This chick is a total autoimmune disease ass-kicker, Whole30 pro and real food WARRIOR. Cristina Curp, the creator of the Castaway Kitchen, is a total bada** and I’m proud to call her my friend! Today Cristina is sharing her story of hitting rock bottom with her Hidradenitis Suppurative, a debilitating autoimmune skin condition, to finding paleo, the Whole30, and keto, and how she’s been healing herself ever since with diet and lifestyle changes – which she new shares on her blog, the Castaway Kitchen. She even has a new cookbook coming out this summer too, which I cannot WAIT for – Cristina also has a background an executive chef, so you KNOW her recipes are bomb.com!
You guys know I’m not keto by any means, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy Cristina’s recipes. Her take on Keto – a REAL FOOD approach, rather than a dairy-loaded, artificial-sweetener- and “junk food made technically keto” -loaded approach, is extremely refreshing and I know you guys will love this episode!
In this episode, we talk about:
- Cristina’s journey with struggling with her weight her whole life, to discovering she had an Autoimmune disease, and finally figuring out she could put her skin condition into remission through diet and lifestyle changes
- How her healing diet transformed from paleo, to whole30, to AIP, to a ketogenic approach
- Cristina’s AIP/Paleo approach to keto – and how she does it her way
- Why she had to change her workouts based on her diet choices
- Junk food keto vs. real food keto
- Why doing a REAL FOOD keto approach is so important
- How she used Robb Wolf’s 7-Day Carb Test to find out she was insulin resistant (not all carbs make people react – we are all different individuals with different sensitivities to different carbs, you have to find out for yourself!)
- The importance of being intuitive with your carbohydrates and focusing on REAL FOOD when doing keto.
Mentioned in this episode:
- AIP: the Autoimmune Protocol
- Autoimmune resources: Dr. Sarah Ballantyne (the Paleo Mom), Mickey Trescott, Rachael from Meatified, the Healing Kitchen Cookbook
- Wired to Eat by Robb Wolf
- the 7-Day Carb Test
- Cristina’s new book: Made Whole : More than 145 Anti-Inflammatory, Keto-Paleo Recipes to Nourish You from the Inside Out
Be sure to go check out Cristina at the Castaway Kitchen Blog and @thecastawaykitchen on instagram! Her new book, Made Whole, is also available for preorder on amazon here!
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