What is a Food Allergy Elimination Diet?
A Food Allergy Elimination Diet is achieved by eliminating the eight most common food allergens/offenders from the diet. It is one of the simplest and still most accurate methods to begin with. After eliminating The Big Eight for two to four weeks, foods are reintroduced one by one at each new week. The idea is to eliminate all of The Big Eight for long enough to heal the body and get everything working at peak performance. Once this is achieved, foods brought in one by one are watched for reactions. If there is a bad reaction, the food should be avoided. If there is no reaction, the food is most likely a safe food for you. I still recommend medical testing, but because it can be costly, narrowing it down can be a great start. I was amazed with how much improvement my body showed after just two weeks of the Elimination Diet.
Related Questions
- Are the results of the IgG Food Allergy Test going to be accurate if the patient is on an elimination diet? How long should the patient consume the eliminated foods prior to having the test done?
- Does anybody have had elimination diet to treat Eosinophilic esophagitis, and how did it work?
- Does dietary elimination in infancy prevent or only postpone a food allergy?
