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title: "Keep a symptom diary and check foods against it · Lenexa Learn"
description: "Living with digestive issues, one person keeps a long Gemini chat holding their symptom diary and medications. Before trying a new food, they check it there…"
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Health & Wellness

# Keep a symptom diary and check foods against it

Living with digestive issues, one person keeps a long Gemini chat holding their symptom diary and medications. Before trying a new food, they check it there to avoid triggers like high-FODMAP foods.

**Caution.** Work with a doctor or dietitian.

## Steps

1. Log your symptoms each day.
2. Ask before you try a new food.
3. Share the patterns with your doctor.

## Prompt you can copy

```
Here's my symptom diary and diet rules: [paste]. Is [food] likely to be a problem for me? Explain why.
```

## Tools

- Gemini

For Healthcare, Individuals. Added October 12, 2026.

## Source

[hn](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46215793) · December 2025

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