Anti inflammatory diets
Grnhouse
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Hi all,
Anybody try to help control their inflammation with anti inflammatory diet programs?
Anybody try to help control their inflammation with anti inflammatory diet programs?
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I started very low carb to do just that. It seems to help with some of my autoimmune symptoms, insulin sensitivity and lowers triglycerides. Ymmv8
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My pain management nurse practitioner recommended the book
" The Deflame Diet: DeFlame your diet, body, and mind", it is about $25, I did not buy it, I did not read it.
There is a website as well. http://www.deflame.com/ I have not researched this any more than taking a quick look .0 -
There is a specialized one if you have the blood antigen HLA-B27. It is as little starch as possible. Just Google "HLA-B27 starch" and you will find ome peer reviewed science. KickAS.com has a section on it in the forum and intructions. I tried it a while and it is crazy hard. My flares have been even less frequent just from my weight loss and going without starch was just too hard; I gave up on it. But for some people, it has helped a lot.0
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What kind of inflammation and what are your symptoms?4
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Please be careful with this level of NSAID consumption. Over time they can cause kidney and GI damage.
Have you been to a physiotherapist?
Localized swelling can be helped with ice and sometimes heat, depending on the cause. It is typically a symptom of underlying injury, not something that is managed by diet. Please see a trained medical professional who is familiar with you and your condition.6 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »
Please be careful with this level of NSAID consumption. Over time they can cause kidney and GI damage.
Have you been to a physiotherapist?
Localized swelling can be helped with ice and sometimes heat, depending on the cause. It is typically a symptom of underlying injury, not something that is managed by diet. Please see a trained medical professional who is familiar with you and your condition.
I agree with this. You won't solve this with diet changes, but rather physiotherapy to help alleviate the pain and fix the source problem. Overall, if you are overweight, than just losing weight alone will generally help.3 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »
Please be careful with this level of NSAID consumption. Over time they can cause kidney and GI damage.
Have you been to a physiotherapist?
Localized swelling can be helped with ice and sometimes heat, depending on the cause. It is typically a symptom of underlying injury, not something that is managed by diet. Please see a trained medical professional who is familiar with you and your condition.
I agree with this. You won't solve this with diet changes, but rather physiotherapy to help alleviate the pain and fix the source problem. Overall, if you are overweight, than just losing weight alone will generally help.
Agree on all of the above.3 -
Anti inflammatory diets don't help very much with injuries.
I would do physio. Weight loss might help but it might not. I had a bulging disc and made an effort to lose weight and exercise. After losing my weight (by eating whole foods mainly) and exercising regularly the disc burst and now I have some paralysis.... I did not do physio. Wish I had spent the money. 4 -
Have you had an MRI? It would be good to know what you are dealing with. I have lumbar spine problems - bulging disks at L4/L5 and L5/S1 (90% of bulging disks are at those locations), spinal stenosis, degerative disc disease and unspecified spondylitis. The last two basically mean arthritis. The most effective things I have done are losing weight to relieve some of the stress on it and exercising to improve the muscles around it. I don't want to take NSAIDs like candy and tear up my gut. Something else I have done is learn to put up with some pain. The doc tells me that as long as I am not doing stupid things that would hurt anyone's back, moving around and doing things when I am at a normal weight and in good shape is not significantly increasing in the rate of degeneration. Pain sucks; not having a life sucks more.
All of this is moot if you have a different condition. If you haven't gotten an MRI, I strongly encourage you to get one and find out exactly what you are dealing with. X-Rays are not definitive and a physical examination won't do much more than identify whether it is muscular or not.6 -
Grnhouse, agree with others about MRI, but also you might want to search about inflammation on greenmedinfo.com. I take beta glucan and curcumin/turmeric and it seems to give some relief.7
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I have Degenerative Disc Disease, multiple herniated discs, 2 annual tears, and multiple hematomas on my spine. Losing weight has helped. Avoiding inflammatory foods like grains and dairy has helped. Seeing a chiropractor for routine adjustments has helped. Yoga has helped. Strength training has helped. Low impact workouts like swimming has helped. I've added Tumeric to my diet, maybe that's helped.
