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Goodmorning everyone -

 
I have been doing some reading on how nutrition and certain foods can play a role in treating (even remission) RA.  Anyone have any experiences to back this up?  What about foods...has anyone had good or bad reactions with certain foods?  I would like to know what has worked for you and what has made your RA worse.
 
So in other words, Good foods Vs. Bad foods.  List the good and the bad!
 
Lori

Ah...therein lies the rub.  It's different things for different people.  You might try looking into elimination diets (cheap easy but takes a long time to figure out) to see if you can find your triggers. 

Or look into delayed onset allergy testing.  Very controversial but I'm thinking of it.  KarinRA did it with split sampling to different labs and the results came back the same so....they might be onto something. 
 
All I know is this ties in to Katies thread on allergies and I know it's there...it's a link...and its true...but once your pain level drops you get lazy on doing what needs to be done.  Before AP I would have agreed to anything.  After it's started working I'm like...you mean I might still have to give up my morning bagel???
 
I'm such a wuss.
 
The big things for us seem to be gluten, sugar and some people claim nightshades.  I'm not having obvious reactions to anything...but it has to be there and I have to figure out what they are.
 
Pip
I found out that i am allergic to dairy during all this RA stuff.  I also know for a fact that my RA is better without my dairy products, but i don't know how they would do on someone who doesn't have a proven dairy problem.
 
I do know that i can't eat bell peppers or anything cooked with them, i will get worse with RA.
I did a lot of research and reading on this subject when I was first diagnosed and talked to a few doctors as well. So far there is no one difinitive thing that helps everyone. If you have a food sensitivity or allergy it can make you feel worse, for some people just eating junk, processed foods makes them feel worse. If you have osteo-arthritis or more knee pain than anything else and are overweight, losing weight can make a huge difference. But just generally speaking, there are not any foods that are RA triggers.Here's my take on the question:
 
Bad: sugar, corn syrup (in almost all processed foods), rancid oils (frying things using the same oil over and over, most fast food (see above)
 
Good: most fruit (especially dark berries...I prefer fresh blackberries in season and wild blueberries), salmon (and other fish high in omega-3), flax (high in omega-3), walnuts (no salt), almonds (no salt), organic yogurt cultured after pasteurization (no corn syrup), olive oil (cook only in light oil), most vegies, lean grass fed beef, free range chicken

Thank you to all that replied.  I was hoping that maybe there was a link or a common thread that people with RA had when it came to food tolerances or intolerance.  Our bodies are all so different.  I find it strange that what works for some, works the complete opposite for others.  I have not noticed any difference with any foods that I eat.  What I'm mainly interested in is foods that offer "healing" benefits.  I know that anything in the "berry" family is considered good for us.  Alans take on it is very sensible... but not always easy to follow.  I think I just need to be more determined to eat better.  I have good intentions but I get easily sucked into the BAD foods!  Gggrrrr...why can't I fight the evil temptations out there!

 
Lori
Tme_of_my_Life2008-02-05 00:11:00Absolutely eating healthy is going to be beneficial in some way. It may not be the cure for RA or joint pain but it will definately improve the quality of your life to eat whole foods most of the time vs. fatty, processed, sugary and starchy foods. Alan does have great suggestions and there are other foods that are high in Omegas and so on. You can find lots of information on health benefits of various foods but I think the key is to eat what is in season to get the most of the nutrients in the various fruits and veggies and then keep you meats lean, grains whole, and limit your sugars-fats-processed stuff etc. There is a book called The Idiots Guide to Nutrition which is easy to read and very informative. If you take the initiative to just eat more healthfully you will reap the benefits.
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