The Simple Elimination Diet That Could Change Your Life Forever (In a Good Way)

How does the elimination diet work?

Its basic premise is to change your dietary choices for several weeks by eliminating specific foods which could cause specific issues. These issues include inflammation, migraines, diarrhea or other unidentified pains. If the issue disappears, you can then start adding the foods back into your diet, one at a time, so you’ll know which one was the main reason for your trouble.

How long will it take to find the culprit?

The symptoms that are caused by consuming certain foods usually disappear within four weeks of changing your diet. If it takes longer than four weeks, it’s very likely the foods you eliminated are not the culprit.

Is this diet a treatment or a test?

The elimination diet is both of these. The testing phase is to first find out what are the foods that cause the issue that you want to resolve. Afterward, you either limit their consumption or eliminate them altogether. This is the treatment phase.

What underlying issues can it discover?

While it’s certain that a more thorough research is required, the elimination diet has been applied numerous times as a method to discover and treat gluten and lactose intolerance, allergies, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, overall fatigue, attention disorders and other issues.

Why did a certain food start causing problems if it didn’t cause them before?

You may not have experienced a negative reaction to specific foods before, but that does not mean it won’t happen ever. It’s entirely random and your body can react to specific products at any point in your life.

Is food preparation a factor?

Even if you manage to find the culprit, it can be really hard to find out why it causes the issue. Can it be because of the food itself? Or is it the way it was grown, processed or seasoned? If you like eating pork, try the organic variety or without nitrates, which are used in the meat’s preservation. If you prepare it yourself, don’t fry it, grill or broil it. Test out different methods and you’ll eventually find a way to eliminate your problem without having to give up on the foods you love.

Is it intolerance or an allergy?

Being intolerant to a specific food basically, means that your body is sensitive to it and has trouble digesting it. Being allergic to something can result in a more severe reaction which can sometimes be life-threatening, also known as anaphylaxis. These two things can be quite similar sometimes, so in order to be sure you need to consult your doctor.

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