Vegetarians and Elimination Diets

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I wasn't sure where to put this so thought I'd try here.

I was wondering if there are any veggies about who have tried an elimination diet? I would like to try an elimination diet in the future (probably in a year or two) but I don't eat any kind of meat. Would natural supplements be enough to tide me over nutritionally should I try the diet? I'd probably be healthier and getting more than I do on a daily basis already but obviously there are some things which are difficult enough to get as a veggie anyway and having to cut out pulses and legumes would stifle me further!

Elimination diets are mostly of use when trying to work out if someone has an allergy or intolerance to a particular food. The main foods that usually cause problems are eliminated until the symptoms disappear and then the foods are reintroduced in a controlled fashion, one at a time. Do you think you have an allergy?

I want to see whether it improves my health on the whole, being honest. I feel that my diet needs a radical overhaul and am interested to see how my gut reacts to foods I rely heavily on after a period without them and time to heal. If I ate meat I'd do it without a second thought now, but I can't see myself eating meat and knowing how ht gut reacts to shellfish and fish I will avoid that too!

Sorry didn't answer the question, I don't think I have an allergy.

If it's your health you're worried about, the only foods you should really eliminate are either the ones that are highly processed and artificial (and I include Quorn in that description) or the ones that you suspect don't make you feel good. Even then I'd say reduce the amount rather than eliminate them all together. If you eat a lot of legumes, for example, they're notorious for generating gas and that can be uncomfortable... so eat fewer rather than none at all.

Most of the time, wellbeing can be improved by simple changes such as drinking a lot more water and taking some regular exercise. Vegetarians have to make a special effort to get enough iron and B vitamins either through diet or with supplements. Even a mild shortage of either of those can make you feel below par. Getting a greater variety of foods usually helps as well - a lot of the regular fruit/veg we eat come from a very narrow set of cultivars

I'm honestly not trying to be rude, but I know that already! I've been a veggie for most of my life and have researched that aspect of my diet very well even if it's not been implemented that much and I've had food issues for a long time (still do, but they're considerably better now) so am relatively well versed on my nutritional needs. I have cut down and upped different things recently for month-long 'trial periods' which hasn't helped. It is why I started thinking of eliminating everything and starting from scratch. I have various other health problems which I feel may be made worse by my diet so it'd also be a case of seeing what foods, if any, affect those problems.

I work with children on an extreme version of this diet and seeing how one thing can make a difference in them has made me realise exactly how linked our holistic health is to our diet.

I'm not one to try take the hard road if there is an easier road to follow That's why I asked if there were any veggies who have done this. This is similar to what I want to start at:
whole9life.com/2010/12/whole30-2011/

why would being a meat eater make a difference?

If you've struggled with disordered eating your whole life (am I reading that right?) then an elimination diet would, frankly, be extremely dangerous. Even a minor reduction in intake or creating new restrictions can trigger relapses. If you have various other health problems see medical professionals rather than trying to self-medicate by withdrawing food.

I have issues with textures of foods rather than a disorder. Medical help is not helping. As I said before, I am not planning this on a whim, I do want to keep a relatively healthy diet and I want to know if there are any veggies who have done this or similar. I am more interested in how they felt, did anything surprise them, how did they fill out their meals, etc.

Cheesesarnie: the may thing I've think would be different is that the may would presumably be more filling. Obviously them there is the keeping track of iron a b vits too but most veggies already supplement those.

thats what i mean though,as a veggie-like me, i assume that you already supplement foods for veggie equivelants or pills.so assuming you do,being veggie shouldnt make a difference?

Oh, I get you now! You are supposed to cut things like tofu, soy products and processed products like quorn out, so along with carb products like pasta and bread, my usual fillers will all be gone. So would I end up feeling hungry more because they are gone and snacking more? Whereas those who do the dirty with meat would have the near to fill them up. I how that seems to make sense?

Sorry for the atrocious spelling on the previous post, I'm on my phone!