The famous elimination diet or “Cave Man Diet” consists of simply removing all allergens. This is a strict diet that must be followed for a month minimum. All allergens must be removed in order for this diet to work. If you truly want to see results within a month, be strict and control what your child consumes. Do not (no matter how much she begs) allow her to have any of the foods that are NOT included in the diet (yes, you must eliminate candy and chicken nuggets).  If you do allow a processed food or allergen to be consumed, you have to restart this process. The purpose of the diet is to clear all symptoms and give a break to you child’s immune system. After all toxins are removed from the body it will be easier to train the immune system to accept them (see step three for curing allergies).