Anti-inflammatory eating
The Mediterranean pattern, translated into food an Indian household buys. Work through it with the client, then take the top three changes into the plan.
This count is not a validated score. It is modelled on the Mediterranean pattern but is not the MEDAS instrument, the components have been adapted to Indian foods, and no alcohol component is included. Use it to see which parts of the pattern are missing — not as a risk figure.
The evidence supporting this way of eating is for the whole pattern, not for any single food or spice. Culinary amounts of turmeric or any other ingredient are not a treatment for inflammation, and nothing here should be presented to a client as one.
What does the client eat?
3 components not asked for this diet — not counted against the client.
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Two or more servings of vegetables on most days, at least one of them raw or lightly cooked?
Aim for ≥ 2 servings a day
Is the main cooking fat an unrefined seed or nut oil rather than vanaspati or repeatedly reheated oil?
Aim for Primary household fat
Fried snacks — samosa, pakora, chips, namkeen — less than twice a week?
Keep under < 2 times a week
Fewer than one sugary drink a day — soft drinks, packaged juice, sweetened tea or coffee?
Keep under < 1 a day
Dal, rajma, chana or other pulses at least four times a week?
Aim for ≥ 4 times a week
Is more than half the grain intake whole rather than refined?
Aim for > half of grains
Two or more servings of fruit on most days?
Aim for ≥ 2 servings a day
A handful of nuts or seeds at least three times a week?
Aim for ≥ 3 times a week
A daily source of omega-3 — flaxseed, chia, walnut, mustard oil — or oily fish twice a week?
Aim for Daily ALA source, or fish ≥ 2/week
Maida-based foods — bread, biscuit, naan, bakery — less than once a day?
Keep under < 1 a day
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