Having been diagnosed with IBS over 20 years ago, and having tried repeatedly to find out exactly what the best eating style was for me, I was very happy to receive a copy of Tara Rochford’s book The 14-Day Elimination Diet Plan from Callisto Media/Rockridge Press in exchange for my honest review.

I can’t count the number of times I have tried to cut out one thing or another, and recently I had resolved to find a good guide to REALLY do it. Voila! This book is GREAT for that. It provides a two-week plan, and then a step-by-step guide to reintroducing possibly problematic foods as well as some hints for knowing how to recognize food sensitivities (not the same as allergies). Each of the most common  food sensitivities (wheat or gluten, dairy, etc.) has a somewhat different way it manifests in the body, and can affect health in different ways.  

Once sensitivities are identified, it is important to learn how to reintroduce foods (one at a time!) back into a meal plan. There’s a guide for that, plus the “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean 15” foods, measurement conversions, and 75 recipes.

Personally, a huge help for me was when I learned about FODMAPs, and Tara Rochford’s blog has some excellent information on this (as well as many other topics). Five stars *****