Food Diaries need not be hard work!

Whether or you are following the Specific Carbohydrate DietTM or not, it is a very good idea for anyone with a digestive illness to keep a food diary to see how certain foods affect their system. Eliminating dairy and or Gluten from your diet alone can have dramatic results. If you keep track of what you eat, it will not only make it easier for you to see which foods affect you badly or trigger a flare.

Also for those of underweight or overweight you can also track how many claories on average you are consuming. One tool which takes the hard work out of food diaries and tracking your food, calories and weight is twitter's tweetwhatyoueat. Very simple to use and invaluable for those of us who would like to keep track without the hassle...