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Hello,

Yes, the diet does help to some degree, mine includes. Hi Nori, I've wrote about the anti-inflamm diet in other posts and yes, it works for me.  I eat no sugar or substitutes, low fat, no prepared foods, fresh fruit and vegs, litttle gluten, and low dairy.  Dr. Weil's anit-inflammation diet is the one that I started on and modified to suit my own body and health.  Lindy

Thank you both for your responses.  LinB, it's interesting that you mentioned little gluten.  I tested gluten intolerant using a stool test at enterolab, but not gluten intolerant w/ a blood test.  It is such a strict diet, I am not sure if it's worth it.  I was gluten free for 8 months, but had been told my joint pain would go away (this was prior to RA DX).  Now that I know a gluten free diet won't fix my joints, I just don't know.....

Nori, I just purchased a book called Antiinflammatory foods for health by Barbara Rowe and Lisa Davis. I'm incorporating their ideas into my Sonoma diet. It has some good information. I think if we reduce cellular inflammation, it will have long lasting positive effects on our RA. It will not cure us but will hopefully help us manage our disease better. reducing our cellular inflammation.. That sounds very possible.... The "Zone" eating plan is also geared towards reducing inflammation.  That is the eating plan we tend to follow (including the emphasis on high-dose omega-3's). I did try to cut out all meat but there was no change and then i tried a wheat free diet, i also had no change with my RA so eliminating dairy has been the only thing that has been succesful for me not so much for my RA but stomach issues have got better.I was just reading about the alkaline/acid  relationship to RA.  Seems the less acidic the food, the better.  Something I think I'll try.  I Googled the topic came up with many food lists showing their alkaline/acid value.Gluten is in a lot more than just wheat, and even a little molecule is enough to mess you up if you're gluten intolerant. For instance, gluten is in most commercial toothpastes and in envelope glue, as well as countless other gluten booby traps, so you must be diligent to be truly gluten free.

I've posted this before, but here is a link to Dr. Weil's handy anti-inflammatory diet food pyramid, for the curious and the committed:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02995/Dr-Weil-Anti-Inflammatory-Food-Pyramid.html

It gives you that visual reference that just makes it easier. Hope this helps.Nancy, I also did the Dr Joshi Holistic detox which is gluten free and emphasises acid vs. alkaline food. It's a 6 week detox, with the first 3 weeks being pretty stringent and the second 3 being a little more relaxed. Anyway, it was easier to follow than most detox diets and I did feel great by the end of it. You could do it as a test drive for diets.

Radical changes to diet are always really hard at first, but once you're in the groove they're a lot easier. I eat a lot of whole grains and fresh vegetables. It's sugar that is my Waterloo.Hey Nancy, my diet is much like LinB's.  I can't believe how much eating just a little sugar over Christmas has effected me!  Christmas cookies were my downfall and boy do I feel it!  I think the change in eating habits can be such a gradual thing that you may not be fully aware of just how much it does help. 
Waddie

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