Hi Cara,
I know you haven't posted since June, but maybe you'll check in soon.
I have a reluctant family too.
I finally found that by combining the ALCAT lists with the food
suggestions from Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live, I can eat HUGE meals
while regaining my health AND dropping the extra weight.
I began in earnest June 23,2008 and have comfortably dropped from
175lbs down to 155, while staying strong and feeling great.
I highly recommend it.
I learned from a library book, but there is a website and plenty of
YouTube interviews with Dr. Fuhrman.
My family is now willing to start lunch and dinner with a big green salad.
Enjoy,
Teresa M.

--- In foodallergyrx@yahoogroups.com, "Cara" <cara.ziegel@...> wrote:
>
> I'd been off gluten and dairy already for 6 weeks, and my digestion was
> better, headaches and bouts of fatigue went away, and my mood has been
> much better. But when the ALCAT came back - ok, i had mild reaction to
> gluten and dairy, but I had 42 foods in my yellow catagory and 12 in my
> orange - inlcuding RICE!! The only grains I can eat are buckwheat,
> corn and millet! Is this possible?
>
> I was just getting good at cooking with rice flour, and creating lots
> of wheat-free meals for my family, but there's no way I can put the
> whole family on this restrictive a diet.
>
> any thoughts?
>
> Cara, 42, richmond VA, mother of 3 kids - 15 yo dd, 11 yo son (ppd-nos,
> bipolar), and 4 yo son
>