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The simplest and most effective method of treating food intolerance is to avoid the culprit foods. Assuming that you have successfully identified your culprit foods, by following an elimination diet, the next step is to establish an adequate menu that excludes those foods. Make a list of the foods you cannot eat, and a list of those that you can. Talk to your doctor about your proposed diet, and ask for advice on its nutritional value.
After about six months, you can retest each of the incriminated foods, to see if you still react to them. If you do react, then try again six months later. If not, then you can begin eating them once in every four days. After a year of this, you can increase the frequency cautiously, but you should never go back to eating the food every day, or in large amounts. If symptoms recur, cut out the culprit foods again for a couple of months.
If you are not fully well, even after the elimination diet, then it is worth considering other possibilities – it could be that you have other problems, in addition to food intolerance. Nutritional deficiencies, candidiasis and chemical sensitivity are possible candidates. A continuing tendency to diarrhoea and wind may indicate gut-flora disturbances. The only treatment for this is to eat plenty of live yoghurt.
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