Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-05 | Page 3 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Se Elimination Diet Is 13 Given c as Starting Poi Point By DR MORRIS Editor Journal of the tho American Medical Medi cal Association and of the Health ine Through experience many p people ople learn that there are certain foods which seem to disagree with them Dr Walter C. C Alvarez points out that some Bome people have nausea or flatulence or drinking milk some people always have hives after e eating strawberries others are nauseated and weak whenever whenever when when- ever they cat eat shellfish With a Il view of discovering Just which foods are the troublemakers he suggests that such people make a written record of ot all of the unusual foods that they have eaten during the thc previous 24 hours whenever they develop develop de do- an attack It should also be remembered that whereas an an ordinary amount of some foods may not cause trouble extraordinary extraordinary amoun amounts may do so so that reference should also be made mad to such food excesses Sometimes the disturbance that Is apparently due to eating the food is really the result of a beginning cold coldor or or- associated with excessive emotion People who become angry too readily read read- ily fly or too angry on slight ht provocation may have disturbances of digestion at the same time I The simplest method of finding out whether or not a food is responsible for tor unusual symptoms is of at course to do without without- food altogether for afew afew a n few days day or even a a week If U under these circumstances the distress con continues one would know that the thc food was riOt flot th the chief cau cause of the troubled trou trOUt ble bled bler If however the symptoms disappear disappear pear one food after another Mother could be added to the diet and thus a test made for the first appearance of symptoms in relationship to a certain food sub stance Because fasting may be distressful it is not customary to eliminate all foods but to begin with willi a very simple sim sun pIe diet Dr Er Alvarez suggests as a 0 useful elimination diet one that contains contains con con- nothing but lamb rice potato butter gelatin and canned pears The only dr drink k allowed is water Soda Sod t fountain drinks candy and even chewing gum must not be touched during the test diet Anything Any Any- thing that thatis Is put into the mouth may complicate the thc problem This diet may gradually be Increased Increased In In- creased If symptoms do not develop by first adding milk then bread then mush made mado from wheat At As soon as the disagreeable symptoms appear the last article added to the diet Is eliminated and the test Is JI made to see if the symptoms fall to appear as long as this thi item i is out of the diet The procedure Is relatively simple Gradually eggs cheese and similar substances are added so that It Jt is finally possible to determine just just- which substance must be completely omitted In a large group of ot cases Cacs of seas seas- vity to various foods cabbage was Wal j found most mast frequently responsible then th apples then tomatoes milk chocolate onions lettuce coffee strawberries eggs meat cucumbers fats tats and greasy foods swe sweets ts and soon soon so soon on down the thc list 1