carbs you want and crave
– Marisa’s tip about not eating the bread or chips when your company wants them
– Jen revisits the topic of her tight tissues and chronic stiffness
– Jen found herself eating low carb because she just felt better overall
– Carnivore makes her brain β€œoff the charts”
– 1 or 2 weeks can be enough to feel the results
– After being unable to eat eggs for over a year because they caused so much pain for Jen, she was able to eat them again after a week of carnivore
– Not an easy switch if you’re on the Standard American Diet or a high carb diet
– Jen suggests going from Paleo or Whole30 to Keto-ish and then Carnivore
– When you go low carb, will you have the β€œcarb flu”?
– Jen suggests you take it slow and make it enjoyable
– Are the symptoms you’re living with really β€œnormal”?
– Why avoid triggers when dining out
– Eating Italian food without the carbs
– Marisa mentions β€œmeatza” and β€œcrustless pizza from Lou Malnati’s
– Jen suggests the pizza toppings requested with sauce and cheese, no crust
– Everything has more flavor when you eat low carb
– Remember to stay away from GPS – grains, potatoes, sugar
– Remember corn is a grain and high in carbs
– Hop on the restaurant website, call to ask questions about menu ingredients and sauces in advance
– spices are often overlooked
– remember: paprika is a nightshade
– Jen tells more stories about nightshades helping leg pain and psoriasis
– you may be able to tolerate certain nightshades and not others
– experimentation and repeat experimentation is important

Intro/Exit Music Β – “Ukulele Whistle”