You can eat avocado on an elimination diet.
You cannot and should not take any vitamins when on an elimination diet as it can be counter productive to the elimination diet.
In order to have great results with the elimination diet you should avoid any herbs, vitamins and over the counter medications.
However you should still take any prescription medications as needed while on the elimination diet.
You can eat sweet potatoes on an elimination diet as well as red beats, radishes, peppers, regular potatoes, orange carrots, orange pepper, winter squash, yams, yellow summer squash, yellow peppers, white onion and even garlic.
You can eat rice on an elimination diet including brown rice and you can also eat millet, buckwheat and quinoa.
It is okay to eat chicken on the elimination diet as long as you are not sensitive to chicken.
However you should eliminate foods such as fatty meats which include veal, pork and beef.
Peanut butter is okay on an elimination diet as well as other nut butters such as cashew butter, walnut butter, sesame tahini and almond butter.
Hummus is allowed on the elimination diet and also goes well with rice cakes, celery and carrots.
You can eat watermelon and other fruit on an elimination diet which includes cantaloupe, honeydew, tomatoes, rhubarb, yacon and even pineapple.
You can eat oatmeal on an elimination diet as they are high in fiber and filling and also very friendly for people with food allergies and food sensitivities.
When you start an elimination diet you remove foods known to cause uncomfortable symptoms and reintroduce them later while testing for symptoms.
The elimination diet helps to identify food intolerance's as well as allergies and sensitivities to certain foods.
The elimination diet is a diagnostic procedure that is used in order to identify foods which a person cannot consume without adverse effects.
Adverse effects of eating certain foods may be due to food allergy, food intolerance, other physiological mechanisms, or a combination of these.
The elimination phase of an elimination diet should take no more than six weeks to work.
After that the reintroduction period can take a few days to several weeks, depending on how many items you're reintroducing.
If you're cutting out many food groups in one, just watch out for nutritional deficiencies.
During an elimination diet, you'll hopefully experience less bloating, gas, diarrhea, headaches, inflammation or other issues.
That's because the problem foods are no longer part of your diet.
The results of an elimination diet can be long lasting.
An elimination diet isn't about losing weight but there are benefits.
An elimination diet is a great way to identify foods you're allergic or sensitive to, but it's not a “quick fix” or a long-term solution for weight loss.
While this is a restricted diet during the process, it's not the end point.
While it seems ironic, it is possible to have a food sensitivity to foods you crave and enjoy eating.
In the first few days of an elimination diet, symptoms may become worse before they get better.
The goal of an elimination diet is to cut out foods long enough to calm the immune system so when you start adding foods back in, you'll clearly notice a reaction.
Typically, two to three weeks is a good time frame for accomplishing this.
Following an elimination diet means saying goodbye, at least temporarily, to alcohol, caffeine, and sugar as well as common allergens like gluten, dairy, eggs, corn, and soy.
Some will take it a step further and add peanuts, citrus, nightshades, beef, pork, processed meats, and shellfish to the list of no-nos.