Before i complain about my body that hates me, i found a study that was interesting on the internet this morning. it's about foods and RA.
That's it, i am jumping off a cliff, ok, if I had one in this stupid flat land town i would jump off it!
RA BAM BAM BAM through the roof, even my eye lids swelled which is weird.
I was doing great having been almost 48hrs without corn, then BOOM i had nachos last night (i can eat cheddar cheese, only dairy) and this morning BOOM i can't move but an inch per minute.
It had to be food. It has to be.
The food is a trigger. Think about it this way, you may not visibly swell from some foods, but you are subclinically. Think about it with kids and food allergies. I was allergic to eggs and chocolate as a kid but I grew out of it. They happen to be my most favorite foods and I 'crave' them. I could eat breakfast 24/7. I'd read multiple places that we crave the foods we're most allergic too. How much do you want to be that I get off my butt and get those delayed onset allergies and top of my list is eggs and chocolate?
But what if we don't 'out grow' the allergies; just manage to tolerate them better? So, inside, where nobody can see, our guts are constantly inflamed. And with probiotics helping your dairy allergy a little...you're tolerating it better. But not enough so the cycle continues.
I do believe the foods we eat make us sick. I ate last night Corn tortillia and a blueberry corn muffin. I wake up this morning and can't bend my index finger. It's hard to stop eating certain foods that seem so good to taste but are not good for our bodies. I will stay away from the corn I don't have to eat it. I'm going to try really hard to cut back on some certain foods I know my my joints really ache.
1. Teriyaki sauce
2. Red sauces
3. Corn any form
4. Red meat
5. MSG
6. seasoning salt.
Diagos 1996 RA 12 years. Orencia, Fosamax, 2.5 mg of Prednisone and Methotrexate
Thanks for the article it was great.hmmmm i do creave a glass of milk like CRAZY! and i am very very very allergic to dairy. I also LARGELY crave cereal. In fact post raisin bran cereal. If it's craving, then maybe my breakfast cereal is bothering me.
I don't crave corn products.
Y2Smart....has it occured to you that it's the sodium that bothers you? I mean, except for the corn and the meat (depending on how you cook them) everything on your list has a lot of salt in it..You know, i think i might have puta ton of salt in my system yesterday.
I had chili, hushpuppies (did husband's bday dinner again), nachos, cereal and a few pretzels, (whole day, not one meal) so lots of salt.
For those who have id'd their sensitivities, how did you do it? Tests, elimination diets?
When i first learned that i can't eat bell peppers, it was because i went all organic and was fine for a month, then i had salsa but already ate tomatos so i knew it wasn't it. AFter the ingredients i learned bell peppers swelled me up.
My allergy to dairy had all the symptoms of hives, breathing etc. but still took a long time to figure out cuz doctors said it was my ra causing all of it, when it wasn't.
Potato chips hurt me but corn chips didn't. I tested those back and forth for a bit and learned potato was evil.
You just eliminate things you think you have a probelm with. If you have a flair, what did you eat 24-48hrs before, keep a diary and soon you can find out.
Bubba -
Look at the ingredient's of the sauces. I'm betting it might be some of those things. Also, start tracking gluten and high fructose corn syrup. That stuffs in everything.
Pip
It takes me forever to grocery shop because I read the labels, no sugars - period. Because of experimentation I found that sugar increases any inflammation I have. I'm very careful and gluten or dairy hasn't been a problem. I'm no different with or without those two ingredients. Sugars seem to be my problem. Lindy The 12 Most Toxic Fruits and Vegetables
Pesticides and The Food We Eat
Copyright Denise Palmer
Known as the Dirty Dozen, conventionally grown peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, imported grapes, spinach, lettuce and potatoes contain the highest levels of pesticides, according to the Environmental Work Group (EWG), a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C.
Up to 20 different pesticides are used in the traditional production of the
Dirty Dozen and contrary to popular belief, simply washing or peeling your
fruits and vegetables doesn't guarantee elimination. The pesticides used are often absorbed into the plants, which allows them to bind to the fruits and vegetables, making it impossible to eliminate their presence.
The chemicals within these pesticides are reported to disrupt your immune system, nervous system, reproductive system and hormonal system.
While washing and rinsing fresh produce may reduce some pesticides, it does not eliminate them. Peeling also helps remove some of the pesticides, but valuable nutrients often go down the drain with the peel.
Because the toxic effects of pesticides are worrisome, not well understood, or in some cases completely unstudied, shoppers are wise to minimize exposure to pesticides whenever possible.
Consumers who switch to organic versions of these foods could cut their
pesticide exposure by almost 90 percent, according to EWG. It analyzed nearly 43,000 tests conducted by the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration between 2000 and 2004.
Kathy's Cafe: Rules for Healthy Eating suggests: "Commercially grown fruits and vegetables are filled with herbicides, pesticides and fungicides. It is estimated that the average American consumes one pound of these toxic chemicals each year. Research has linked these toxins with breast and prostrate cancer, as well as auto-immunity and numerous other diseases. Studies have shown the mineral content of organic fruits & vegetables to be twice as high as those in commercially grown."' This is compelling information and these risks can be easily and effectively eliminated.
If your family replaced just these 12 fruits and vegetables, on a consistent
basis, you would be dramatically decreasing your toxic intake and significantly increasing your health and well being.
Produce with the least amount of pesticides - and ones you probably don't need to pay organic prices for - include onions, avocados, frozen sweet corn, pineapples, mangoes, asparagus, frozen sweet peas, kiwi, bananas, cabbage, broccoli and papaya, according to the EWG study.
Yup, that's why we eat as much organic produce as we can find and afford, but gosh is it expensive!!! You know, that list freaks me out. I'm going to print a cheat sheet and paste it to my coupon box so I know what's safer and not safer. I need that for the baby especially. Thanks for posting that.
Pip
I've just accepted the fact that if I want nutritious and healthy food it should and does take up a bigger slice of my income than I grew accustomed to in my younger years. In places like France food is more bio-dynamically grown and monthly food is an expense on par with rent.
And that is how it should be. Our addiction to cheap and easy food is what's getting us into this nutritional mess in the first place. Factory farming is heavily subsidised by our governments and the quality of the food is bad and the farming practices damage the soil. We need local, bio-dynamically farmed organic food! We need the soil based probiotics that cling to that food as well.
Also, when food is REALLY expensive you sure are a lot more careful not to waste it! And that local, organic, bio-dynamically food tastes real good. But it's still hard to find, so far.
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