Try This: Inflammatory Tracker of Foods

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I have been doing some research on histamine free diets, the gut and pscyhology (GAPS) diet, and the PALEO diet as I develop my style of eating. 

I am not a diet sort of person (those should should should never really worked for me). What does work for me is swapping out things for better choices and embedding them into my lifestyle. It really does.

In doing my research I have stumbled across a nutrition calculator that includes an inflammation marker (as well as histadine!! At last something that puts some science behind those lists). 

Whilst it is of course a ranking tool I am struck by the usefulness of aspects of the GAPS and PALEO diets to moving forward and I have decided to shift my eating as follows:

1. Continue to restrict histamine/histadine rich foods

2. Eliminate all grains, legumes, and sugar - this is not strict paleo because I have decided to keep limited amounts of fruits, sweet potatoes, full fat milk, and butter).

3. Introduce anti-inflammatory whole foods into my meals. 

Find the Inflammation Tracker here. They also have an apple app.

Find the Nutrition Calculator (including histadine) here.