may 13 2014151 skipping out on certain foods in the name of weight loss is nothing newbut the latest trend in elimination diets has little if anything to do with weight loss now throngs of healthconscious eaters are turning to elimination diets in an effort to cure everything from headaches and fatigue to skin irritations and digestive woes and while the average person probably doesnt suffer from food intolerances an elimination diet is the best way to identify any problems for those who might says nutritionist rania batayneh mph author of the one one one diet is sugar worse than marijuana heres how it works you cut out the most common foods linked to intolerancesdairy soy nuts eggs gluten sugar and alcoholfor three to four weeks the goal of the elimination phase is to entirely remove the foods antibodies from your body which takes several weeks says batayneh then reintroduce one food at a time so that theres no confusion as to which food caused a bad reaction pay close attention to your body after the reintroduction of a foodnot just immediately but up to two days afterwardso that you can link symptoms to the food if the reintroduced food didnt cause any adverse reaction move on to the next possible culpritand continue until you can identify the foods that are causing trouble 6 ways to get more calcium that dont involve eating dairy problem is the symptoms of food intolerance are anything but easy to pinpoint for instance the most common symptomsfatigue bloating constipation diarrhea headaches brain fog rashes joint pain and inflammationcan all be blamed on anything from a bad nights sleep to a toohard workout and unless you really have a food intolerance theres no health benefit associated with cutting out otherwise healthy food groups such as dairy and gluten says batayneh for instance if youre cutting out gluten you could miss out on healthboosting whole grains if you do decide to try an elimination diet planning is key plan a shopping list so that your kitchen is stocked with alternatives says batayneh that will help ensure that you get all of the nutrients your body needsbut none of the items that are on your list of nowforbidden foods after all even the tiniest little slip up can skew your results 5 fruits and veggies youve been eating wrong