#11 Allergy Elimination Gluten Free Diet

July 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

An allergy elimination gluten free diet can help you track down possible allergens. This is an important step to achieve a gluten free diet. You can either make your own elimination diet based on your suspected allergens, or follow a pre-made elimination diet.

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Making your own diet is helpful if you are very connected to your body and you have been monitoring your reaction to foods for a long time. However, if you suspect you have many hidden allergies and want to be as thorough as possible a pre-made elimination diet is your best bet.

No matter what type of diet you try it is vital that you avoid processed foods. Manufactured foods contain hidden ingredients, such as cornstarch, wheat, sugar, eggs and other allergens. These ingredients may be used in such small amounts that they don’t show up on the labeling but they do effect your histamine production. Don’t trust the labels. Eat only fresh whole varieties of the allowed foods.

To start your own elimination diet, write down all of the foods that you crave, food that make you feel energized and foods that exhaust you. These can all be signs of allergic reactions. You will also want to take special note of foods that you feel you must eat everyday. Strong cravings for particular foods can indicate allergies. Remember, if you eat a lot of processed foods, your possible allergies list should include sugar, corn, soy, yeast, artificial food colorings, preservatives and additives.

Next, eliminate the suspected foods from your diet and see how you feel. After two to three weeks of eating in a strict fashion, begin introducing the possible allergens and evaluate your results. Introduce only one food at a time, and eat a significant quantity for breakfast or lunch. Take note of how you feel for the rest of the day. Look at the Introducing Foods to Your Diet section for more tips on adding foods.

Avoid stimulants like tea, coffee and alcohol, sugar, honey and other sweeteners, all artificial additives, grains including wheat, corn, rye, rice, barley oats and millet, & milk and dairy products, manufactured foods of all kinds. If it comes from a can, packet, bottle or jar, don’t eat it.

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#10 Create your own Allergy Rotation Diet

July 19, 2010 By 1 Comment

To create a simple to follow allergy rotation diet, set up a four-column spreadsheet. Take the list above, and break it down into four days of diets. Remember, eat each food family only once in a four day period. Use a different food family for each food category each day.

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For example, on Day 1, your protein would be from the poultry group. On Day 2, eat from the shellfish group. On Day 3, eat from the meat group, etc.

Food Allergies Help – Make sure to try foods that you normally don’t eat. Remember that the foods that comprise your normal diet are causing your hidden food allergies. Expand your food palate and try some new foods. You may be surprised at how many new flavors and textures that you learn to love.

If you feel better after following this diet for several weeks then slowly and gradually try to introduce new foods. Only add a new food every several days (see the following section on Introducing Foods to Your Diet for more details on this process). Keep a food symptom diary to track your reactions to new foods, and proceed carefully.

You may find that over time you are able to eat certain foods at long intervals. For example, if corn is a problem for you, you may find after the diet and testing that you can get away with eating it once every week or two weeks.

All this testing and tracking may seem like a lot of work, but it is necessary in order to learn about your body and its allergic responses to help you reach your goal towards a gluten free diet. The relief that you feel from eliminating your allergens will be well worth the trouble and help it can help you lose weight too.

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#9 Allergy Rotation Help You To Achieve a Gluten Free Diet

July 12, 2010 By 1 Comment

Here is a list of food families. Use this list to create a 4-day rotation diet. Never eat foods from the same food family for two days in a row. For example, nightshade vegetables (tomato, potato, eggplant and peppers) are eaten on only one day. If you feel better on the other three days than you do on your “nightshade day” then you know that those are a problem for you.

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Food Families List:

Abalone, clams, mussels, oysters & scallops. Anise, caraway seed, carrot, celery, celery seed, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, parsley & parsnip. Apple, pear & quince. Artichoke, chicory, dandelion, endive, escarole, lettuce, sunflower seeds & tarragon. Asparagus, chives, garlic, leeks, onion & sarsaparilla. Avocado, bay leaves, cinnamon & sassafras.

Banana & plantain. Barley, corn, millet, oats, rice, rye & sorghum. Beets, spinach & swiss chard. Black-eyed peas, licorice, lima beans, navy beans, peanuts, peas, pinto beans & string beans. Blackberries, boysenberries, loganberries, raspberries & strawberries. Buckwheat, rhubarb & sorrel.

Cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, collards, horseradish, kale, mustard, radish, rutabaga, turnip & watercress. Cantaloupe, casaba melon, cucumber, honeydew melon, persian melon, pumpkin, squash & watermelon. Cashews, mango & pistachios. Chicken, duck, goose, pheasant, guinea hen, quail, squab, turkey & eggs. Chocolate, cola & cocoa. Coconut & dates. Crabs, crayfish, lobster, shrimp & squid.

Grapefruit, kumquat, lemon, lime, oranges & tangerines. Ginger, cardamom & turmeric.

Mint, basil, peppermint, rosemary, sage & spearmint. Meat: beef, goat, horse, pork, lamb; & milk from these animals.

Peaches, plums, cherries, almonds & apricots. Pecans, walnuts, butternuts & hickory nuts. Peppers, bell peppers, cayenne peppers, chili peppers, eggplant, paprika, potatoes & tomatoes.

Turtle & rattlesnake.

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