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.
