The following Quiz was published by Jack Challem in his book, The Inflammation
Syndrome: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease –
Arthritis – Diabetes – Allergies – Asthma.
What Are Your Current Eating Habits?
Rationale: Highly processed foods—those most commonly eaten—contain many pro-inflammatory substances. If you are not very careful about what you eat, you likely consume large amounts of pro-inflammatory foods.
Eating Habits at Home
Do you or your significant other cooks with corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower or soy oil
(As opposed to olive or grape seed oil)?
Add 2 points
Do you eat a prepackaged microwave meal that provides a full meal (as opposed to only
frozen vegetables) more than once a week?
Add 1 point
Do you eat any foods packaged in boxes, such as ready-to-eat cereals, flavored rices,
meat extenders, and other boxed foods, more than once a week?
Add 1 point
When you eat at home, do you use bottled salad dressings that contain soy or safflower
oil or partially hydrogenated fats (as opposed to olive oil)?
Add 2 points
Do you eat pasta, bread, or pizza (one, some, or all three) daily?
Add 2 points
Do you eat baked goods, such as cookies, coffee cakes, other cakes, doughnuts, packaged
brownies, cakes, or similar food products at least once a week?
Add 2 points
Do you use margarine instead of butter?
Add 2 points
Do you eat a lot of hamburgers?
Add 1 point
Do you dislike eating fish?
Add 1 point
Do you drink regular (sweetened) soft drinks or add sugar to your coffee or tea?
Add 1 point
Eating Habits in Restaurants
Do you eat at fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell, or
others at least once a week?
Add 2 points
Do you eat at a Chinese restaurant more than once a week?
Add 2 points
Do you eat pasta or pizza in a restaurant at least once a week?
Add 2 points
Do you eat breaded and fried fish or deep-fried shrimp more than once every week or
two?
Add 2 points
Do you eat French fries?
Add 2 points
Do you eat mostly beef?
Add 1 point
If you eat beef, is hamburger your favorite type?
Add 1 point
Do you order soft drinks when you eat out?
Add 1 point
Your score on quiz:
Interpretation and ranking:
0-2 Low. You are eating a low-inflammation diet, which is the best way to protect
yourself from chronic inflammation.
3-5 Moderate. You are eating a moderate-inflammation diet, which may set the stage
for chronic inflammation.
6-19 High. You are eating a high-inflammation diet, which substantially increases your
risk of inflammatory diseases.
20+ Very High. You are eating a very high inflammation diet, which greatly increases
your risk of disease.
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