food choices and RA

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Cutting out sugars is not a food group. It is an ingredient in most foods.

Not using bleached flour is not cutting out a food group it is changing your flour

Cutting out pancake mix and cake mixes is not cutting out a food group it is cutting out some processed foods with bleached sugar and bleached flour.

Cutting out soda..........soda is not a food group.

Changing your diet is cheaper then going for allergy tests.

Trish

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From: Harold Van Tuyl

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:03 PM

Subject: RE: Questions

The main reason you don’t hear much about this is that it only works that way for a small minority of the people, but for those it is wonderful. Some people benefit from other dietary changes but there are no single dietary changes that have been shown to be good specifically for RA. Changing to a generally healthy diet is good for a lot of things but it will not specifically help RA unless you have some food sensitivity to something you cut out. I think an allergist can do some skin tests to see if some food allergy is likely, or you can use an elimination diet to see if any food group is bad for you. Arbitrarily cutting out certain food groups is a poor way to try to treat RA. God bless.

From: Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of HertlingSent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:49 AMRheumatoid Arthritis Subject: Re: Questions

Wow Trish, I've had RA for 7 years and have never been givinthis heads up. This group really is priceless. I willstart these changes today. Thanks,--- trish@... wrote:> Leah,> > You need to change your diet.> > If you eat a lot of sweets STOP. If you drink alot> of sodas STOP.> > Cut out all sugars and bleached flour and all> chocolate.> > If you eat a lot of the above Items and stop them> right now. You will > experience some relief by your third day.> > You may also want to cut out green peppers and> tomatoes because in some > people these vegetables set their arthritis off to> hurting.> > Also increase your intake of water to 3 quarts a> day. This will lubricate > the joints and help relieve the pain in the joints.> > I know all this works because I was RXed in my 30s> with RA and I am now 50 > and I am not on meds. I am on the diet I mentioned> above and I take > vitamins/supplements. I have no symptoms at this> time of RA. But when I go > on a cruise and eat a lot of the> deserts..............my joints swell and I > am in sooo much pain. So then i go home and get back> on my diet and drink > lots and lots of water and take extra> vitamins/supplements that target my > joints and I am back to normal in 3 days.> > I hope you feel better soon.> ((gentle hugs))> Trish > > >