Read 'Listen to Your Gut' by Jini Patel Thomson

Drink 6-8 glasses of room temperature tap water a day

Avoid fruit juices

Marie says there is certain evidence to suggest that Omega-3 oils may have an anti-inflammatory effect. Omega-3 rich foods include oily fish such as sardines, pilchards and mackeral.

Eat organic meat

Eat well cooked vegetables - "Avoid the cabbage family - particularly onions, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and brussel sprouts. Eat carrots courgettes, mushrooms, potatoes (no skins). She (Jini Patel) also suggests pumpkin, yams and plantain, asparagus and artichokes" .

Cut out salads as the raw ingredients may be hard to digest

To minimise bloating and gas, eat as few tomato based products as possible.

Avoid pickles and chutneys

Herbs and spices Marie recommends in cookery include the following: "Use basil, oregano, coriander, thyme, tarragon, fennel, rosemary, Hungarian paprika (non spicey) and tumeric".

" Salt is fine except when you have mouth ulcers."

Eat rice and quinoa

Avoid gluten in products

Avoid garlic, ginger, cumin and other hot spices and spicy foods.

Try to avoid chemical is foodstuffs. Where possible, eat organically.

Avoid articicial sweeteners

Avoid fried foods

Suggested fruits are bananas, peeled apples, mangoes and watermelon. Marie eats avocados too.

Avoid dairy products

Cut down on your sugar intake

No butter/margarine substitutes

Avoid beans and lentils

Avoid yeast

on September 21 2002 01:00:32 ·