When I entered my 40's I started having more and more migraines which I initially chalked up to increasing sensitivity to airborne allergies from pollen which I experienced in my early 30's. I discovered through an elimination diet first that I was sensitive to canola oil. I figured that out by eliminating big brand peanut butter, but found that every once in awhile I would still get migraines. Understanding how to analyze and conduct an elimination test, I targeted small bags of snacks I w...

Why is it so hard to believe and change something you have control over ⁉️⁉️ Am soooo grateful for you guys and all you do. My life has been infinitely better since came across your books aeons ago❣️ - Dinah Your newsletters are very helpful as we manoeuvre food issues in our family – Dawn This is overwhelming and hard at times, but by eliminating salicylates, I got my child back. There is hope! – Anne Just for the record I have been a supporter since the beginning. Until we moved house a ...

I don’t know about you, but until very recently, words like Amines and Salicylates, Glutamates and Food Additives were something which didn’t really register on my radar. From day one, our now 5 year old daughter always made sure that the world around her was fully aware of her existence - that she would be the one to lead the way and that all parenting books/advice could not be applied to her. From day one she’s been gorgeous, outgoing, entertaining, highly intelligent, unpredictable, vol...

COURAGE AWARD In Dec 2017 I broke out for the first time in hives and a rash after eating Hot Sauce curry chicken dish my husband brought home from work. It lasted for 6 months, I was put on antihistamines and steroids, it did nothing for my symptoms, the only thing that soothed me was a bicarb soda bath and nappy rash cream that had zinc in it. But every day I would still break out, in the end all I could eat was cucumber and lettuce on a gluten-free wrap and some boiled chicken with oliv...

I culled all packaged food at the end of last year to help with my aggressive behaviour, suicidal thoughts, weight gain, tantrums, verbal abuse and chronic 24/7 pain. None of the items I culled had any additives or anything weird in their ingredients. I am now pain free after thirteen years. The aggression and other symptoms have also diminished. It is unbelievable how that secret five percent (labelling loophole) in packaged foods caused me excruciating pain to the point I couldn’t walk nor ...

It still blows my mind how many medical issues for me have resolved themselves since being failsafe – Sarah I've found my diet usually fixes most of my problems but doctors insist it has nothing to do with diet, yet they offer weirdo side options. ߤ䰟鄰 – Kristine Your food intolerance information turned our whole family sunny-side up decades ago and it is a gift that keeps on giving, thank you – Tom

My six-year-old has just been diagnosed with ADHD and we are doing the diet. Just wondering if anyone else has children with ADHD and if this has been helpful thank you – Donna Yes very early into our ASD and ADHD diagnosis, the elimination diet certainly helped clean up a lot of food intolerance symptoms. I think looking back sleep was a number one area of improvement and then behaviour followed. Stay on track with an experienced dietician or OT who also works with food. It’s a super importa...

Hoping our experience may help others ߘবt;/p> We started our failsafe journey almost 6 years ago (initially for our son and then later our younger daughter). For us, discovering our children’s intolerance(s) and learning how to manage them has had a hugely positive impact on their lives (and ours). Most people we know are incredibly supportive and go out of their way to support us in helping us provide our children with the right foods/environment. However *understandably* not everyone always...

I have been a long-term meditator and recently had a recurrence of a symptom that I had bothered me years ago: sudden, brief involuntary twitching or jerking of a muscle or group of muscles in my upper body and neck as I settled, often repetitive. I found these were called myoclonus or myoclonic jerks and they went away entirely years ago when our family went failsafe (I am sensitive to salicylates and increasingly to amines). Now they were back because I had chosen to eat high salicylate foo...

I fell pregnant naturally with my first son on the RPAH elimination diet and I had tested up to amines. My chances were extremely low given my limited follicle count. I am wondering if there is any evidence of failsafe and positive fertility outcomes? We're doing IVF to try and have another and have one embryo left. I am considering going back on the diet prior to see if it helps my chances. Followup 20 months later: Well it didn't work for that last embryo. We had another retrieval using don...