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. 2021 May 19;12:677859. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.677859

Table 6.

Overview of studies on the 2-food elimination diet.

Level Author, publication year Mean age (years) n Period Duration of diet PPI Diet (Exclusion of) Histological response (eos/HPF) Remission rate
A Molina-Infante, 2018 11
(5–13)
25 2014-2016 6 weeks Yes, NR All dairy products & gluten-containing grains < 15 40%
B Reed, 2018 11,5 (1–18) 29 2014-2017 6 months
(3 m tCS + 2-FED and 3m only 2-FED)
NR Cow’s milk & soy (soy lecithin and soy oil were permitted) < 15 79%
(tCS + 2-FED
33%
(2-FED only)

NA, not applicable; PPI, proton pump inhibitors; NR, non-responder; R, responder; eos/HPF, eosinophils per high-power field; tCS, topical corticosteroids; 2-FED, two-food elimination diet.