Happy foods

If you break out into rashes or experience stomach discomfort and you're not sure which food is causing it, you may have considered a food elimination diet. A food elimination diet is a way to find out which foods could be causing a sensitivity, intolerance or possible allergies. Even though there are many popular elimination diets out there, it's important to receive proper guidance from a professional like a registered dietitian and a gastroenterologist. They will be able to help you to safely get to the bottom of your food allergy or intolerance. 

We spoke with Kate Evans, a registered dietitian at Kelly Jones Nutrition who specializes in gastrointestinal nutrition and sports nutrition, to discuss the proper way to do an elimination diet and who can benefit from it. 

"Elimination diets are not meant to be followed forever -- instead, think of them as a controlled experiment to explore how your body responds to different foods," Evans said