If you’ve tried the basic elimination diets and still aren’t satisfied that all of your food allergies have been identified, continue to test individual foods in the approximate order (most often to seldom). For instance, to test beef, eliminate beef in all forms for three weeks. Then eat generous portions of beef for three consecutive meals. If allergic symptoms develop, stop eating beef. If allergic symptoms do not develop, you can probably assume that beef is acceptable. Continue to eat beef while you test the next food in the same manner.

If all goes according to plan, elimination diets will leave you with a list of foods responsible for your allergies. Those foods, of course, should be avoided for several months.

Notice we didn’t say ‘avoided forever. Allergies change. After a year or more, you may lose your sensitivity to a food to which you are now allergic. After not eating the food for several months, test it once more. If symptoms reappear, you will have to continue to avoid it indefinitely. If nothing happens, however, you can add that food to your diet at intervals of four days or longer. If you’ve tested every food in your diet and still have symptoms, the next step is to eliminate food additives or pesticides – or both.

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