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| allergy." To orthodox physicians, an allergic reaction is immediate and dramatic, like anaphylactic shock, which can be fatal, or a sudden eruption of hives. The term "food sensitivity" was coined to describe more subtle reactions that are still debilitating. |
| Although there are blood tests and patch tests designed to detect food allergies and sensitivities, you can conduct your own effective test at home with pencil in hand. Keep a notebook of everything you eat, when you eat it, how your body responds and how you feel. Sometimes this simple exercise will bring to light an obvious connection between cause and symptom. |
| Rotation Diet |
| A more rigorous test is the four-day rotation diet. Because it takes four days for the body to remove all traces of the foods you consume, this system schedules four days of menus according to related food groups. On Day One you might eat wheat, then no wheat at all on Days Two, Three and Four. Here is an example of four days' food groups. |
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four
apples | oranges | bananas | pears
wheat | oats | rye | buckwheat
cashews | almonds | pecans | walnuts
cow's milk | almond milk | goat milk | soy milk
beef | chicken | fish | lamb
carrots | celery | radishes | parsnips
wheat bran | oat bran | rice bran | psyllium husks
| On Day One, eat any bread containing wheat by itself (no multi-grain bread), any cow's milk or dairy product (cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.), any amount of apples and carrots, beef, cashew nuts, and whatever else you decide to add to the list, as long as it doesn't conflict with the next three days' foods. If your bread contains sesame seed, add it to the list so you won't eat sesame seeds again. If you have |
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