Rotation or Elimation Diet

I finally went to the doctor for my migraines and headaches.  I have been having at least 2 migraines a week and a headache on any of the other given days.  I know that I get headaches with my allergies, barometric pressure change, stress, and hormones.  The following things have brought some relief:  regular exercise, regularly eating meals and snacks, massage, chiropractic care and acupuncture.

The doctor decided that we might want to check my heart to rule that out as a contributing factor.  My heart checked out fine.  The next suggestion is medication.  Before I go that direction I decided I wanted to make sure that there are no other allergies that I am not aware of.  

So, my next step I decided was to start a rotation diet.  When I first was diagnosed with food allergies I tried a color coded diet that the allergy doctor suggested.  It was very discouraging and hard to manage.  So I gave up and opted to just eliminate the offending foods and move on.  I have since then done more research and am trying it again.  This diet is a four day rotation of food families.  The premise is that it takes about two to three days for your body to process and eliminate food in your body.  Therefore, four days will allow time for your body to recover before having a food or food family again.

So the first four days you are supposed to identify 12 foods that think you can tolerate and identify which food groups they belong to.  You are only supposed to eat one food from a food family during a meal.   If you are not having problems with a particular food you can have another food from that food group at least two days apart.

EXAMPLE

	Day 1	Food Family	Day 2	Food Family	Day 3	Food Family	Day 4	Food Family
Breakfast	WATERMELON	Melon or Gourd	STRAWBERRIES	Berry	APPLES	Apple	PEACHES	Plum
Sweetener
Lunch	CARROTS	Parsley	BROCCOLI	Mustard	ZUCCHINI	Melon or Gourd	CABBAGE	Mustard
Oil
Dinner	LAMB	Bovid	TURKEY	Turkey	SALMON	Salmon	CHICKEN	Pheasant
Snack

You can eat as much as you want of that food during that meal.  You can eat the food raw or cooked.  Salt and Baking Soda are free items that can be used at any time.  On day five you can another food family to each meal.  On day 9 add a snack from a food family.  On day 13 you can add a sweetener and oil to the foods you eat.  You can also start to combined the foods within a day on day 13.