I should have included an example of how this is accomplished. Each food is given a number that represents its inflammatory rating. Negative numbers indicate pro-inflammatory and positive numbers indicate anti-inflammatory food. My previous NSD breakfast was 2 eggs, bacon and OJ. The inflammatory rating with this breakfast is each egg ~-50, bacon ~-4, and OJ ~-100 for a total of -204 and overall inflammatory but WAY better than the normal toast ~-180, cereal ~-300, milk ~- 140, and OJ ~-100 for a total of ~-720. Now I have eggs for -100, bacon for -4, tomatoe juice for +50 to which I add 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper (tastes like a snappy V-8) for +250 to total nearly +200 and, therefore, a very anti-inflammatory meal.
Having been on the NSD for several years,I thought I'd never eat starch again. When I read about this diet I figured I would take my NSD and utilizing the inflammatory rating just try to improve the anti-inflammatory quality. Then I started feeling so good, I thought, "heck, maybe I should be more open-minded and give this a try." My first experiment was dinner out with mahi-mahi tuna (highly anti-inflammatory), garlic potatoes (nearly neutral when combined) and sourdough bread (highly inflammatory). When I had no problem the next day I figured there had to be something to it, so I just continued the experiment...
Later,
Linda
