ALLERGY DIET: USING UNUSUAL FOODS IN YOUR DIET

Using unusual foods in your diet, especially in rotation, can help extend and vary your diet. You are less likely to react to a food if you have never or seldom eaten it. Use substitutes such as goat’s and sheep’s milk and cheese if you can, and unusual grains, such as buckwheat, sago or tapioca. Eat duck, venison, rabbit and turkey more frequently.

Fish, if you tolerate it, can be a very useful, and relatively cheap, way to extend your rotation. There are a large number of families of fish, and you can have a wide diet by using this variety on a rotation. Some people react to fish of any kind, however, so take care if you know you react consistently to all fish.

Pure nut butters can also be useful to extend your diet. You can buy almond, cashew and peanut butter without added oil.

Introduce herbs, spices and seeds into a rotation to give you variety and flavour. Treat each as a new food as you introduce it, and stick to the food families.

You can use fruit oils or nut oils, such as grapeseed oil or hazelnut and walnut oils, for salad dressings. Do not use for baking or cooking as they produce unpleasant-tasting chemicals when cooked.

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