What do those of us who have auto-immune do about adding in nightshades? Are there other foods those of us who have AI need to avoid forever, or will this program allow us to enjoy the varied diet Christa has referred to?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I have high anti phospholipid antibodies. I am already eating tomatoes (removed the 1st 2 weeks as program stated) and seem to tolerate them fine. I also had limited food sensitivity testing through Genova Labs and had no reaction to tomatoes.

A: This program is intended to free you from reacting to nightshade vegetables and we do speak about this in the first few webinars. The suggestion is to keep them out if you have an autoimmune disease until you get to Step 5, then go to 80/20 maintenance to slowly adding in one food at a time and see how/if you react. If your immune system is "catching up" and resetting, then nightshades should be fine for you. Cyrex testing or antibody testing is great to check on how your autoimmune issues are healing, and is the best way to decide when to add these foods back in.