Holiday Gift Guide for Autoimmune Disease & Chronic Illness

Maybe you have a friend, family member or loved one that is on the autoimmune protocol or lives with chronic illness. What should you get them?

What would help to make their life a bit more joyful or comfortable? I’ve complied a list here of some of the best holiday gifts around the web. And hey, you don’t need to wait for the holidays to send a gift…these would also be good for birthdays and as thinking-of-you gifts well!

From free to big-ticket items, I’ve listed these from lowest price to highest to help fit your budget.

(Some of these suggestions contains affiliate links.)

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No-Purchase Necessary Gifts:

Take them on a day trip so they can get out of the house.

Bring a blanket over, cook a meal for them in their kitchen and have lunch with them in the comfort their home.

Call them and give them your ear. Ask them, “Please tell me all about how you feel and what you are going through.”

Write them a hand-written letter with all of the things you appreciate about them.

Clean a bit of their home for them. Just vacuuming, doing a load of dishes or folding laundry for them is stellar.

Watch their child for an evening so they can have a parent’s night off.

Give them a scalp massage and brush their hair, or do their makeup and paint their nails for them.
Hugs, understanding, time. More hugs.

Gifts from $5 to $15

Paleo Magazine – $5 and up

Give the gift of health-related articles and advice as well as recipe inspiration. Paleo magazine is the only print magazine dedicated to the Paleo lifestyle and Ancestral health. A two-month digital subscription is only $5! Print subscriptions start at $24.99/year.

Paleo on The Go– $5.50 and up

Farm-to-table fully prepared meals delivered to you in BPA free, oven safe, microwave safe trays. Just heat and eat. They have an amazing AIP-friendly selections, as well. My personal faves are their Empanadas and Pot Pies!

Paleo Powder Seasoning – AIP blend is $8

This all purpose seasoning is a delicious blend of herbs and spices for the perfect addition to AIP-friendly meals. (There is a pop-up on their main page that gives you 10% OFF your first order when you enter your email.)

Silicone Trivets / Pot Holders – $10

These non-skid versatile trivets can also be used as jar openers.

Blue Light Blocking Glasses – $11

Glasses that block circadian rhythm-disturbing blue lights from devices, and will aid in better sleep when worn a few hours before bedtime.

Anthony’s Goods – $13 and up

Pantry staples are always a gifting-win. Those of us with chronic illness have to prepare so many of our meals from scratch, and having some awesome flours and dry goods makes all the difference between a ho-hum meal and something amazing. Anthony’s has some of the BEST quality food stuffs around. My AIP faves being their Tigernut Flour, Cassava Flour, Tapioca Starch, Arrowroot Powder and Ginger Powder. (Get ’em all five and really make their holiday!) Not sure what to get them? They even offer gift cards.

Headspace – $13 for 1 month membership

Help them to mentally unwind, re-focus and relax with this app that teaches people how to meditate. They even have a FREE 10 day trial version.

Gifts from $15 to $30

The AIP Instant Pot Cookbook – $18

Do they own an Instant Pot? If so, this ebook will help them prepare nutrient-dense, flavorful meals in a flash.

Freezer Cooking for the Paleo AIP – $19

A community ebook with over 120 freezer-friendly recipes, all of which are 100% compliant with the elimination phase of the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP).

Holistic Hemp Company – $20 and up

This reputable and friendly company sells Hemp and CBD based tinctures, capsules and toiletries to ease pain, anxiety and other ailments associated with chronic illness and daily stressors. I have had the luxury of enjoying their vape juice which helps me during fibromyalgia flares.

Paderno Vegetable Spiralizer – $21

Are they missing noodles? This handy gadget will help them to easily make oodles of noodles from nutritious veggies.

Gifts from $30 to $60

Cuisinart Smart Stick Immersion Blender – $35

One of my personal favorite kitchen tools (I use mine every morning)…this handheld blender will help them to easily make smoothies, sauces, blend soups and whip that coconut cream into delicious fluffy stuff. Sure to make them smile just for the time-saving benefits alone! Super simple to clean and takes up very little drawer space.

Handheld Deep Percussion Massager – $36

Massage aches and pains away and relax with percussion movement and vibrations. This handheld device also has a heated option.

Nature Bright Sun Bliss Light Therapy– $54

Help them get their very important beauty rest and improve their mood with this portable lamp that helps to regulate circadian rhythms. It’s designed to deliver the benefits of the sun without sun’s harmful UV rays.

Organic Chenille Blanket – $56

An organic and non-GMO cozy chenille blanket will comfort your loved one during those days that require lots of snuggling up on the couch.

Gifts from $100 and up

Instant Pot – $98

To call this device useful is an understatement. It pressure cooks, slow cooks, steams, makes yogurts, sautes…one of the best kitchen tools you could ever gift to someone who cooks all the time.

Wusthof Chef’s Knives – $100

A chef is only as sharp as his/her knife…or so goes the saying. Get them some of the best knives a chef could ever ask for. Hunni gifted me one of these two years ago and I choose it every time over my other knives. German craftsmanship, sharp, sexy…and useful!

Butcher Box – starting at $129

Quality pastured, grass-fed + grass-finished and heritage meats delivered to you in eco-friendly packaging. Custom monthly subscription boxes are now available so you can choose exactly what you want. Don’t want to sign up for a subscription? Their “Gift Box” is great for a one-time gift!

SaunaSpace – $349 and up

Imagine your loved one as a cute lizard basking in the warmth of one of those heat-rocks. Near-Infrared personal sauna lamp therapy stimulate mitochondria, and provides detoxification benefits as well as cellular regeneration. These lamps are exquisitely rejuvenating and feel soooo amazing.

Vitamix Blender – $530

The 7500 series Vitamix is a beast. It makes smoothies, hot soups right in the blender, and has food processing capabilities too.