Re: elimination diet - dumb question

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I'm glad I just have things simple by avoiding everything with milk and corn.

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From: missyjroy <missyjroy@...>

Subject: elimination diet - dumb question

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 1:49 PM

 

I'm interested in trying to eliminate certain foods from my son's diet.

He tends to eat the same thing everyday.

Here's where I get confused:

If I eliminate one food, I feel like I need to substitute something else.

For instance, he eats eggs for breakfast, usually nothing else. If I try to

eliminate eggs do I try to substitute with something else like bacon, what if he

allergic to something in the bacon?

Also, loves potato chips, if I take them out and substitute with something else

like corn chips, what if he's allergic to corn?

Thanks,

Missy

missyjroyhotmail (DOT) com

[Guest guest]

Yes, you're right that introducing something new can make it hard to tell if the

elimination is helping. Ideally you would be removing SOME of the foods from

his diet and leaving some. It may not be possible to do a " one for one "

substitutions, such as one kind of chips for another. You would need to find

something else to give as a snack that he already eats. The harder it is to

give him something else, the more likely it is that the food you are removing is

a problem.

If you want to take out so many foods that you aren't left with enough to work

with, then you might try to building up his diet more first. If he won't accept

any new foods then I would add enzymes if you aren't already using them (this

can help disrupt the food addiction cycle). I would also get really hard core

about yeast, since yeast can also be part of food addiction. A lot of people

find that it's only after the " favorite " foods are removed that the person will

then branch out and try new things. It's often the foods that the person eats

all the time that CAUSE the desire to only eat those foods.

-Sierra

>

> I'm interested in trying to eliminate certain foods from my son's diet. He

tends to eat the same thing everyday.

>

> Here's where I get confused:

>

> If I eliminate one food, I feel like I need to substitute something else.

>

> For instance, he eats eggs for breakfast, usually nothing else. If I try to

eliminate eggs do I try to substitute with something else like bacon, what if he

allergic to something in the bacon?

>

> Also, loves potato chips, if I take them out and substitute with something

else like corn chips, what if he's allergic to corn?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Missy

> missyjroy@...

>