If healing hurts and damage hurts there is no way to know, in the moment, which is going on. The diabetics know the relationship with inflamation and sugars in the diet. Your root causes may well be trauma or toxin and your dietary needs are not mapped out as with diabetes. In my search for mitochondrial health, understanding nutrition is not that simple. For instance vegans have a belief system that tells them that they are doing the right thing. I on the other hand would worry about any diet that would fall short on the B vitamins and Iron. Mrs D has taught us all from salt to seaweed and supplementation. I am not criticizing anyone's path. I am trying to say that this is your path and do what you need to do to get to tomorrow. Your self-imposed dietary restrictions may be adding more misery than the benefit, if any, they bring. If you keep a journal and you have been on this diet (just guessing here) for two weeks and nothing has improved as far as energy, alertness, pain,sleep, anything that you would hold food responsible for, then give yourself a break. I love grilled trout, and I know that it is packed with nutrients should not harm me. Nutrient dense foods have a hierarchy. First is Mollusks then Crustacions then oily cold water fish on down the line to organ meats such as livers and so on. The plants have the same ladder. Eating is primal on many levels and has the potential to add quality to your life. I hope for you that you find that balance between nutrition and satisfaction. Ken in Texas.