Diet A-Z: Elimination Diet (the) - What, Why and Review

The elimination diet is an interesting concept. It involves finding out which foods are no good from your body and getting rid of them entirely. For instance, some people may be lactose intolerrent without even knowing it - these people go on the elimination diet and get rid of all dairy products for two weeks and start feeling great. Then they decide that they are not going to have dairy products again. On top of things your body may not react well to, you can eliminate foods that are making you put on more weight than others.

OK i can not give you a fair review of this diet because: a) I have not done this diet properly b) I dont see it as an actual diet

When i say i have not done the diet properly what i mean is i have eliminated a few problem foods over my life time by realising accidently that they are no good for me, such as anything with caffeine in it - i can not sleep at all if i have any caffeine in the afternoon onwards, so i avoid it as much as possible now.

And when i say i dont see it as an actual diet, well i dont. It is more of an experiment. You are meant to get rid of particular food types from your diet for around two weeks at a time. If there is no difference to your weight loss or how you feel you put it back in to your diet and you get rid of another food type. This is actually something well worth doing as you are very likely to find foods your body doesnt like or react well to that you never even knew about, but the problem is eliminating every type of food for two week periods takes a heck of a long time!

As such i cant give this a fair review so wont even try. It is a “diet” i am going to try to do over a long period of time whilst on other actual healthy eating diets, and will alter this review when the time comes.