Anti-Inflammatory Foods

For me... gluten = bad.

My Dad had bad Rheumatoid Arthritis, couldn't eat any tomatoes as they always caused a flare-up. Oddly enough Heinz Tomato Soup didn't cause a flare up though...

He found that salmon, chicken and other lean proteins helped, and although he considered yogurt to be less than manly, it helped too. Carrots, broccoli, turnip/swede, parsnips were all good, strangely he had to avoid mushrooms.

It may all be different for other people of course. Hope you find foods that help you ;-)

Anti-inflamms I know of are
Vitd3
fish oil
turmeric

I am sure there are others, but those are great.


Foods I avoid
Anything with the ingredient carrageenan...nasty on my gut!

Other than that, I seem to be fine.

I've changed my diet considerably over the past 4 years and adopted many anti-inflammatory foods in the process. I have both the quality of life and extensive blood test improvements showing that it's worked. Plus I love the foods I'm eating now and get sick of the thought of the garbage I used to put in my body!

I have 2 chronic inflammatory conditions, Psoriatic Arthritis (mild RA) and Adhesive Arachnoiditis in my lower spine. My number one thing that has helped my pain level is eliminating processed sugar. I have also eliminated breads as well, so that automatically put me fairly gluten free, so it could have helped as well. I eat nuts, seeds, avocados, and lots of fresh leafy greens and other non-starch vegetables. I know from experience that tomatoes will cause a major flare up. I can get away with a little sauce here and there, but one day I ate a whole tomato and could not get out of bed the next day.

There are other foods that are supposed to help with inflammation. I saw a Doctor on Dr Oz one day that was talking about the 5 food groups that help with inflammation. You might want to check his show website and look for them. I know some of them were foods high in beta-carotine, in the yellow and orange color foods, cauliflower, citrus fruits, whole or cracked grains, oily fishes, and some herbs and spices- ginger, tumeric being the best. I also saw purple foods, but I had always heard that eggplant is in the nightshade group of vegetables which are known to CAUSE inflammation, so not sure if eggplant would be good or not.

I do know that since I have been eating this way for the past 2 months, my pain level has dropped dramatically and I am able to exercise so much more without increasing my meds any. I feel so fantastic, at least 10 years younger. Less moody and lots more energy. I will eat this way forever.

Good luck. hope you find some things that help you.

I was having this convo with my chiropractor today. He is telling me to stay away from beef/chicken/pork b/c they are high acidic. He said lots of citrus fruits, green veggies, omega 3 proteins are what my diet should be made up of.. and he said my love for Greek yogurt is fine.

http://whole9life.com/category/whole-30/

There is a link. It is a 30 day food challenge where all you pretty much eat is meat, vegetables, friut, seeds, and tree nuts. I guess you'd say paleo, but I really don't consider myself paleo. I will start reintroducing foods back in after the 30 days and see how they make me feel!!