Re:Has anyone tried fasting for arthritis or researched food alergies c

[Guest guest]

hi james

i fasted 15 days on water and pain almost entirely went away. problem

was when i started eating pain came back. i woudl not recommend this.

elimination diets are i think a good idea however. this one is the best

i have found for RA:

http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/reviews/mcferran01.htm

this guy has RA and manages it on diet alone. his RA was very severe. he

failed all meds and had several joints replaced b/f he found this diet.

lmk if you try it.

monique

[Guest guest]

I feel that diet has been extremely important for me. However, I do

have a hard time sticking with the best foods & that really irks me.

In the most recent example, I was eating properly & using supplements

that help. My fatigue lifted, brain cleared, mood improved. I felt soo

good. And then I relaxed - I started eating bread, & cheese. After a

few days, heavy fatigue came back, slowed thinking...

I'm trying to correct it all again. I think I can fix it - make big

improvements in just 3-4 days. Diet and certain supplements help a

lot. I gain more ground when I include supplements, than with diet alone.

Amy

Sauve wrote:

>

> hi james

>

> i fasted 15 days on water and pain almost entirely went away. problem

> was when i started eating pain came back. i woudl not recommend this.

> elimination diets are i think a good idea however. this one is the best

> i have found for RA:

> http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/reviews/mcferran01.htm

> <http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/reviews/mcferran01.htm>

> this guy has RA and manages it on diet alone. his RA was very severe. he

> failed all meds and had several joints replaced b/f he found this diet.

> lmk if you try it.

>

> monique

>

>

[Guest guest]

I tested for food allergies and stay away from those foods.

But no change, for me anyway.

From: Tom <tscott2340@...>

Subject: RE: rheumatic Re:Has anyone tried fasting for arthritis or researched

food alergies c

rheumatic

Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 5:39 PM

Wow! 15 days on just water!? How much weight did you lose? Did you not feel

better after 7 days (as the book says to do)? I read her book and it is very

interesting and I do believe a lot of people's arthritis is caused in part

by food sensitivities. She says that if you don't feel better after the fast

then your arthritis isn't caused by food (for the guy who asked what to do

if it doesn't work).

, did you ever consider to get food allergy testing done? How hard

was the fast to do?

Thanks

From: rheumatic@grou ps.com [mailto:rheumatic@grou ps.com] On Behalf

Of Sauve

Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 12:57 PM

rheumatic@grou ps.com

Subject: rheumatic Re:Has anyone tried fasting for arthritis or researched

food alergies c

hi james

i fasted 15 days on water and pain almost entirely went away. problem

was when i started eating pain came back. i woudl not recommend this.

elimination diets are i think a good idea however. this one is the best

i have found for RA:

http://www.frot. co.nz/dietnet/ reviews/mcferran 01.htm

this guy has RA and manages it on diet alone. his RA was very severe. he

failed all meds and had several joints replaced b/f he found this diet.

lmk if you try it.

monique

[Guest guest]

Wow! 15 days on just water!? How much weight did you lose? Did you not feel

better after 7 days (as the book says to do)? I read her book and it is very

interesting and I do believe a lot of people's arthritis is caused in part

by food sensitivities. She says that if you don't feel better after the fast

then your arthritis isn't caused by food (for the guy who asked what to do

if it doesn't work).

, did you ever consider to get food allergy testing done? How hard

was the fast to do?

Thanks

From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf

Of Sauve

Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 12:57 PM

rheumatic

Subject: rheumatic Re:Has anyone tried fasting for arthritis or researched

food alergies c

hi james

i fasted 15 days on water and pain almost entirely went away. problem

was when i started eating pain came back. i woudl not recommend this.

elimination diets are i think a good idea however. this one is the best

i have found for RA:

http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/reviews/mcferran01.htm

this guy has RA and manages it on diet alone. his RA was very severe. he

failed all meds and had several joints replaced b/f he found this diet.

lmk if you try it.

monique

[Guest guest]

Way back when I was first diagnosed with RA my conservative and

respected rheumy (who wont give me minocycline) gave a public lecture

about RA and stated that " if those with RA and other auto-immune

diseases could stop eating they would be cured " . That is, so much of

it is about the gut and digestion and sensitivities and allergies. Of

course he then said that we'd die of starvation so it's not an

option. Everyone laughed ruefully.

So even though he doesn't say much about diet and food allergies to

his patients, he just says to experiment ourselves and acknowledges

that food has a lot to do with it. When I've fasted for several days

I've noticed the pain diminish but it comes back again as soon as I

start eating again. I have found (as have many others) that certain

foods bring on flares. Alcohol, sugar, red meat, oranges and cooked

tomatoes are my worst foods and seem to be common dangers for many RA

people because they cause acidic conditions in the body. I also avoid

gluten as much as possible to heal my damaged gut. But you really

have to experiment yourself to find out what you're sensitive to. A

short fast and then the gradual reintroduction of foods, one at a

time, is the way to see if you have a bad reaction to them. Other

people on this list will be able to tell you more about it.

Ros