Allergy/intollerance Detection Food Diary

[super-sally888]

Hi -

I have to try an elimination diet for food allergies. Just scribbling in a notepad ain't working.

Does anyone have a good format for a diary that they can recommend?

Sally

[gdobson]

Hey Sally,

I've had to do that for me and my son. But of course, the more complicated things are, the less likely you are to stick with them. I know you don't want to do it this way, but I just used a steno pad and one page for each day: Breakfast, blah blah blah, Lunch blah blah blah...you know. On a high note, it kept me from eating too much since I didn't want to write it all down.

I wish I had a better idea for you.

Gina

Portsmouth, VA

[hathor]

I'm another one that just puts the date, the name of the meal, and what I had. This had started as a diet journal, so I put my weight and what exercise I did also. All this helped with my weight tremendously ... then I saw certain patterns. Gee, I feel sick and I just had this. Which is how I came to be tested by Enterolab.

Now I put down any symptoms I had, with some symbols to save time. Night sweats are a problem, so if I had any, I put a checkmark by the date. I put an asterick for each BM. Anything else, I write down.

Have you tried googling to see if any one has a free format available? I know www.foodintol.com has a diary, but you have to subscribe to their service. So I don't know if it is worth it, never having run across anyone who has forked over the money.