Curing Food Intolerances

• 1). Eliminate any foods in your diet that cause you problems. Do this for at least eight weeks. Be extremely vigilant. This means if you have a food intolerance to eggs, you cannot eat even a tiny piece of a pancake that was made with eggs.
  
  
• 2). Read labels when shopping so you don't accidentally buy and eat any of the problem food. Gluten, for example, seems to be hidden in most processed food. Lactose, derived from milk, is another common item in processed foods. If you are intolerant to nuts, you'll need to avoid any food where the label says it is processed on the same equipment as nuts are.
  
  
• 3). Do some investigating online to find out where your food culprit is hiding, even if it's not on the label. Gluten, for instance, may not appear as an ingredient in cereal, but if the cereal includes malt, that is derived from barley, which contains gluten.
  
  
• 4). Reintroduce the food slowly after eight weeks. Eat a small amount once day. If you don't have any problems, eat a small amount again a week later. You can gradually add more over time if you no longer have problems.
  
  
• 5). Eliminate the food again if it causes a flare-up of any previous symptoms. This time, avoid it completely for six months.
  
  
• 6). Reintroduce the food again gradually after six months and gauge how well you tolerate it now. If you still have problems, eliminate it again for another six months. You can continue to repeat this process as long as you want to.