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raeanna74 · 03-15-2004, 09:25 AM

I grew up with severe food allergies so know the "allergy diet" like the back of my hand. When your allergist starts you on an elimination diet you eat a very limited diet. Then you add one food at a time waiting a couple days or more in between to see if they give you a reaction. When you find something that does give you a reaction you drop that from your diet and move on down the list of foods to add. It goes something like this

Grains:
Start with Rice
Add the following in order:
Oat
Rye
Wheat
Corn
Any other grains

Fruits
Start with Peaches, pears, plums
Add Bananas (sometimes people won't get a reaction from bananas unless they are exposed to latex in the same day - for some reason the two allergies tend to coincide)
Grapes,
Apples (sometimes people will only be allergic to the skin in apples as I am - there is a salycylic acid in the skin)
Tomatoes
Other Citrus fruits - go from least citrus to most citrus (some people are allergic to the ascorbic acid in citrus fruits so watch your ingredients closely on bottled juice)

Meats and dairy:
Lamb
Venison
Duck
Turkey
Chicken
Beef
Milk, cheese and other dairy
Eggs
Other meats
Seafood last as that tends to me a more common allergy

Nuts and legumes
Start with adding peanuts - as they are a legume not a tree nut
Then tree nuts - often if a person is allergic to one kind of nut they will be allergic to others.

Vegetables:
Peas
Potatoes sweet or white
Green beans
Any other vegetables - Vegetables are among the more rare allergenic foods.

Even while you are waiting to get relief and to get tested you can start out with this diet to avoid problems. Try to eat these foods pure when you first try them - don't use bottled juices or things that often have added ascorbic acid or sweeteners. Also Dextrose and corn syrup are from corn so avoid those in ingredients until you have eliminated corn as an allergen.

Starting out I ate ONLY rice cakes, Chex rice cereal, Rice baby cereal, Cooked white or wild rice with no additives, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Almost any vegetable (NOT tomatoes since they are a more citrus fruit), Lamb and venison. It's a sparse diet but it gives relief from allergic reactions to food and is well worth it if you are allergic to any foods. I stayed on the diet for about a week until all my reactions that I'd been having had calmed down and then began adding ONE food at a time and waiting about 48 hours between each new food.

I know this doesn't address any of the other possibilities but I think everyone else covered those well.

03-15-2004, 09:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	I grew up with severe food allergies so know the "allergy diet" like the back of my hand. When your allergist starts you on an elimination diet you eat a very limited diet. Then you add one food at a time waiting a couple days or more in between to see if they give you a reaction. When you find something that does give you a reaction you drop that from your diet and move on down the list of foods to add. It goes something like this Grains: Start with Rice Add the following in order: Oat Rye Wheat Corn Any other grains Fruits Start with Peaches, pears, plums Add Bananas (sometimes people won't get a reaction from bananas unless they are exposed to latex in the same day - for some reason the two allergies tend to coincide) Grapes, Apples (sometimes people will only be allergic to the skin in apples as I am - there is a salycylic acid in the skin) Tomatoes Other Citrus fruits - go from least citrus to most citrus (some people are allergic to the ascorbic acid in citrus fruits so watch your ingredients closely on bottled juice) Meats and dairy: Lamb Venison Duck Turkey Chicken Beef Milk, cheese and other dairy Eggs Other meats Seafood last as that tends to me a more common allergy Nuts and legumes Start with adding peanuts - as they are a legume not a tree nut Then tree nuts - often if a person is allergic to one kind of nut they will be allergic to others. Vegetables: Peas Potatoes sweet or white Green beans Any other vegetables - Vegetables are among the more rare allergenic foods. Even while you are waiting to get relief and to get tested you can start out with this diet to avoid problems. Try to eat these foods pure when you first try them - don't use bottled juices or things that often have added ascorbic acid or sweeteners. Also Dextrose and corn syrup are from corn so avoid those in ingredients until you have eliminated corn as an allergen. Starting out I ate ONLY rice cakes, Chex rice cereal, Rice baby cereal, Cooked white or wild rice with no additives, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Almost any vegetable (NOT tomatoes since they are a more citrus fruit), Lamb and venison. It's a sparse diet but it gives relief from allergic reactions to food and is well worth it if you are allergic to any foods. I stayed on the diet for about a week until all my reactions that I'd been having had calmed down and then began adding ONE food at a time and waiting about 48 hours between each new food. I know this doesn't address any of the other possibilities but I think everyone else covered those well. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.