From AIP to SCD: 8 Best Blogs for Healing Diet Recipes

Across autoimmune and gut health circles, food has become more than fuel – it’s medicine and connection. The rise of the AIP, Paleo, and SCD diets has inspired a generation of creators who cook from both science and lived experience. These eight blogs have turned personal healing into community.

• The Healthier Bite
• Wendi’s AIP Kitchen
• Eat Heal Thrive
• Nourish Me Free
• Gutsy By Nature
• Food By Mars
• Sweetened By Nature
• The Castaway Kitchen

Understanding Healing Diets: AIP, Paleo, and SCD

Before we dive in, here’s a quick overview. You’ve probably seen AIP, Paleo, and SCD mentioned together online, and for good reason. All three aim to reduce inflammation, improve digestion, and support immune health, though each takes a slightly different path to get there.

AIP (Autoimmune Protocol): This plan eliminates common immune triggers like grains, dairy, eggs, and nightshades to calm inflammation. It’s used by people managing autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s or rheumatoid arthritis.

Paleo: Rooted in ancestral nutrition, the Paleo diet focuses on whole foods – meat, vegetables, fruits, and healthy fats – while cutting processed sugars and grains.

SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet): Originally developed for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), SCD removes complex carbs that can feed harmful gut bacteria. It’s strict but effective for many people with Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis.

Blogs That Make Healing Delicious

Below, you’ll find each blog’s essence, philosophy, and the flavour it brings to the healing community.

Her recipes – from almond flour zucchini bread to SCD-compliant casseroles – are designed for real life, not for picture-perfect food photography. Try her Make-Ahead Breakfast Egg Casserole. It’s the kind of dish you prep on a Sunday and thank yourself for all week. What we like most is her focus on comfort: she treats dietary restriction as a toolkit, not a punishment.

Her food reflects that same spirit: simple, practical, and surprisingly funny at times. We’ve seen her laugh at her own recipe mishaps on social media, which makes readers feel at home. She makes the Autoimmune Protocol feel doable, one banana muffin at a time.

Martine’s writing blended science and soul. She explained why certain ingredients calmed the gut, but she also wrote about gratitude and resilience. Her legacy remains a cornerstone of the healing food world. Her recipes continue to inspire people who are rebuilding their health one meal at a time.

What sets it apart is its flexibility. The tone is calm and non-judgmental, the photography is bright, and the message is clear – personalization matters. We liked the “build-your-own” structure of many recipes, which gives readers space to adapt based on what their bodies can handle that week.

It’s part cookbook, part food diary, part science class – but it somehow works. And for anyone overwhelmed by strict diets, that mix feels like a breath of fresh air.

Jaime once wrote, “We can’t control everything about chronic illness, but we can control the way we nourish ourselves.” That sums up the Gutsy By Nature ethos perfectly – grounded, kind, and practical.

In her cookbook and online programs (available in Canada and beyond), Alison teaches readers how to make healing sustainable – no overthinking, just good habits. As she once told a podcast host, “My goal is to make gut health as normal as meal planning for the week.” And she’s doing just that.

Her cookbooks bridge the gap between “I can’t eat that” and “I can’t wait to make that.” Think Keto Fudge Brownies, AIP Orange Chicken, and inventive one-pan dinners. As a chef, she understands flavour; as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, she understands function.

One of her fans said, “Cristina taught me that healing food doesn’t have to taste like sacrifice.” That sentiment captures exactly why The Castaway Kitchen has become one of the most trusted names in gut-friendly cooking.

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