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Elimination Diet Action Research Group
Elimination Diet Action Research Group
January -
Meetings will be held at the Natural Health Clinic, 39 Cotham Hill, Bristol on Friday evenings at 7pm. There will be six meetings altogether at a total cost of £60.
Schedule:
Friday January 9th: Introduction meeting, start elimination diet
Friday January 16th: 1st meeting
Friday January 23rd: 2nd meeting
Friday January 30th: 3rd meeting
Friday February 13th: 4th meeting
Friday February 27th: 5th meeting, Finish elimination diet.
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The Elimination Diets
There are many types of elimination diet on offer. Having done some extensive research into the subject, and through consulting with many experts in the field, I have chosen two tried and tested diets that have consistently delivered the goods. These are based on the immense work and experience of Dr. John Mansfield, a founder of the British Society for Allergy and Environmental Medicine, and Clinical Director of the Burghwood Clinic.
The two diets are very similar in approach, one is for omnivores, the other is for vegetarians and vegans.
Burghwood Clinic Elimination Diet
For Omnivores
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Burghwood Clinic Elimination Diet
For Vegetarians and Vegans
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Elimination Diet Group January 2009
To book a place in the January 2009 group please pay directly via Paypal (opposite), or send a cheque for £60 payable to Max Drake to: Natural Health Clinic
39 Cotham Hill
Bristol
BS6 6JY
Please phone me first on 07973 440615 if you need any further information or if you have any medical conditions or other special needs that may need to be considered.
Action Research and Elimination Diets
Most people who decide to partake in an elimination diet notice significant changes in how they are feeling within 10 days. It is not uncommon for people to feel elated at how much energy they have, and at the disappearance of symptoms they have suffered for years. Sometimes these are things that one has become so used to that they only become really apparent once they disappear! I have lost count of the number of people who suddenly rediscovered their sense of smell, or who slept right through the night for the first time in ages and woke up in the morning feeling clear headed and ready to take on the world.
Over the past few years I have helped many of patients by recommending elimination diets, and have been through the whole process myself. During this time some common themes have emerged:
For these reasons I believe that the Action Research approach can help people to fully explore what is going on for them, and to 'crystallise' the information they gain from the process. The central purpose is to give people a much greater chance of succeeding in their journey towards wellness. Also, of course, it should make the whole process a good deal more interesting and enjoyable.
The process does not work if you don’t stick rigidly to the guidelines
Identifying actual allergens or triggers is not as clear cut as one would hope, as this process is entirely dependent on how systematic you are in observing your own symptom patterns and monitoring your own state of ‘wellness’.
Merely knowing that there are certain foods one is reacting to is sometimes not enough for some people to be able to implement immediate changes in their diet. For most people, our dietary habits are fairly entrenched, and, of course, there are usually other people to consider. So there is a bit of work involved once you’ve discovered the foods that don’t agree with you.
The very positive benefits felt during the diet process are often forgotten as time progresses, and old habits begin to reassert themselves.
Action research is a method for conducting co-
The main points are that through the participative and democratic process of group
enquiry, we can explore and give voice to our experiences in a way that will lead
us towards practical knowing. This is where our knowing is grounded in our experience,
where our knowing will be more valid -