Hi,

Although I found the "Caveman" allergy elimination diet mentioned in the
archives, I could not find the complete diet in my Lactnet search. However, I did
find it online. As it has been requested before, I have copied it below in
case others need it in the future.

Kathy

Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis, M.Ed. IBCLC
Nurturing Family Lactation and Parenting Services

From AskDrSears.com:

THE ELIMINATION DIET
This is a diet that Martha recommends in her lactation-counseling practice
whenever she suspects a baby's colic could be caused by sensitivities to food in
a breastfeeding mother's diet. This diet was developed by William G. Crook,
M.D. (Detecting Your Hidden Allergies, Jackson, Tenn: Professional Books,
1987), and it has several variations, depending on how bothersome the symptoms are.
The elimination diet we use is based on eating the least allergenic food in
each of the food groups. You may need to do this for two weeks since it can
take this long for the offending foods to get out of your system and baby's
system. Here is the variation we find helps mothers get the quickest, surest relief
for their hurting babies:

Eat only range-fed turkey and lamb, baked or boiled potatoes and sweet
potatoes (with salt and pepper only), rice and millet as your only grain, cooked
green and yellow squash for your vegetable, and for fruit, pears and diluted pear
juice. Drink a rice-based beverage drink in place of milk on cereal or in
cooking. Do not yet use soy beverage. Take a calcium supplement. (Rice products,
such as rice beverage, rice-based frozen dessert, rice pasta, rice flour, and
millet are available in nutrition stores.)

At the end of two weeks, or sooner if the colic subsides, gradually add other
foods to your diet, one every four days, starting with those less commonly
allergenic (such as sunflower seeds, carrots, beets, salmon, oats, grapes,
avocado, peaches). Wait a while before you add wheat, beef, eggs, nuts, and corn.
Avoid for the longest time dairy products, soy products, peanuts, shellfish,
coffee, tea, colas and other beverages containing caffeine, chocolate,
gas-producing vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, green peppers),
tomatoes, and citrus fruits. Vegetables and fruits are often tolerated in cooked
form sooner than in raw form.

Keep a record of the foods you eat and the problem behaviors; try to
correlate baby's fussy spells with what you've eaten in the past day or so. This gives
you a clearer perspective and helps you stay objective, which is hard to do
when you are sleep-deprived. This is especially important when baby has stayed
fussy past four months of age.
Do not starve yourself. It may feel, the first day or two, as though there is
not enough for you to eat; but you can still eat a nutritious diet. You just
have to eat more of the "safe" types of food until you determine what your
baby can tolerate.

Colicky babies usually respond to mother's diet changes dramatically and
quickly, often within one or two days. With the older baby who is nightwaking, you
may have to wait longer to see results. Typically, mothers will find that
when they change their diet baby may sleep better for a few nights only to start
waking again a lot for a few days or a week or so, at which time the sleep
again improves. It's important to know this so that you will not be tempted to
give up when you think "it's not working."

Older babies are often less sensitive to fruits and vegetables in mom's diet
(and their own), so at this stage we recommend mainly protein elimination,
namely dairy, beef, eggs, chicken, shellfish, soy, corn, wheat, and peanuts (plus
any other foods you have learned bother baby). Research has shown that some
foreign proteins get into some mothers' milk more than others', and of course
some babies are more sensitive to these proteins than other babies.
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