The 14-Day Elimination Diet Plan: Identify Food Allergies and Sensitivities the No-Stress Way

This book is written in a easy to understand tone for people, like myself, who enjoy nutrition, but do not a lot of nutritional reading. It clearly describes why an elimination diet is important in certain cases and how to use it properly with easy to follow plans yet offering some flexibility and so many wonderful recipes. I have already given a copy of this to a close friend who has struggled with food sensitivities and has been trying so many other ways to solve her concerns. Worth the read!

It's like so many other books about food allergies. I actually bought a hard copy to refer back to pages. Helpful but not as easy as I had hoped.

Horribly repetitive and frankly not very useful

Helpful

Tara, author, was diagnosed with IBS a few years ago so knows the hurt, defeat and frustration of trying to determine food triggers. Do you know the difference between a food allergy versus a food sensitivity/intolerance? All will be explained in this book.Wow! The 'foods to eat' list is WAY WAY shorter than the 'foods to avoid' list so be prepared! A 14 day meal plan is provided for you along with all the recipes. IMPORTANT to keep a food journal of what you eat, symptoms if applicable, along with any changes. (A sample page is included.) Reintroduction of different foods is very plainly explained, telling you what to add to each meal and giving you several menu/meal options.I fully get the reasoning behind an elimination diet and if you are someone that needs to do this you will find this VERY encouraging. Tara has done a great job in providing a wide variety of recipes so that even if you are going without some of your favorite, not good for you foods, you can still create and eat tasty meals. HOWEVER I am very disappointed to see canola oil as the only oil used in many of the recipes and the only fat listed in the 'foods to eat' list. Canola oil is an inflammatory and much of it is VERY highly processed and deodorized to prevent the consumer knowing it has gone rancid. Is there nothing else available that is healthier in the elimination phase?Know what a flax egg is? You will find out on Page 85. A wonderful Allergy-Free Broth recipe is given on Page 96 and you will use this frequently in the recipes. Sheet Pan Chicken Breasts with Garlicky Greens? Yummy! Top of the page says that it serves four but the instructions say to divide between two plates. Judging by the ingredient quantities I would think this recipe is for two people. Fancy some Mango-Banana Nice Cream after that?At the end you will find the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists along with measurement conversions. The 75 recipes are for the 14 days elimination plan so plenty of variety to choose from. I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher. Thanks, Liz

I won't lie..... I haven't actually followed the 14 day plan! I mean, I made some of the recipes out of here: spring roll bowl (minus the meat), blueberry-basil mason jar salad, creamy golden soup (SOO good!), and Mediterranean roasted asparagus. There are 75 recipes in here and as a vegetarian I can use about a third of them (although if I modify them, I can do a lot more). Maybe one of these days I'll actually do the elimination diet to see if I have any allergies or sensitivities, but today was not that day. I came here for recipes and was not disappointed!

This is a handy and comprehensive elimination diet nicely laid out to do in a short period of time. Most elimination diets that I've known are at least 30 days. I like that this author offers a condensed plan. This book does a nice job of providing an overview explanation of the differences between food intolerances, sensitivities, and allergies - enough to understand, but not so technical to lose your attention. I like that she has resources and references listed at the back of the book as well. While it may seem that the list of foods to avoid is long compared to the list of foods to eat, it's important to remember this is an elimination diet. The author provides many recipes that creatively use the limited foods that are full of flavor. Her suggested meal plans offer variety to prevent boredom. The only criticism I have is that some of her snacks aren't balanced to my way of thinking (the fruit or vegetable only ones). Overall, I think this is a great resource for those wishing to complete an elimination diet. I was provided a review copy from the publisher for this review.