Therapeutic diets, gently explained
The diet your doctor named but never explained.
18 friendly guides to medical and therapeutic diets — what each one is really doing, what you can eat, what to set aside for now, three days of meals, and honest notes on where two diets disagree.
Start from your condition
Pick what you're dealing with and we'll take you to the guide that fits.
Every guide
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Epilepsy, metabolic health, weight loss
Classic Ketogenic Diet
Very low carb, very high fat — run the body on ketones instead of glucose.
Epilepsy in teens and adults, migraine, adherence
Modified Ketogenic Diet
The Modified Atkins approach — clinical-grade carb restriction without weighing every gram.
Calcium oxalate kidney stones, oxalate sensitivity
Low Oxalate Diet
Cut the plant compound that crystallises into kidney stones.
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bloating
SIBO Diet
Starve the bacteria in the wrong place, in phases, without starving yourself.
ADHD symptoms, hyperactivity, behaviour
Feingold-Style Elimination Diet
Remove synthetic dyes, three preservatives, and — in stage one — salicylates.
Histamine intolerance, MCAS
Low Histamine Diet
Lower the histamine bucket when your body can't clear it fast enough.
Autoimmune disease, IBD, Hashimoto's
Autoimmune Protocol (AIP)
A strict paleo elimination aimed at calming autoimmune flares, then rebuilt through reintroduction.
Irritable bowel syndrome
Low FODMAP Diet
The best-evidenced diet for IBS — and it is meant to be temporary.
Coeliac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis
Strict Gluten-Free Diet
The only treatment for coeliac disease — and it has to be absolute.
IBD flare, diverticulitis, bowel prep, strictures
Low Fibre / Low Residue Diet
Reduce stool volume and gut workload during a flare, stricture or recovery.
Chronic kidney disease, dialysis
Renal (Kidney) Diet
Control potassium, phosphorus, sodium and protein when kidneys can't.
Acid reflux, LPR, oesophagitis
GERD / Reflux Diet
Fewer triggers, smaller meals, and gravity on your side.
Hypertension, cardiovascular risk
DASH Diet
The most evidence-backed eating pattern for blood pressure, full stop.
Delayed gastric emptying
Gastroparesis Diet
Small, soft, low fat, low fibre — because the stomach empties too slowly.
Recurrent yeast overgrowth (contested)
Candida Diet
A popular anti-yeast elimination — worth knowing what the evidence does and does not say.
Coeliac disease with dairy intolerance, eczema, IBS
Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Diet
Two exclusions at once — wheat protein and milk protein — without losing calcium, fibre or the pleasure of eating.
High cholesterol, hypertension, cardiovascular prevention
Vegetarian Heart-Health Diet
A meat-free pattern built around fibre, unsaturated fat and much less salt — the combination with the best evidence for blood pressure and cholesterol.
Weight management on GLP-1 medication
GLP-1 Plan: 1200-Calorie Minimum, Muscle-Sparing
A protein-first floor of at least 1200 kcal for people on semaglutide or tirzepatide — because the real risk on these medications is eating too little, not too much.
One food. Every diet.
Search a food and see whether it's fine, worth care, or best left for now across all 18 diets at once — with the reason attached. Especially handy when you're juggling two conditions and the advice contradicts itself.
Open the food checkerExample — spinach
- KetoAllowed
- Low oxalateAvoid
- Low histamineAvoid
- Low FODMAPAllowed