Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION Toxic Foods: The Original Detox Diet
- Pills for Everything 3
- Could a Toxic Food Be Spoiling Your Life? 11
- The Myths of Nutritional Medicine 21
- Cases, Cases, Cases 27
- Definition Time 39
- Introducing the Basic Elimination Diet 47
- The Hidden, or “Masking Effect” Explained 57
- Overload and Target Organs 65
- Brain Allergies 73
- Self Inventory 87
- The Elimination Diet Step 103
- What to do if the Diet Succeeds 123
- What to do if the Diet Fails 137
- The Fast: Only if You Must 151
- Controlling Your Diet: How to Stay Well 161
- Children as Special Patients 173
- Problem Situations You May Encounter in 195
Elimination Dieting
- Let’s Talk About Substitutes 209
- Testing For Allergies 221
- Malabsorption and Leaky Gut 233
- Candida and The Human Microbiome 249
Appendix A. Food Families
Appendix B. Food Contacts List
Appendix C. Seven-Day Stone Age Diet
Appendix D. Lower Your Pesticide Intake
Appendix E. Some Useful Addresses