'Clean' eating for arthritis/inflammation?

You should get an allergy prick test from a doctor. My mom had arthritis and one of the major things that helped her was figuring out exactly what it was that she was allergic to. It's different for everyone and that test will be able to tell you what you specifically are sensitive to.

Regular doctors are a little reluctant to give them but any homeopath/natural doctor will do them. Just make sure it's either a prick test or a blood test not something weird.

Interested to hear what people have to say. Bump for later

My coworker has arthritis, and she swears that eliminating tomatoes and citrus fruits from her diet has drastically reduced her symptoms.

Which foods are linked with either increasing or decreasing inflammation? I'm prepared to try something new for a couple of months to see if it might help with some inflammation issues.

Have heard cutting dairy and carbs may help. I love my yogurt & cottage cheese, and bread makes life easier in a million ways, but I'd consider trying, if there was a shot it could help.

have you cut out gluten yet? that's the biggest inflammatory culprit.

EDIT: shoulda read the thread. Wheat Belly is the big one going around these days as far as books are concerned.

Which foods are linked with either increasing or decreasing inflammation? I'm prepared to try something new for a couple of months to see if it might help with some inflammation issues.

Have heard cutting dairy and carbs may help. I love my yogurt & cottage cheese, and bread makes life easier in a million ways, but I'd consider trying, if there was a shot it could help.

have you cut out gluten yet? that's the biggest inflammatory culprit.

No, I haven't.. argh this is going to be hard (because, delicious rye bread is delicious). Coach, you must know of a good book or two, can you make a recommendation?

edit: lol. Awesome, thank you

I hear you - I really thought cutting out gluten would be tough, but it's actually been incredibly easy for me. i'll still splurge on pizza or something every now and again, but even drastically reducing your gluten intake will help tremendously.

My coworker has arthritis, and she swears that eliminating tomatoes and citrus fruits from her diet has drastically reduced her symptoms.

http://arthritis.about.com/b/2006/09/25/nightshade-vegetables-should-people-with-arthritis-avoid-nightshade-foods.htm

Which foods are linked with either increasing or decreasing inflammation? I'm prepared to try something new for a couple of months to see if it might help with some inflammation issues.

Have heard cutting dairy and carbs may help. I love my yogurt & cottage cheese, and bread makes life easier in a million ways, but I'd consider trying, if there was a shot it could help.

have you cut out gluten yet? that's the biggest inflammatory culprit.

No, I haven't.. argh this is going to be hard (because, delicious rye bread is delicious). Coach, you must know of a good book or two, can you make a recommendation?

edit: lol. Awesome, thank you

I hear you - I really thought cutting out gluten would be tough, but it's actually been incredibly easy for me. i'll still splurge on pizza or something every now and again, but even drastically reducing your gluten intake will help tremendously.

That's hopeful, then!! Amazing, I think I could live with that, or at least try for a bit. Thanks!

no problem. really what I've ended up doing is simple - breakfast is bacon and eggs typically, with fruit/nuts/etc, lunch is a big *kitten* salad that's kind of my favorite meal of the day because I can mix it up daily. A salad can have as many or as few calories as you want, as much protein or fat as you want, it's lowish carb and gluten free. win win. Dinner is usually meat/chicken/fish and veggies or rice. and I munch on fruit and nuts throughout the day with a shake thrown in for good measure.

who said gluten free was tough! :P

I would, however, caution against splurging for gluten free versions of things that usually have wheat in them like pasta/bread/etc - just because they're typically heavily processed, and have lots of wacky ingredients. Better to just have your rye bread every now and again, but just make it an occasional treat, and see how you feel when you've been GF for a while compared to when you aren't.

Good luck!

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