1. Elimination diet Andrea Gordon, MD TUFMR

2. Not true allergies  Food sensitivities  Felt to contribute to many disorders –Auto- immune –Asthma –Skin problems –GI –Sinus –Headaches –Fatigue

3. Eliminate most common allergens  “If you have 5 nails in your foot and you take one out, it still hurts to walk”  Ongoing inflammatory response theorized

4. Some success stories  Donna- CFID  4 year old with cough

5. Eliminate most common allergens  Wheat  Corn  Citrus  Eggs  Dairy  Also – coffee, tea, alcohol  Food additives

6. Have to coach people on how to do this  What can they eat?  How to retest?

7. What to eat  Meat, fish  Nuts and beans  Most grains  Most vegetables  Most fruit Hardest if they eat a lot of processed foods – which are not good for any of us- or eat out a lot.

8. Retest or not to retest?  If symptoms are better in 2 weeks, start retesting  If not, give it one more week – if improved then, retest.  If no improvement – eat what you want! –But note how you feel when restarting regular diet – it may have made a subtle change

9. Retesting  Test one new food every day – or every 2 if joint problems  Test the purest form possible of each food  If not sure of response go back and retest later  Ideally response is magnified

10. Now what?  Can eventually eat a little of those foods  Rotation diets  If problems in future can consider retesting

11. Questions?