Diet and Inflammation

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Highlights From the

Marc Darrow, M.D.,J.D. Radio Show

Diet and Inflammation

Caller: I have been hearing that if you have arthritis you should

stay away from " Night Shade " foods like tomatoes, (and potatoes,

eggplant, sweet peppers) because they are acidic and can cause

inflammation.

Dr. Darrow: It's very important that if someone has a lot of pain

in their body, especially in multiple areas, that they try to go on an

anti-inflammatory diet.

What we do to check a patient's pH to determine if they are acidic

is to have the patient take urine samples so they can record their pH

and we check to see what the patient's natural milieu is-if it is

acidic or neutral or alkaline.

If it is on the acidic side we know the patient is going towards

inflammation and chronic disease. So we check that using alkalizing

materials and have them stick to a protein, vegetable, water diet for

a while to help get their inflammation down. We tend to find that

carbohydrates makes the body acidic and then people hurt.

My own experience was that I use to love orange juice and I would

have it a couple of times a day. I started having really bad shoulder

pain, I was playing a lot of tennis then and could not play. I stopped

drinking the orange juice and within a day the pain went away because

I was not acidifying my body. Orange juice is very acidic unless you

buy the non-acidic kind.

Staying off red meat is important because it has a lot of

inflammatory agents.

For people who have a lot of pain and have pain all over their

body it can takes months to clean out the toxins and help their pain.

Green vegetables are very good to eat because they are alkaline.

Me personally? I like avocados they have good proteins and the good

fats, and I drink water. ... end link

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