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.

Diana Walker, Cravings Coach

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