See what the evidence says about each food and how it is prepared, and log meals and symptoms. Cognia helps you see what repeats before your discomfort, with no generic banned list.
The traffic light rates a food against the condition in your profile, not “in general”. Each rating carries its reason and, where there is one, its source; it informs, it does not forbid.
Preparation changes the rating, and the catalogue tells a food’s preparations apart. A section on dry-heat cooking also adjusts its wording when your profile has a sensitive stomach or gut.
Log meals, drinks, supplements and medication with the time. If something keeps coinciding before a symptom, it shows up as a finding, with how many times it has repeated.
Note intensity, time and what you think set it off; the causes catalogue suggests the ones most relevant to your condition first. A log like this reads better at an appointment than “everything upsets me”.
Turn on follow-up when you log a symptom and Cognia asks again: gone, same or worse. When it passes, it stores how long it lasted.
For symptoms like abdominal pain, vomiting or blood in the stool, Cognia asks follow-up questions and shows a tiered alert, with the NHS page behind it.
Choose an emergency contact: if a log reaches the urgent level, they get an alert. Cognia does not call emergency services; it shows your country's number.
With Premium, analytics over any period and PDF reports of your meals and symptoms for the appointment.