Wow. Lots of great information. Thanks for responding.
I would never have guessed that Donna would have recommended a program like yours, based on reading her book. A lot of the people who've posted on this forum have held more strictly to her basic diet for longer periods (average one to four months, and for some people, up to three years, to heal the gut, is what she says as I recall, at least in the edition of the book I have.) That is a brutal program for a lot of people. I got so weak I missed two months of work and am still recovering. Perhaps she'll make it clearer in future editions what sorts of diversions she suggests people such as yourself make from the basic diet.