Module 9: How to Teach Clients to Eat Right
Unit 2: Core Content: Part 5: Revisit the Elimination Diet Module
Elimination Phase of Elimination Diet
Note: this is how we teach elimination diet to our clients, you may use this as a model for your programs
Food allergies and food sensitivities and not the same.
When we mention food allergies, many people think of the very dangerous situation of extreme reactions — closing throats, swollen tongues, and the inability to breathe. Severe food allergies are not to be taken lightly.
But not all food allergies come with extreme reactions you can immediately see on the outside. More than half of all Americans have a food allergy and most don’t even know it.
Food allergies and food intolerances develop when your digestive system is put under strain from your day-to-day eating habits and lifestyle. With the modern Standard American Diet flaunting and tempting you to eat inflammatory processed foods, it’s inevitable that the lining in your gut wall just can’t do the job nature intended.
Once your gut is exposed and damaged, you begin to develop sensitivities to everyday, common foods. The symptoms may start out small – almost unnoticeable, but with years and years of chronic exposure, the consequences can become more serious.
You can have a food allergy or sensitivity to foods like bread, milk, eggs, and even healthy foods like broccoli — and you may not realize that these common foods are making you ill. That’s why doing some detective work to figure out if you have any food sensitivity culprits is important.
By using the resources below, you’ll learn how do do an elimination diet to remove suspects identified in the Preparation for the Elimination Diet Phase.
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Action Plan
Plan Your Elimination Diet
You have 2 choices as you proceed into the elimination phase. You can go “cold-turkey” as the saying goes and eliminate everything all at once. The downside of this is IT CAN BE HARD! Plus taking away everything may cause a physiologic withdrawal reaction, or a rapid detox reaction, both of which can be uncomfortable. If you’ve done fasts before, or if you’ve already eliminated most of these foods, you are probably ok to jump right in.
If you’d prefer to take it slow, here is my suggestion.
Phase 1
Food Group 1: Known or suspected sensitivity
Food Group 2: Grains
Food Group 3: Dairy
Food Group 4: Sugar
Food Group 5: Eggs
Food Group 6: Inflammatory fats
Food Group 7: Soy
Food Group 8: High glycemic fruits
Phase 2
Not everyone needs to proceed to phase 2. If after removing all of the 8 food groups in Phase 1, you’re feeling great, you can move to the Re-Introduction phase. If you haven’t seen any or much improvement you either need to stay on the phase 1 elimination for longer or move to phase 2 and eliminate additional foods.
I suggest everyone eliminate alcohol and most caffeine. Once you feel great, an occasional glass of wine or cup of coffee may be fine. Eliminate now, then test. If you find yourself craving them, it’s a sign that you need to let go.
Food Group 9: Alcoholic beverages
Food Group 10: Caffeine, including coffee, chocolate, and black tea.
Food Group 11: Nightshades
Food Group 12: Nuts and seeds
Phase 3
This phase is optional. You only need to do it if you are not experiencing improvement after removing all foods in phase 1 and all applicable in phase 2, and staying off for at least 4 days. The foods chosen here are based on your assessments and your food religion assessment.
Food Group 13: Foods you crave
Food Group 14: Foods you eat often
Food Group 15: High oxalate foods
Food Group 16: Other food constituents you suspect based on the Food Religions Assessments
Refer to the document the Elimination Phase of the Protocol for more details and resources to help you through the process.
Design your elimination diet.
Elimination Diet Menu Plan: Use this document, along with the results from Learning to Spot Potential Trigger Foods and the detailed elimination protocol in step 1 above to make a list of the foods you’ll be eating during the core 4 days of the elimination phase. Start with eliminating the Phase 1 foods. I suggest that you plan to eliminate the top 6 allergens for several weeks before re-introduction.
Plan Your Elimination Diet Meals
Use this 80-page document to find ideas for what to eat on your elimination diet.
Eat as many meals as you need to be satisfied and substitute ingredients, as needed, according to your plan.
Follow Your Elimination Diet and Track Your Foods and Symptoms
Using the Diet and Symptom Tracker introduced during the preparation phase during the elimination and provocation phases is important to your success. Use the PDF version that you can download and print, or the Excel version, if you prefer to track digitally. If you’re comfortable with technology, you can upload the excel version to a google sheet and track on your mobile devices if you like.
Diet and Symptom Tracker (PDF)
Print the PDF version and carry it around with you. Print several copies of it and staple together.
Diet and Symptom Tracker (XLSX)
If you prefer to track things on your computer, use the Excel spreadsheet version.
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