For the past 13 years our kids have been on a gluten free, casein free diet with implementations from
The Body Ecology Diet and
The GAPS Diet. We have allowed cheating here and there on special occasions and days that we are overwhelmed with prepping but mostly have followed the plan to the T.
Recently we received our comprehensive lab results back from our visit with
Dr. Julie Buckley and found that our kids are actually ALLERGIC to many foods, one child worse than the other. She suggested that we begin a
rotational diet to help A.) heal and B.) recover our kids from their food allergies and related symptoms. In essence, your receive a chart of all the foods tested. It is rated in categories of 1-3, one being minor and three being absolute no.
To begin a rotational food diet you take a list of food groups and color code them. i.e. veggies, fruits, animal products etc. Then you create a spreadsheet containing days/meals, planning meals with food groups and not using 1 item from 1 food group more than once in 4 days. After a month or so you can begin to add some of the low-mid level allergy foods into the group, one new one every 4 days. After a year or so you can actually eliminate food allergies by doing this and hopefully reintroduce your kids to foods helping them live a more normal, healthy life.
