When I started the diet I found it extremely confusing trying to figure out exactly what I am reacting to. It is hard at first and it took me years to master this diet. I have persisted because I know it works. I know it works because I fasted on just fruits [plus water] and experienced the amazing results - no inflammation after 2 or 3 days of fasting. No need for drugs. Then I started eating normally again and the pain came back in a matter of hours!.

== fringe foods ==
Exactly what is fringe food seems to depend on who you are. I can not eat walnuts or macadamias, or dates.. these cause significant inflammation. In fact I have problems with most nuts and seeds except for blanched almonds, hazelnuts and sesame. Un-blanched almonds [ie. with skin on] only cause a mild reaction and I adapt to them when eaten regularly.

I don't react to vegetables like brocoli, cauliflower, zuchini, eggplant, tomato, sesame seeds, or sesame pastes, whilst there are others who apparently do.

I previously had trouble with the inulin [the long chain relative of FOS] in onions and garlic. Quite a significant reaction despite having practically no starch. I found though that my system could adapt to some things like inulin and almond skins, but not to other such as starch.

== fasting ==
Despite your low weight I would still recommend that you fast for about 3 days and just eat apples, pears, and grapes, and drink water. I find I regain any lost weight very qiuickly after a fast anyway. Perhaps because the digestive system works more efficiently after a good rest. After 3 days I find that all the inflammation / iritis has cleared and hence no longer have any use for drugs.

No matter how out of season these 3 fruits get [apples, pears, and grapes] I simply don't react to them, so that is why I recommend them. Once you are at that point when you are in no pain, then try to introduce foods one by one. Write down your observations. Introduce the safest foods first [eg. meat, eggs, leafy greens, almonds, hazelnuts, tomato, and maybe some yoghurt]. Very hard to take it slow when ending a fast bcos u r so darn hungry! But first things first - you need to work out a basic list of foods that you KNOW you can eat without getting into trouble.

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"Some men, in truth, live that they may eat, as the irrational creatures, 'whose life is their belly, and nothing else.' But the Instructor enjoins us to eat that we may live." -- Clement of Alexandria (about 200 AD)