Elimination diets are commonly employed when diagnosing and treating food allergies, intolerances, and other disease processes in which a systemic reaction to a particular food product is assumed or proven. Many elimination diets exist, but almost all are based on the concept of removing a food or foods from the diet for some time and reintroducing foods while monitoring symptomatology. Most elimination diets are indicated when symptoms are present, but a formal diagnosis has not been made; the exception is the gluten-free diet in established celiac disease or gluten enteropathy. With most elimination diets, removal of all or a subset of the most commonly implicated food allergens is recommended; these allergens include animal milk, eggs, soy, wheat, nuts, including tree nuts and peanuts, and fish, including shellfish. Instituting an elimination diet before arriving at a formal diagnosis frequently facilitates the ongoing evaluation by identifying trigger foods and guiding further serological and procedural assessment.This activity reviews the steps in implementing commonly utilized elimination diets, their clinical significance, and the potential adverse effects of dietary restrictions, and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in improving outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal or food-related pathologies that benefit from introducing an elimination diet.
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- Start Date: 2024-12-01 06:00:00
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- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Gastroenterology, General Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Neurology, Rheumatology