a comprehensive elimination diet ( compliments of true north health center 2008)
The comprehensive elimination diet is a dietary program designed to clear the body of foods and chemicals you may be allergic
or sensitive to, and at the same time, improve your body's ability to handle and dispose of these substances. It has been my experience, in years
of scanning bodies energetically, sensing disease, that many (if not all) of our health problems are environmental: what we put into our
bodies: eat, breathe, read, plays a significant role in our health and general well-being.
Symptoms that you may not consider allergy related, can be an inflammation that is causing your joints to ache, fatigue, inertia.
This diet asks you to remove certain foods, and food categories from your diet. The main rationale behind the diet is that these modifications
allow your body's detoxification machinery, which may be overburdened or compromised, to recover and begin to function efficiently again.
This cleansing diet is only for three weeks. After that, you slowly begin to re-introduce foods back into your diet. You will know immediately
if they are foods that you are sensitive to.
Foods to exclude:
- Oranges and orange juice
- Eggs, milk, cheese, cottage cheese, cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, frozen yogurt, non-dairy creamers
- Grains: wheat, corn, barley, oats, spelt, kamut, rye, triticale
- Pork, beef, veal, sausage, cold cuts, canned meats, frankfurters, shellfish
- All soybean products (including soy sauce, soy yogurt, tempeh, etc.)
- Peanuts and peanut butter
- Corn, creamed vegetables
- Butter, margarine, shortening, processed oils, salad dressings, mayonnaise, and spreads
- Alcohol, coffee (including decaf) and other caffeinated beverages, soda, or soft drinks
- Refined sugar, white/brown sugars, honey, maple syrup, high fructose corn syrup, evaporated cane juice, artificial sweeteners
- Chocolate, ketchup, relish, chutney, soy sauce, barbecue sauce, teriyaki, and other condiments
you can have:
- Fruits: all fruits but orange fresh whole fruits,(unsweetened, frozen, water-packed, canned, diluted juices
- Dairy substitutes: Rice and nut milks
- Grains: gluten-free grains and starches: brown rice, millet, quinoa, amaranth, teff, tapioca, buckwheat, and potato flour or starch
- Animal Protein: fresh or water-packed fish, wild game, lamb, duck, organic chicken and turkey
- Vegetable protein: split peas, lentils, and legumes (all dried beans and peas other than soy)
- Nuts and seeds: all seeds, and nut and seed butters but peanut
- Vegetables: all raw, steamed, juiced or roasted vegetables
- Oils: cold pressed olive, flax, grape seed, safflower, sesame, almond, sunflower, walnut, canola, pumpkin
- Drinks: non-caffeinated herbal teas, seltzer, mineral, filtered water (I don't believe distilled water is good for you. It leaches the body.)
- Sweeteners: brown rice syrup, agave nectar, stevia, fruit sweeteners, black strap molasses
- Condiments: vinegar,all spices including salt, pepper, basil, carob, cinnamon, cumin, dill, garlic, ginger, mustard, oregano,
parsley, rosemary, tarragon, thyme,turmeric
Here's to your health..
warmly,
winter
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