Hypotoxic Diet - What does it consist of?

I've been asked by several people now what exactly am I eating. Some people even wonder if there is anything left to eat. Let me assure you that I am enjoying food and have lots of different recipes that fit with my 'restrictive' diet.Eating at friend's proves complicated and unfortunately stressful for the person who is cooking, so I often offer to take something to warm up. A few friends are starting to have health issues themselves and are realiing that food is having an effect on them.They are becoming more 'food concious' and this in turn allow them to cook for me when I go. I am compiling a list of recipes that work for this hypotoxic diet but for now, here is a list of what I can eat:

Vegetables                   all except raw tomatoes, raw mushrooms, potatoes, aubergines, sweet peppers

limit: cooked carrots, pumpkin, squash, parsnips, cooked tomatoes

Fruit                             banana not too ripe, apples, pears, berries (raw or compote without sugar)

limit: other fruit once a day

no dried fruit

Proteins                       chicken, turkey, fish, (except tuna) once a day

beef, lamb, pork, gluten-free sausages (twice a week)

no cold meats or seafood

                                   eggs

Dairy                            no dairy whether it be cow, goat or ewe

except plain yoghurts, feta

                                   rice milk, coconut milk and cream

limit: soya milk

Grains and flours          brown rice, buckwheat, quinoa

                                   GF pasta (preferably brown rice), GF rice crackers, GF buckwheat crackers

                                    no: cornflour, soja flour

limit: cornstarch

Legumes                      all dried peas, beans and lentils

Dried fruits, nuts           all except peanuts and pistachios

                                   all grains: pumpkin, flax, sunflower etc

Oils                              all except peanut, corn, soja

                                   prefer premier pression vierge à froid

Condiments                  none except cider vinegar (unpasturised unfiltered if possible=

Sugar                           none (including aspartam etc)

exception: Stevia,

limit: honey, agave syrup, GF 70% dark chocolate,

Drinks  :                       herbal tea (without caffeine), still water, green tea, rice milk

Basic rules

No gluten

No sugar: glucose, lactose, fructose etc

No yeast

Eat as much raw food as possible and preferably organic where possible

Supplements

• Pro-biotiques
• Extract of Grapefruit seeds – start with four drops three times a day after meals and increase gradually until 15 drops three times a day
• Aged garlic
• magnesium
• calcium
• vit D
• digestive enzymes

Start the day with a cup of hot water and the juice of half a lemon and/or any other detox drink

Hypotoxic Diet

Fourth day of a hypotoxic diet and am actually feeling a little better. I'm still having allergy symptoms such as runny nose, itchy throat and eyes, but felt more energetic. I've also felt very sleepy at bed times and really needed to go to sleep (which doesn't happen that often). My nails feel stronger and my eyes aren't as quite as puffy this morning either. I'm still having digestive problems but they seem milder. As for the numb tongue and throat, that has disappeared too, and trust me thats a definate bonus! 

Three days of a hypotoxic diet is still too early to come to any conclusions as it could all just be a coincidence so we'll have to a wait a few weeks for that. Dr Joshi says that to be 'detoxed' you really need to do it for three weeks. The 'diet' I'm following is based on Dr Joshi's detox diet and Dr Seignalet's diet. Dr Seignalet was a famous french doctor who devised a diet with a detailed explanation of why it worked and for what types of illness (there are more than a hundred ranging from endometriosis to asthma from canal carpian to depression to fibromyalgia).  All doctors and alternative medicine practioners who I have been to have Dr Seignalet's book sitting on their shelf yet it has never been translated into English and there is very little on internet about it.

The diet is quite limited but I am actually not fonding it as hard as I thought I would. Dr Joshi had a few tips and I also bought a dehydrator at Christmas and am now eating tons of very moreish vegetable crisps per day. The only concern I have for me is keeping the weight on so I would say there is a big advantage for some people who follow this diet is that you detox and lose weight!

My daughter is not doing so well at the moment. In fact I feel like we've jumped back in time about a year. The crying, mood swings and insomnia is creeping back in. I thought it was probably just a bad day or week - everyone has them and I do try not to put everything down to our 'illness' - but it's getting progressively difficult and the insomnia is a big indicator. She's been in quite a bit of pain as well because as soon as she falls or bangs herself, she is in a lot of pain for up to two weeks and that has been more and more frequent. I'm considering putting her on this detox diet. I'll wait a few more days to see how I get on but I think it would probably help.

We're still waiting for the intolerance testing kits to arrive. I eagerly check the mail every day hoping they've arrived but still nothing. My dad will get his this week so I'm really impatient for that too. I'm also off to the hospital on Tuesday to see an allergy consultant who specialises in food allergy. To be honest I'm not expecting a great deal from him but at least I will have been thorough.