Human beings are genetically programmed for survival, and part of human survival depends upon women gaining weight easily. Why? In a single, simple phrase: fat equals fertility.

When a woman’s body-fat ratio drops from the average of 29 per cent to below 20 per cent, her fertility decreases markedly. This happens in part because fat helps to produce estrogen. Read the rest of this entry »

The least strict approach is the Limited Elimination Diet, in which you eliminate just a few of the most commonly reactive foods, plus any food that you eat virtually every day.

The three most commonly reactive foods are wheat, milk, and sugar.

Wheat and milk are notoriously reactive foods, for two apparent reasons. One reason is that both of these foods were introduced into the human diet at a relatively late stage of our evolution. Read the rest of this entry »