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Next, using a food journal, new foods can be rotated in with assessment of each new
food introduced. After analysis one can create menus of healthy, complementary
foods for optimal nutrition for the journaled patient. An appropriate journal in the
case of such an atopic child case would record events such as Dr. Doris Rapp's Big
Five, in relationship to timing of foods individually introduced. Such a journal would
contain Doctor Rapp's columns for food introduction:

1. How does my child feel, behave, and remember before and after introduction?

2. How does my child look before and after introduction?

3. Is there any handwriting or drawing changes before and after

introduction?

4. Is there asthma or breathing problem before and after and how is it

changed?

5. Is there a change in the pulse rate or rhythm before and after?

A journal to evaluate food used for prevention or intervention for depression or
fatigue would be different. It would contain more patient subjective information that
correlates temporally with specific food or other chemical introduction or exposure.

A food journal constructed for prevention of obesity might include a all inclusive
account of each item put into the mouth, all information leading to the identification
of eating triggers, and other obesity related issues. Motivation, peer pressure, mood
all may be relevant. Their inclusion may allow for analysis that permits more effective
intervention strategies.

A food journal intended to improve nutrition for a coma patient would be quite
different. It would include monitoring of serum and urine objective findings as well as
other observations to help develop proper feedings.

Food journals can be used both for prevention and intervention in the Prescription for
Nutritional Healing.

James A. Ferrel MD, CNC is the author of the
innovative wellness book Neogenesis. He is
a retired physician living in Paradise Valley,
Arizona.

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