Written by admin on 2009-04-20T12:42:38+0000">April 20, 2009 – 12:42 pm
This often happens during the first few days of the exclusion phase, and it is generally considered a good sign. These ‘withdrawal symptoms’ are seen in many food-sensitive patients and seem to be caused by suddenly cutting out the offending food. They should pass by the end of the first week, if not before. Don’t give up.
Feeling a little worse
This may be a mild version of the withdrawal symptoms, but if it persists after seven days, then it is something else. One possibility is that you were somewhat undernourished to start with and the diet has made things worse. If you think this is likely, go back to the healthy eating’ diet and take a nutritional supplement – see p330. Stay on this regime for a couple of months to try to recover your general health. Then try the Stage 2 diet again – or move straight on to Stage 3.
Feeling worse, then much better
Once you have felt consistently better for three or four days then you should start the reintroduction phase – see below. Don’t delay doing this. Write down exactly how you feel at this point – it may be useful and encouraging to refer back to this later, if you suffer a lot of reactions during food testing.
Feeling much better quite quickly
This can happen, especially in children and young people – they seem to miss out on the withdrawal symptoms. Go on to the reintroduction phase.
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