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Arthritis Diet
There are two kinds of arthritis.
Osteoarthritis – A degenerative condition that often occurs with age. Osteoarthritis causes stiffness and pain in the affected joints. Being overweight can sometimes worsen symptoms due to the greater load on the joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis – an inflammatory condition involving multiple joints. The joints often swell and cause pain. Sometimes the sufferer (typically adult women) will go through periods of remission.
Nutrition to Relieve Arthritis Symptoms
Unfortunately there is conflicting advice regarding diet for arthritis. Despite some clinical trials taking place, many results are considered to be a placebo affect. However there are some guidelines that may help.
- Oily fish – such as cod liver oil supplements, tuna, salmon, and sardines.
- Vitamin C – found in many foods such as kiwifruit, peaches, oranges.
- Vitamin E – Unsalted nuts
- Turmeric and ginger – anti-inflammatory foods (use in curries, soups, or stews).
- Some report that a vegetarian or vegan diet has helped.
Conquering Arthritis: What Doctors Don’t Tell You Because They Don’t Know by Barbara D. Allan, has many helpful tips for sufferers based on Barbara’s years of experience working with RA patients in her medical practice.
Foods That May Aggravate
- Some report that vegetables from the solanum (or nightshade) family cause problems – potatoes, capsicums, eggplant, and tomatoes.
- Foods high in saturated fat – such as full-fat dairy, fatty meat, baked foods.
- Dairy products
Finding What Helps You
The only way to find out if something is aggravating your arthritis is to constantly monitor your diet. Do this by keeping a journal of what you have eaten, and what pain you experience. If you begin to notice any patterns (such as joint pain the day after eating a certain food), you will need to try and isolate the cause.
Take the food out of your diet for a week, and see if you experience the same arthritic symptoms. In order to make any correlation, you will need to do this 3 times.
Bookmarks
Arthritis.org – Official site of the Arthritis Foundation.
www.niams.nih.gov – National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
To elsy,
Dear Elsy, I found two books the day I was diagnosed with rhumatoid Arthritis. One was titled: There is a Cure for Arthritis by Paavo Airola. The other was Freedom From Arthritis through Nutrition by Dr. Welch. The first book gave me hope–very inspirational and furnished proof of the possibility. The second showed me how. I refused to read because I was tired of reading books about “coping with” or “managing your” arthritis. I was determined not to take any of the harmful meds that my dear belated friend, whom I cared for as a teenager, took. Having seen her suffering I knew there had to be another way. God is not cruel. So I read those books and followed every word in the second one. I did not, however order any of the offerings but relied on the water alone. Distilled water. It worked. I found that corn, unboiled or unsoured milk, All oils on the shelf in stores except olive, canola and linseed were bad for me. eliminating these things and following the Welch technique in the book freed me of arthritis from 1990 until last year when I worked upright for more than 24 hrs and ate whatever was around. I was helping someone to move. Confident, tho, that I can do it again. Best to you, SB
There are way more than two types of arthritis. Gout type, psoriasis type, etc., etc., etc.
The authors should have their names listed and/or a link to the editor beside each diet description for corrections.
Thanks for helping. I had gouty arthritis three years back. I am taking alluporinol since then. Now the uric acid level is 6.5. Ther is no pain but all joints seems uneasy and some time i uneasy to close my fingers.
So, please what may be the remedy.
Thanks
An anti inflammatory diet should include herbs, spices, and tea!
I find turmeric, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, ginger, and green
tea a must for feeling well. A steady, daily diet of these is all I
need to alleviate stiffness and pain, in addition to foods such as
salmon.
plz could any one send me all the food that I should avoid inorder to be cured from arthritis
I had both types of arthritis cured by having my type 3 allergies tested in a blood test, cut out all 50 foods I was allergic to and have been arthritis free for 19 months. I had very bad arthris in my knees, I could hardly walk, I now do squats.
Having lived with Rheumatoid ARthritis for over 10 I can attest to the fact that diet really does make all the difference.
I have, because of dietary changes, lived an active life again for the past 8 years, without all the pain and suffering associated with RA.
I follow a diet very similar to what you recommend on this site, although I have a challenge with eating salmon. Isolating food groups is the perfect way to determine which foods cause the most harm for your particular body, as mentioned above.
Susan
http://www.LivingWithRheumatoidArthritis.com