In my personal experience, there is no one thing that helps, but instead is a combination of multiple lifestyle changes. I am only 43 and do not want the fusion surgery so am doing everything in my power to avoid it. A few years ago I was taking Oxycodone like candy. I decided enough was enough with those and then switched to muscle relaxers to just take the edge off. I can say with confidence that I haven't taken any medication, not even so much as an Advil in the last 9 months. Of course, 9 months ago was the last time I threw my back out, but my recovery was so much better this time.4 -
@psuLemon, @CarvedTones, @nvmomketo and all. Thxs for info. I did get mri. Shows DDD at lower back and sciatica drives me nuts. I’ve been to PT and maxed out insurance benefits on it. Is PT the same as physio? I am not overweight.0
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If it's a food issue causing inflammation, there are several elimination diets out there. Google Whole 30, you do it for 30 days, see how you feel, and slowly start adding back the things that you didn't have during that time to see if they trigger you...3
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@psuLemon, @CarvedTones, @nvmomketo and all. Thxs for info. I did get mri. Shows DDD at lower back and sciatica drives me nuts. I’ve been to PT and maxed out insurance benefits on it. Is PT the same as physio? I am not overweight.
Yes, PT in this case is referring to physio. It's expensive if you're going out of pocket. A good one will teach you how to manage at home. I've had to go out of pocket in the past. I figure that the cost is worth making my life less miserable.2 -
I have DDD, stenosis, bulging disks etc. I had non-invasive back surgery to relieve severe sciatica and it did it’s job. Still have some back pain and wouldn’t recommend surgery for anyone unless severe pain. Mine was a nerve twisted and stuck. I ache all over and try to just live with the pain but sometimes take Tylenol to make life more tolerable. Am starting anti-inflammatory this week and will see how it goes.1
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katphi1618 wrote: »
I don't disagree with you but I've seen people that take Omega 6s. Not necessary for most people. If anything, people need to eat less Omega 6s and supplement with Omega 3s. There are ridiculous amounts of Omega 6s in the typical American diet.
https://healthaliciousness.com/articles/high-omega-6-foods.php
Just the nuts I eat alone covers more than adequate Omega 6s in my diet. I have to supplement to get enough Omega 3s. If someone eats any fried food whatsoever, they are getting way more Omega 6s than they require.2 -
Sapphireblue1 wrote: »I have DDD, stenosis, bulging disks etc. I had non-invasive back surgery to relieve severe sciatica and it did it’s job. Still have some back pain and wouldn’t recommend surgery for anyone unless severe pain. Mine was a nerve twisted and stuck. I ache all over and try to just live with the pain but sometimes take Tylenol to make life more tolerable. Am starting anti-inflammatory this week and will see how it goes.
The spine specialist I saw said that every now and then he sees a situation he feels pretty certain he can fix, but when it isn't certain he says about 40% of people get significant relief, 40% get little or no relief and about 20% say it is worse than ever (he said that is mostly frustration and it is extremely unlikely to make it worse). A success rate of under 50% gives me pause. As I have manageable pain, he recommended against surgery.2 -
Thxs all for the feedback. Don’t want to have surgery as the surgeon says only it would have to be spinal fusion with a disc replacement. I’m doing my PT 3 or 4 days a week and trying to stay positive. I saw a pain management specialist that prescribed a different anti inflammatory with a mild muscle relaxer. I declined to take opioids b/c they don’t work on nerve pain. If this doesn’t help next will try Cbd/hemp product.1
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I have read some really interesting stuff about Astaxanthin (found naturally in Krill Oil) along with Omega 3s. Especially related to back and neck pain. Astaxanthin is relatively cheap, it's just a really powerful antioxidant, and is supposed to help back/neck pain (at least according to one study I read) significantly. Wouldn't hurt to try it. I take it and it really seems to help my joints (I have an awful knee).
Here's another clinical study underway analyzing it.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03664466
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