Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself #415 Outgrowing AIP When You Have Autoimmunity with Alison Marras, NTP
This week on The Less Stressed Life, Alison Marras, NTP joins me to share her story of putting Hashimoto’s, PCOS, and IBS into remission—twice. After years of being dismissed by doctors, Alison discovered the power of nutrition, root-cause healing, and nervous system support. While the Autoimmune Paleo (AIP) diet helped her in the short term, Alison learned that restrictive eating wasn’t the end goal—addressing gut health, environment, and emotional resilience was.
In this episode, we explore what it really takes to move beyond elimination diets, how mold exposure triggered her second Hashimoto’s flare, and why nervous system health is as important as diet in healing autoimmunity.
If you’ve ever felt stuck on the elimination diet rollercoaster, worried about food sensitivities, or wondered how to actually achieve lasting remission, this conversation will help you see what’s possible.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Why AIP can be a helpful tool—but not a long-term solution
- Alison’s journey through misdiagnosis, Hashimoto’s, and finding the right support
- How mold exposure triggered her second autoimmune flare
- The critical role of the nervous system in calming immune reactivity
- Practical steps to reintroduce foods and build resilience with autoimmunity
ABOUT GUEST:
Alison Marras, NTP, is a holistic nutritionist, gut health expert, and author of The Paleo Gut Healing Cookbook. After overcoming Hashimoto’s, PCOS, and IBS herself, she now helps women heal digestive symptoms without restrictive elimination diets. Through her In Tune Method, Alison empowers clients to reintroduce foods, reduce inflammation, and create lasting gut health with more ease and joy.
WHERE TO FIND:
Website: https://foodbymars.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodbymars/
WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:
Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/
Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist
Podcast Instagram: @lessstressedlife
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlife
NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY OF LESS STRESSED LIFE:
🍽️ Over restriction is dead
🥑 Whole food is soul food and fed is best
🔄 Sustainable, synergistic nutrition is in (the opposite of whack-a-mole supplementation & supplement graveyards)
🤝 You don’t have to figure it out alone
❤️ Do your best and leave the rest
SPONSOR:
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