ALLERGY DIET

This is the very same allergy diet that is prescribed by Allergists and Immunologists to treat food allergies.  A controlled diet can ease the symptoms of both food and air-borne allergies.  An added benefit of following an allergy diet is that weight loss naturally occurs when allergic reactions are reduced.

THE FOOD ROTATION DIET.  The most effective allergy diet is the 4-Day Food Rotation Diet.  This diet is based on a scientific rule that applies to foods causing a sensitivity response:  When the food is consumed more often than every four days, the response becomes stronger; and when the food is consumed less often than every four days, the response becomes weaker.  This is the basis for the Rotation Diet, and this is why the 4-day rotation diet detoxifies.  Yes, the Rotation Diet is a detoxification diet.  Foods that are eaten daily cause higher toxin levels.  The same foods eaten every forth day or more produce less toxins.  Lower toxin levels avoid the build-up, which is the underlying cause of food reactions.

This diet goes beyond eating individual foods in rotation.  Foods are grouped together in biological families or sub-families, and the entire family of foods are eaten no more often than every forth day.

Strict adherence to this diet requires a great deal of self-discipline.  Meals must be planned in advance, and eating away from home can present a problem; but for most of those who suffer from food sensitivities, the reward of feeling well is worth the inconvenience.  When diligently followed, the Rotation Diet can help eliminate food allergies and then prevent their return.

Those who follow this diet should keep in mind that an occasional departure does not cancel all the progress made.  The dieter can return to the diet and make up lost ground in a short time.  Persistence over the long haul will produce favorable results.  With the Food Rotation Diet, the cumulative effect counts in a big way.

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.  Health practitioners have noted that strong food sensitivities and addictions develop together.  Foods causing a strong sensitivity reaction are usually those eaten daily over a long period of time.  The addictive aspect of food sensitivities becomes very clear when eliminating a food causing a strong reaction.  Doing without the food will usually worsen symptoms bringing out feelings of frustration, anger, and depression.  The withdrawal process develops in three stages: (1) during the first four or five days, symptoms intensify as the offending foods are being avoided, (2) the following ten days bring on slight or no change, and (3) during the last 15 days significant improvement is noticed.  The entire withdrawal process takes about 30 days.

BENEFITS. As the body mounts an immune response to food, powerful chemicals are released that irritate and poison as they circulate with the blood causing food sensitivity symptoms.  As the food reaction subsides the body begins to heal, and the following benefits are often noticed:

• Weight loss from reduced water retention.

• Weight loss from higher metabolism.

• Improved tolerance to airborne allergens.

• Improved tolerance to environmental allergens.

• Improvement in emotional well being.

• General improvement in health.

ROTATION DIET INSTRUCTIONS.  This diet should be used only when approved by a healthcare practitioner who has provided you with a List of Foods to Be Avoided.  Then do the following:

• Print the Food List (Days 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the same sheet).

• Highlight the foods to be avoided on the Food List.

• Altogether avoid the highlighted foods until instructed by you healthcare practitioner

• When the time comes to reintroduce foods into the diet, follow instructions from your healthcare practitioner.

• Or, with the healthcare practitioners approval you may follow the instructions below:

REINTRODUCING SENSITIVITY FOODS TO THE DIET. This procedure is a general guide. Your health care practitioner may give instructions to follow this or another procedure.  Those instructions must be carefully followed because of the inherent danger of reintroducing foods into the diet. 

The food being reintroduced should be eaten for two days in the following manner.

REINTRODUCING THE FOOD FOR TWO DAYS:

• Eat only the subject food on an empty stomach, preferably during the early morning.

• Eat only a small portion of the food and avoid all other substances except for plain water for three or four hours.

• Be alert to any reaction such as nausea, drowsiness, ringing ears, heart palpitations, etc.

• If a reaction occurs, strictly avoid the food and report the incident to your practitioner.

On rare occasions, a hypersensitive response occurs which is recognized by an immediate, harsh reaction when the food is eaten.  The first symptoms are usually acute nausea, abdominal pain, skin eruptions, and rapid swelling or severe breathing difficulties.  If any of the early symptoms appear, immediately seek emergency medical treatment because the first 10 or 15 minutes are critical. Extreme caution must be taken because the first symptoms can be followed by convulsions or fainting anytime during the first hour.  Therefore, IMMEDIATE emergency medical help is strongly advised in this situation.

If a reaction occurs which is merely uncomfortable, such as mild nausea or abdominal discomfort, one of the following antidotes to neutralize the reaction may be taken: (1) several glasses of plain water, (2) ½ teaspoon of baking soda mixed with water, (3) Alka-Seltzer Gold in water, or (4) a cathartic such as milk of magnesia.  Except for the plain water, these remedies should be used sparingly and not as a part of every day routine.

4-DAY ROTATION DIET