FOOD GROUP
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ALLOWED
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AVOID
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Meat, Fish, Poultry,
Legumes, Eggs
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Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, Wild
Meats, All Legumes, Dried Peas, Lentils, Cold-Water Fish like Salmon,
Halibut, Mackrel, Trout
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Beef, Cold Cuts, Franfurter,
Pork, Sausage, Canned Meat, Eggs, Egg Substitutes
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Dairy Products
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Milk Substitutes like Soy,
Almond, or Rice Milks
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Milk, Cheese, Cottage Cheese,
Yogurt, Ice Cream, Cream, Non-Dairy Creamers
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Starch
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White/Sweet Potato, Yams,
Arrowroot, Rice, Tapioca, Buckwheat, Millet, Gluten-Free Products
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All Gluten Containing
products
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Bread/Cereal
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Any made from Rice, Quinoa,
Amaranth, Teff, Millet, Buckwheat, Soy, Potato, Tapioca, Arrowroot, or
Gluten-Free Products
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All made from Wheat, Rye,
Barley, Oats, Kamut, Spelt
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Vegetables
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All Vegetables
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Made with foods to be
avoided, or in a cream sauce
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Fruits
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All Fruits
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Fruit drinks, -ades,
Cocktails, Oranges, Grapefruit, Strawberries, Bananas, Dried Fruit preserved
with Sulfites or Sorbates
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Soup
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Clear, Vegetable-Broth,
Homemade Vegetarian Soup, Chili made with Ground Poultry
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Canned or Cream Soups. Any
made from Gluten Containing Grains and Flours
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Beverages
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Water (spring or filtered),
Herbal Tea, Freshly Prepared or Unsweetened Diluted Fruit or Vegetable Juices
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Milk, Dairy-Containing
Products, Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Postum, Pop, Sweetened Drinks, Citrus Drinks,
Alcohol
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Fats/Oils
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Cold, Expeller-pressed,
Unrefined, Flax, Olive, Sesame, Pumpkin, and Walnut Oils, Coconut Butter,
Salad Dressings made from those foods
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Margarine, Shortening, Lard,
Butter, Refined Oils, Salad Dressings, Spreads
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Nuts/Seeds
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Almond, Brazil, Filberts,
Cashews, Flax Seed, Pecans, Pine, Pumpkin, Sesame, Squash, Sunflower,
Walnuts, Nut/Seed Butters from these
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Peanuts, Pistachios, Peanut
Butter
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Sweeteners
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Agave Nectar, Brown Rice
Syrup, Fruit Sweeteners, Organic Blackstrap Molases, Stevia
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Brown Sugar, Honey, Molasses,
Maple Syrup, Corn Syrup, Fructose, Sugar
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Needless to say, the list of what I can have is so much easier than the list of what I can't have. I am supposed to be on this strict diet for 21 days to cleanse my system. Then I can start the testing by introducing one food - eating a little bit with each meal that day. Then back on the cleansing diet for the next 3 days, the whole time tracking any effects the food might be having on me. If on the morning of the fourth day I still have no reaction, I can test with the next food I want to re-introduce.
So basically, I'll be on this for at least a couple of months. Realistically, I should view this as a lifestyle change, and when all is said and done, I can "add" some foods to this list.
Yesterday, I was 9 days into this diet. For reasons I won't go into here, I went off last night. I made a conscious decision to do this, knowing that today I will be restaring my diet countdown from day 1. At least this time it will be easier. I won't be going through the severe headaches and pains I was in for the first 3 days like last time. It was bad.
So for the next few months, I'll be on this journey. And blogging here to help me track my moods and any side effects.
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