Guest guest Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 I haven’t tried any serious changes to my diet but I have always had a rather healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables. Some people do have food sensitivities that can give symptoms like RA and if they find the right food to eliminate they do a lot better with their RA. However, no single food group is always responsible for the problem so it takes trial and error to see if anything helps. The best way to see if you have food sensitivity is to try an elimination diet to eat only things with low likelihood of food sensitivity and this will cleanse your system of past foods. After about a month if you are better then you are likely to have some food sensitivity and now you need to find out what. You then add some food group for about a week to see if there is a change. If not, then you add another food group and keep repeating till you find out what is responsible. It’s not easy or fast so I’m satisfied with Western medicine but everyone has to judge for themselves what is worth trying. I haven’t tried it but here’s a link that describes the elimination diet and there are a lot of variants. God bless. http://drcranton.com/elimination_diet.htm From: Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of creamcake12 Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:46 AM Rheumatoid Arthritis Subject: diet changes hi all i was diagnosed several months ago and when plaquenil didnt work i was prescribed celebrex which i decided not to take bc of the possible side effects. then symptoms got worse and i was barely able to walk. doc just prescribed fenac (diclofenac sodium, voltaren) which has been great for pain and waiting now to see second rheumy (didnt really like my first one) and will probably be put on methotrexate. just wondering if anyone benefited from a change of diet? eg. eliminating nightshades, increasing vitamin c etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I think diet was a bigger factor for me than I thought. I'm doing great on this diet prescribed by the naturopathic doctor. I've had some " slips " but it's getting easier as I go. Energy level is steadily climbing. It's nicer to do this with a knowledgable guide vs. books & Internet, which is how I did my last elimination diet. I have some really good supplement support, which is helpful. Had labwork done last week and am curious about how my liver's doing after needing to go off Arava. Will find out Wed. when I see my GP for a physical. (Her nurse called today...wonder why? Liver?) Still feeling pain-free! No meds. Sierra > > I haven't tried any serious changes to my diet but I have always had a > rather healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables. Some people do have > food sensitivities that can give symptoms like RA and if they find the right > food to eliminate they do a lot better with their RA. However, no single > food group is always responsible for the problem so it takes trial and error > to see if anything helps. The best way to see if you have food sensitivity > is to try an elimination diet to eat only things with low likelihood of food > sensitivity and this will cleanse your system of past foods. After about a > month if you are better then you are likely to have some food sensitivity > and now you need to find out what. You then add some food group for about a > week to see if there is a change. If not, then you add another food group > and keep repeating till you find out what is responsible. It's not easy or > fast so I'm satisfied with Western medicine but everyone has to judge for > themselves what is worth trying. I haven't tried it but here's a link that > describes the elimination diet and there are a lot of variants. God bless. > > http://drcranton.com/elimination_diet.htm > > > > _____ > > From: Rheumatoid Arthritis > [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of creamcake12 > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:46 AM > Rheumatoid Arthritis > Subject: diet changes > > > > hi all > i was diagnosed several months ago and when plaquenil didnt work i was > prescribed celebrex which i decided not to take bc of the possible > side effects. then symptoms got worse and i was barely able to walk. > doc just prescribed fenac (diclofenac sodium, voltaren) which has > been great for pain and waiting now to see second rheumy (didnt really > like my first one) and will probably be put on methotrexate. just > wondering if anyone benefited from a change of diet? eg. eliminating > nightshades, increasing vitamin c etc. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 could you tell us about the diet? Helen P. NW ohiosnowdrift52003 <snowdrift52003@...> wrote: I think diet was a bigger factor for me than I thought. I'm doing great on this diet prescribed by the naturopathic doctor. I've had some "slips" but it's getting easier as I go. Energy level is steadily climbing. It's nicer to do this with a knowledgable guide vs. books & Internet, which is how I did my last elimination diet. I have some really good supplement support, which is helpful. Had labwork done last week and am curious about how my liver's doing after needing to go off Arava. Will find out Wed. when I see my GP for a physical. (Her nurse called today...wonder why? Liver?) Still feeling pain-free! No meds. Sierra Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 It's an elimination diet--where you eliminate foods that often cause sensitivities in people, such as wheat, corn, soy, eggs, dairy products, oranges, beef, pork, sugar, caffeine, and nightshade vegetables (tomato, eggplant, potato, etc.) After 25 days, you begin to reintroduce those foods, one at a time and observe any reactions to them (headache, nausea, etc.). This diet takes a lot of attention and discipline (the hardest part has been the caffeine and sugar); I look forward to resuming a more normal eating pattern. Hopefully there won't be too many more foods I'll have to permanently eliminate. I feel light and clear, and have a sense of freedom from addictive cravings. My energy level is more stable throughout the day. I can't credit the diet with my pain-free status--that just happened on its own, right after I stopped the Arava 3 weeks ago. I waited for the pain to return, but it hasn't. I've been on this diet for 8 days. Sierra --- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , Helen <helen050959@...> wrote: > > could you tell us about the diet? > > Helen P. > NW ohio > > snowdrift52003 <snowdrift52003@...> wrote: I think diet was a bigger factor for me than I thought. I'm doing > great on this diet prescribed by the naturopathic doctor. I've had > some " slips " but it's getting easier as I go. Energy level is > steadily climbing. It's nicer to do this with a knowledgable guide > vs. books & Internet, which is how I did my last elimination diet. I > have some really good supplement support, which is helpful. > > Had labwork done last week and am curious about how my liver's doing > after needing to go off Arava. Will find out Wed. when I see my GP > for a physical. (Her nurse called today...wonder why? Liver?) > > Still feeling pain-free! No meds. > > Sierra > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Dear Sierra and All, "snowdrift52003" snowdrift52003@...> It's an elimination diet--I feel light and clear, and have > a sense of freedom from addictive cravings. My energy > level is more stable throughout the day-- I've been on this > diet for 8 days. I'm going to try a detoxification diet beginning July 6th and just wanted to write to say your post inspired me and I thank you Sierra! A few others may join with me and we would welcome you and anybody to come join us at Rheumatoid_Exercise_Diet anytime: Rheumatoid_Exercise_Diet/ Best Wishes, Dodie Northwest PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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