The Elimination Diet Meals

An elimination diet is a method of identifying foods that an individual cannot consume without adverse effects.Adverse effects may be due to food allergy, food intolerance, other physiological mechanisms(such as metabolic or toxins),or a combination of these. When the mechanism is unknown, but a food is suspected, the mechanism may be described as a food sensitivity or a food hypersensitivity. Elimination diets typically involve entirely removing a suspected food from the diet for a period of time from two weeks to two months, and seeing whether symptoms resolve during that time. In extreme cases, an oligoantigenic diet may be tested.

Common reasons for undertaking an elimination diet include suspected food allergies and suspected food intolerances. An elimination diet might remove one or more common foods, such as eggs or milk, or it might remove one or more minor or non-nutritive substances, such as artificial food colorings.