Is an Elimination Diet Right For Me?
Have you ever done or even heard of an elimination diet?
If you want to get to the root cause of symptoms that are holding you back and/or you want to create a great foundation for healing, that’s when to do an elimination diet.
The process goes like this:
1. Take out the most common foods and ingredients that cause symptoms that leave us in pain, inflamed, allergic, and with all manner of digestion and cognitive problems, for a period of time.
2. Slowly reintroduce those foods and watch what happens.
What might happen?
Your symptoms come back and it’s easier to see which was/were responsible for your symptoms.
Do I need to avoid those foods forever?
You definitely need to avoid them for a period of time.
The good news is that many people go through a period of healing by eating what’s right for them, and are one day able to eat some of the triggering foods in moderation without issues.
What are the most common reasons a person chooses/is asked to do an elimination diet?
There is a suspicion that a food or foods are causing:
inflammation in the body that may present as arthritis/joint
body pain
seasonal allergies
digestion problems
skin rashes and irritations
autoimmune condition flare ups
GERD, heart burn
weight that won’t drop/stay on
mystery symptoms
hormone disruption
headaches, migraines
memory, foggy thinking, and other cognitive symptoms