Modified Elimination Diet
|
Food Group |
Allowed |
Avoid |
| Meat, Fish, Poultry
Legumes Eggs |
Chicken, turkey, lean lamb
All legumes, dried peas, and lentils Cold-water fish (salmon, halibut, mackerel, trout, tuna, swordfish Egg replacements |
Red meat, cold cuts, frankfurter, sausage, canned meat, eggs, cholesterol-free egg substitutes
|
| Dairy Products | Milk substitutes such as rice milk, nut milks, and soy milk
Casein-free soy yogurt |
Milk, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, ice cream, cream, non-dairy creamers |
| Starch | Sweet potato, arrowroot, brown or wild rice, tapioca, buckwheat, millet, gluten-free products | All gluten-containing products, including pasta, all corn, and corn-containing products |
| Bread/Cereal | Any made from whole grain rice, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, teff, millet, soy, potato flour, tapioca, arrowroot, or whole-grain gluten-free based products | All made from wheat, oat, spelt, kamut, rye, barley, or gluten-containing grains |
| Vegetables | All vegetables, preferably fresh, frozen or freshly juiced; especially garlic and onions | Creamed or made with prohibited ingredients. Corn. |
| Fruits | Unsweetened fresh, frozen, freshly juiced, or water-packed canned fruits, excluding citrus and non-organic strawberries | Fruit drinks, ades, cocktails, citrus, strawberries (non-organic), and dried fruits preserved with sulfites |
| Soup | Clear, vegetable-based broth, homemade vegetarian soup, chili made with ground chicken or turkey | Canned or creamed soup
Any with gluten-containing flours or grains |
| Beverages | Freshly prepared or unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice, pure water, non-citrus herbal tea, green tea. | Milk, dairy-based products, coffee, tea, cocoa, Postum, alcoholic beverages, soda pop, sweetened beverages, citrus drinks, cold drinks |
| Fats/Oils | Cold, expeller pressed, unrefined, light-shielded canola, flax, olive, pumpkin, sesame, and walnut oil, salad dressings made from allowed ingredients. Coconut oil. | Margarine, shortening, butter, refined oils, salad dressing, and spreads |
| Nuts/Seeds | RAW almonds, cashews, flax seed, pecans, pumpkin, sesame, squash seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, nut-seed butters made with allowed ingredients | Peanuts, pistachios, peanut butter and ALL roasted nuts/seeds |
| Sweeteners | Brown rice syrup, fruit sweetener, raw honey, molasses, Stevia, maple syrup | Brown sugar, corn syrup, fructose |
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