Diet to Improve Arthritis
Your diet and eating habits can affect your arthritis pain.
Up to 50% of osteoarthritis and up to 80% of rheumatoid arthritis have dietary etiologies.
Listed below are the 10 most comment food groups most implicated as causing arthritis.
The order of frequency is as follows Cow Dairy, Wheat (up to 50% of lupus patients are sensitive to wheat.
There are far more people sensitive to wheat than previously believed.
), Citrus, nightshade family (for example tomatoes, white potatoes, peppers, eggplant.
Up to 25% of rheumatoid arthritis is caused by the by nightshade group of foods.
), aspartame or NutraSweet, caffiene, alcohol, corn, red meat (because of saturated fats).
,Margarine (which is bad for everyone due to trans fats and pro inflammatory fats.
) Animal based fats are high in omega six fats, the bad fats.
They increase inflammation.
Inflammation is necessary for a minimal repair of the damage, but if it persists, it causes chronic pain.
Marine or plant based fats, the omega-3's, are the good fats.
These are anti-inflammatory.
Increasing omega-3 fats and decreasing animal based fats can make a huge improvement and is an important part of treating all arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
Poor digestion and poor absorption of the nutrients can also cause arthritis.
Poor absorption of food can cause the body to react as if it were a foreign substance, thus stimulating the immune system to make inflammatory chemicals.
Poor absorption also causes deficiency in antibody defense and essential nutrients.
Symptoms of poor digestion include bloating after eating, diarrhea, loose stools, cramping or constipation.
If you do not have the proper bowel flora or bacteria, the food is absorbed at larger chunks and may be interpreted as foreign to the immune system.
Some foods, as above, are already pro-inflammatory and create a similar response.
Other antagonists for arthritis, as well, are 1- lack of exercise, 2 -obesity, 3-stress (which greatly diminishes absorption of essential nutrients for sufficient protein in your diet.
Some people can tolerate the above foods in small doses, but exceeding one's threshold even slightly will cause the symptoms.
There are a few ways to test which foods you are sensitive to that provoke your symptoms.
Take your pulse two hours after eating.
If it is 20% above your resting pulse, it could be due to a food allergy or sensitivity.
If you get joint aches within two to three hours after eating, especially if you sit after eating.
Cramping, bloating or loose stool after eating.
Eliminate the above-mentioned foods most likely to trigger inflammation for 10 days, and then reintroduce one or two at a time until symptoms reappear.
Keep a log of what to eat and drink for 10 days.
When when symptoms begin or worsen, check what you have eaten within 12 hours prior to symptoms to see what foods appear on a regular basis.
Notice if there is a pattern of a particular food or food group that could be the cause of the inflammation.
Up to 50% of osteoarthritis and up to 80% of rheumatoid arthritis have dietary etiologies.
Listed below are the 10 most comment food groups most implicated as causing arthritis.
The order of frequency is as follows Cow Dairy, Wheat (up to 50% of lupus patients are sensitive to wheat.
There are far more people sensitive to wheat than previously believed.
), Citrus, nightshade family (for example tomatoes, white potatoes, peppers, eggplant.
Up to 25% of rheumatoid arthritis is caused by the by nightshade group of foods.
), aspartame or NutraSweet, caffiene, alcohol, corn, red meat (because of saturated fats).
,Margarine (which is bad for everyone due to trans fats and pro inflammatory fats.
) Animal based fats are high in omega six fats, the bad fats.
They increase inflammation.
Inflammation is necessary for a minimal repair of the damage, but if it persists, it causes chronic pain.
Marine or plant based fats, the omega-3's, are the good fats.
These are anti-inflammatory.
Increasing omega-3 fats and decreasing animal based fats can make a huge improvement and is an important part of treating all arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
Poor digestion and poor absorption of the nutrients can also cause arthritis.
Poor absorption of food can cause the body to react as if it were a foreign substance, thus stimulating the immune system to make inflammatory chemicals.
Poor absorption also causes deficiency in antibody defense and essential nutrients.
Symptoms of poor digestion include bloating after eating, diarrhea, loose stools, cramping or constipation.
If you do not have the proper bowel flora or bacteria, the food is absorbed at larger chunks and may be interpreted as foreign to the immune system.
Some foods, as above, are already pro-inflammatory and create a similar response.
Other antagonists for arthritis, as well, are 1- lack of exercise, 2 -obesity, 3-stress (which greatly diminishes absorption of essential nutrients for sufficient protein in your diet.
Some people can tolerate the above foods in small doses, but exceeding one's threshold even slightly will cause the symptoms.
There are a few ways to test which foods you are sensitive to that provoke your symptoms.
Take your pulse two hours after eating.
If it is 20% above your resting pulse, it could be due to a food allergy or sensitivity.
If you get joint aches within two to three hours after eating, especially if you sit after eating.
Cramping, bloating or loose stool after eating.
Eliminate the above-mentioned foods most likely to trigger inflammation for 10 days, and then reintroduce one or two at a time until symptoms reappear.
Keep a log of what to eat and drink for 10 days.
When when symptoms begin or worsen, check what you have eaten within 12 hours prior to symptoms to see what foods appear on a regular basis.
Notice if there is a pattern of a particular food or food group that could be the cause of the inflammation.
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