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What is an Elimination Diet?
What in the world is an elimination diet? Isn’t every diet an elimination diet? You’d think, right? But no. An elimination diet (or food challenge test) is a specific diet you do for a period of time to help determine any food allergies or sensitivities. In general, they follow a simple pattern: Weeks 1 –…
Read MoreGut Health, Crohn’s Disease, and Elimination Diets
Many gut health issues, including crohn’s disease, can be helped dramatically by sticking to an elimination diet. Two studies, one from Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University, and the other from Università di Bologna, Italy, showed that simply using an elimination diet was a very effective primary treatment. From the Italian study: CONCLUSIONS: These…
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