Is your diet the reason for your inflammation?
These questions are about your cooking and eating habits at home.
Do you, or does your spouse or domestic partner, cook mostly with corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower, or soybean oil (as opposed to olive oil)? Y/N
Do you eat prepackaged microwave meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner more than once a week? Y/N
Of the foods you’ve eaten at home during the last week, would you estimate that half or more came from boxes, cans, bottles, or jars (as opposed to being fresh vegetables, chicken, fish, or meat)? Y/N
When you eat at home, do you use bottled salad dressings? Y/N Do you eat pasta, bread, white rice, or pizza (one, some, or all three) daily? Y/N
Do you eat potatoes (baked, mashed, French fries) onceor more a week? Y/N
Do you eat cookies, ice cream, cakes, doughnuts, brownies,candy, or pastries at least once a week? Y/N
Do you use margarine instead of butter? Y/N
Do you eat a lot of ground beef (e.g., burgers)? Y/N
Do you dislike eating most vegetables? Y/N
Do you dislike eating fish? Y/N
Do you consume regular (sweetened) soft drinks or addsugar to your coffee or tea? Y/N
Do you really enjoy eating tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant,or chile peppers? Y/N
Do you eat pork more than once a week? Y/N
Interpretation: If you have answered yes to one or more of these questions,your dietary habits likely promote inflammation.These questions are about your eating habits at restaurants.Do you eat at fast-food restaurants (e.g., McDonald’s, BurgerKing, KFC, Taco Bell, or others) once or more each week? Y/N
Do you consume soft drinks? Y/N
Do you eat pasta or pizza in a restaurant at least once aweek? Y/N
Do you eat breaded and fried chicken, shrimp, or fish morethan once a month? Y/N
Do you like barbecue sauces on your food? Y/N
Do you eat French fries? Y/N
Do you eat at a Chinese restaurant more than once a week? Y/N
Interpretation: If you have answered yes to one or more of these questions, your dietary habits likely promote inflammation
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