Healthy Diet Challenge

David Getoff´s One Month Experimental Health Diet

For an updated printable PDF version of my 2 page diet– with all current revisions, click here

For a printable version of my food pyramid, click here.

In order to determine how the foods we eat affect the way we feel, I recommend that you take my 30 day diet trial.

Although I have gone from calling this a 21 day diet challenge to a 30 day diet challenge over the past 20 years, there is a possible problem with making it so short. I find that a great many people unknowingly have a real issue, which is not celiac disease, with reactions their body is having to wheat. Since we now know that it can take 6 weeks for wheat to clear out of the body, I now highly recommend that this be continued for a full 60 days and I include this PDF chart for you to make certain you really are avoiding all hidden wheat.


If you have medical problems, please consult a professional before beginning.

Let me warn you up front that this trial will not work unless you are diligent about making ALL of these changes strictly for the entire 30 days as I have outlined on the back of this page.

You must not make just some of the changes or eliminate some of the foods. You must not cheat. Adjust a little. I suggest that you tell yourself—

This is only for 30 days and I really want to see if I feel any different, if my children behave differently, and if anyone is diabetic, how well their blood sugar is regulated when certain foods are eliminated from our diets.(You don’t want to have to start over so be strict) 

Check your blood sugar frequently if diabetic.

Remember that although moderation is okay for many things, toxic foods can affect us even in small quantities so for this test to work, you must do it right.

If you feel that you could not eat this way even for just 30 days, then I feel sorry for you since it means that society has turned you into a convenience food junkie.

Many of my patients have felt so many beneficial changes after just 30 days that they could not believe how much food has been affecting their life and the lives of their children.

Remember, you are not really going on a diet; you are simply eating a great deal healthier for 30 days.

I would wish you good luck, but luck has nothing to do with it. If you truly care about your health or the health of your children, 30 days of a strict eating plan is not that difficult and is generally well worth the effort.

FOOD GROUP
ALLOWED
AVOID COMPLETELY
Meat, Fish, Poultry, Eggs Beef, Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, Fish (real meat only and not breaded). Eggs should be whole and include yolk and whites Luncheon meats, hot dogs, shark, swordfish, orange roughy (too high in mercury)
Dairy Products Whole raw milk after 8th day. (Organic Pastures brand only). If you notice any reaction, stop the milk immediately. All other milks, cheeses, yogurt, cream, ice cream, etc.
Starches/Flour products, grains, and beans. None. NO GRAINS OR GRAIN PRODUCTS, NO FLOUR EXCEPT ALMOND, NO BEANS. Potatoes or potato products, breads, rice, pastas, cereals, crackers, i.e. ALL grains, all beans, and potatoes or any product made from or with these.
Vegetables All non-starchy fresh vegetables, cooked or raw. (Unless allergic) Frozen, canned or any starchy vegetables (corn, potatoes, yams, winter squash)
Fruits 1 piece raw, fresh fruit per day if desired and after a meal. Portion size equal to an apple (Apple or berries) Frozen, canned, or dried.
Fats Butter, extra-virgin olive oil, Omega brand coconut butter. Fats that naturally exist on the meats you are eating (leave the skin on the chicken, yolk in the egg, etc.) All other fats.
Sugar products None. All including white sugar, brown sugar, honey, molasses, brown rice syrup, corn syrup, fruit sweeteners, maple syrup, artificial sweeteners, etc.
Nuts/Seeds Any kind of RAW nut. (unless allergic) Roasted, salted, etc.
Beverages Filtered Water (Try for 2 quarts taken between meals)
Whole raw milk beginning on the 8th day.

Stop if ANY reactions

All others. No caffeine or alcohol.
Herbs/Spices Fresh herbs and single spices only.
No mixed dried spice combinations
Spice combinations (can hide toxic ingredients).

Remember:
That if you think you are allergic to any of these foods, do not eat them.
Hormone free meats and organic produce and oils make the test even better.
Try to drink 2 quarts of filtered water each day, mostly between meals (less for a child).
Eat adequate amounts of the allowed foods – do NOT go hungry!
Don’t forget to eat some animal protein at 2 – 3 meals (preferable at every meal) and load up on the non starchy vegetables.
If a food is not on the Allowed list, DON’T EAT IT!

So plan your food carefully. be sure that you are not eating any packaged or canned foods since they all have added ingredients that are not allowed.You can NEVER be sure what is or is not in any restaurant food no matter what they waiter/waitress tells you.