ELIMINATION DIET: FOOD TESTING

Milk and cheese should be tested separately. Test milk first, using fresh milk, not evaporated or dried. If you react to milk you will probably react to cheese and butter as well, although some milk-sensitive people can eat butter. Even if you can drink milk, you may react to cheese, because it contains various chemicals produced by bacteria and moulds during the cheese-making process. Some people can tolerate evaporated milk, but not fresh milk. If you react to fresh milk, you could test ‘evap’ later, but leave at least a week before you do so.

Citrus fruits should be tested with orange first, then lemon. If you can eat both of these safely then you need not test the others.

Test yeast before mushrooms. You can either use yeast extract (eg Mar-mite) or yeast vitamin tablets. Or mix half a teaspoon of baker’s yeast with water, boil for ten minutes, and drink when cool.

*365\180\8*

Related Posts:

• DIET FOR APPENDIX VI: PESTICIDES
• PREVENTING FOOD SENSITIVITY IN CHILDREN: WHEN IT COMES TO INTRODUCING NEW FOODS
• FOOD PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN: LACTOSE – THE SUGAR FOUND IN MILK
• FOOD ALLERGY: FRUITS AND NUTS