Auto-immune diseases and anti-inflammatory eating plan

auddii

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Canordlund wrote: »

Hi there,
Wondering if anyone out there with autoimmune disease(s) has tried an anti-inflammatory diet such as one where you cut out dairy, gluten grains, added sugar, etc? Has following this eating plan helped your symptoms? How long have you been on this diet? Thanks!

@Canordlund as of Oct 2014 I cut out all added sugar and all forms of all grains because my arthritis/general health was in a tail spin. The doctors wanted me to start on Enbrel injections the first of Nov 2014. My wife as a pharmacist was against it in my weakened state as was I so acted on my hunch and left both sugar and grains cold turkey.

30 days after this my joint and muscle pain had dropped from a 7-8 level to 2-3 level. I went on to reduce all crabs to just <50 grams daily with good pain management through May 2016 when I started to eat some D-Ribose (a 5 carbon sugar) as well as whole carbs as in vegetables and fruit. I was still low carb but was not longer living in a state of nutritional ketosis.

By the third week the pain was ticking up, had some bleeding of the gums and some tooth/gum pain, ear wax starting to reappear and lost range of motion. I have been back to eating like I had since Oct 2014 for about one week and started to recover the ground I had lost when I was flirting with sugar and >50 grams of carbs daily. I did start taking Ashwagandha Friday evening so that make it hard to tell what is cutting my pain and giving me more energy.

For sure there is not one size fits all solution for autoimmune health issues. Dr. Susan Blum MD states it seems most all autoimmune diseases are proceeded by developing a Leaking Gut Syndrome. I have read else where LGS proceeds most cases of Obesity. I recommend her book to anyone with any health issues. Her's is hypothyroidism and the research in the book stems from working to resolve her own autoimmune health issues. You can read more on her website. Amazon is loaded with reviews of her book. The book walks one through a series of questions and how to start your own recovery. It is not a diet book but a how to heal one's self with food choices.

blumcenterforhealth.com/the-immune-system-recovery-plan/

Wait, carbs cause bleeding gums ear wax?

GaleHawkins

Real doctors disagreeing indicates unsettled scientific evidence.

FunkyTobias

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Real doctors disagreeing indicates unsettled scientific evidence.

No. It indicates that your source is a quack.

Dr. Blum is a member of the Medical Advisory Board for The Dr. Oz Show.

http://blumcenterforhealth.com/about/staff/susan-blum/

Need I say more?

MichaelaSheppard

My autoimmune disease is Scleroderma and my biggest struggle is fatigue. I drive myself crazy on days when i'm too exhausted to move

Jump_Rope_Lady

My husband went on AIP for a skin condition he has. We were able to pin point which foods triggered his flares that way in the reintegration phase. Was hard to cut everything for a month but it was worth it for him. He now just stays away from nightshades and he's good aside from one or two flares a year compared to every week.

GaleHawkins

auddii wrote: »

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Canordlund wrote: »

Hi there,
Wondering if anyone out there with autoimmune disease(s) has tried an anti-inflammatory diet such as one where you cut out dairy, gluten grains, added sugar, etc? Has following this eating plan helped your symptoms? How long have you been on this diet? Thanks!

@Canordlund as of Oct 2014 I cut out all added sugar and all forms of all grains because my arthritis/general health was in a tail spin. The doctors wanted me to start on Enbrel injections the first of Nov 2014. My wife as a pharmacist was against it in my weakened state as was I so acted on my hunch and left both sugar and grains cold turkey.

30 days after this my joint and muscle pain had dropped from a 7-8 level to 2-3 level. I went on to reduce all crabs to just <50 grams daily with good pain management through May 2016 when I started to eat some D-Ribose (a 5 carbon sugar) as well as whole carbs as in vegetables and fruit. I was still low carb but was not longer living in a state of nutritional ketosis.

By the third week the pain was ticking up, had some bleeding of the gums and some tooth/gum pain, ear wax starting to reappear and lost range of motion. I have been back to eating like I had since Oct 2014 for about one week and started to recover the ground I had lost when I was flirting with sugar and >50 grams of carbs daily. I did start taking Ashwagandha Friday evening so that make it hard to tell what is cutting my pain and giving me more energy.

For sure there is not one size fits all solution for autoimmune health issues. Dr. Susan Blum MD states it seems most all autoimmune diseases are proceeded by developing a Leaking Gut Syndrome. I have read else where LGS proceeds most cases of Obesity. I recommend her book to anyone with any health issues. Her's is hypothyroidism and the research in the book stems from working to resolve her own autoimmune health issues. You can read more on her website. Amazon is loaded with reviews of her book. The book walks one through a series of questions and how to start your own recovery. It is not a diet book but a how to heal one's self with food choices.

blumcenterforhealth.com/the-immune-system-recovery-plan/

Wait, carbs cause bleeding gums ear wax?

There is no proof of carbs as the cause..All that is known in my case is the ear wax and bleeding gums returned in 30 days after I started eating more 50 grams of carbs daily after eating less than 50 grams of carbs for nearly two years and stopped again by going back to eating less than 50 grams of carbs daily.