This diet is one of many special elimination diets that have been recommended by food allergy experts. It is derived by excluding foods, dyes, and preservatives that are most commonly found to aggravate symptoms of Urticaria (hives) and eczema. It does not consider each individual, so you may have fewer, or even more, limitations based on your history and/or skin test.
This diet may need to be tried for at least three weeks before any significant improvement is seen.
Special Instructions:
 | All fruits and vegetables (except lettuce) should be cooked |
| Utilize only fresh meats, fruits, and vegetables. No canned foods or prepared items. This excludes dyes and preservatives |
| Read all labels. Do not prepare anything that includes food additives. |
Foods allowed are listed below:
| Meats - Beef, chicken, lamb, and pork |
| Vegetables - Artichoke, asparagus, beets, carrots, chard, lettuce, rice, and spinach |
| Fruits - Apricots, cranberries, peaches, pears, pineapple, and prunes |
| Other - Coffee, tea, pepper, salt, sugar, and shortening* |
*Shortening must be of vegetable origin and without milk solids (read label)
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