Dietary suggestions for arthritis
#1
Posted 28 July 2007 - 02:22 PM
#2
Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:53 AM
Recently I have been having a lot of joint pain- knees,ankles even hands. Its finally diagnosed as arthritis. The details will be known once all the tests are out.
I am actually a vegan but the Dr has advised me to have an omega 3 fish oil as medication whcih i am having.I also avoid sodas, acohol or coffee& try to eat a healthy diet.
The Dr told me to cut out acidic foods basically from my diet- like tomatoes etc. As mentioned earlier I a vegan and want to know what is the best diet for arthritis.- CC- anyone?
Cheers
B04
About 2 years ago I also developed quite severe athritis out of knowhere, but have managed to get rid of it, though I cannot say precisely what change did it.
My doctor thought it was gout initially so severe was the pain in my small joints, but after blood tests showed nothing, well infact I was tested for cancer due to multiple symptoms, but nothing showed up and he offered no explantion or treatment so I had to sort it myself.
In my case I am in no doubt it was triggered by extreme stress at the time, and after studying the subject it does seem there is often a connection to auto immune conditions and stress, so that is something to look at.
Dietary wise I did most of the things you list, but also took MSM with vitamine C, cinnamon, and drank more water. You mention not drinking soda's, and that is a good idea, and I particularly noticed aspartame would set off pain very badly so avoid that like the plague.
It took about a year to go, on and off, but I've had no return of it for over a year now.
Hope you feel better soon.
Mark.
Edited by entropy, 31 July 2007 - 11:54 AM.
#3
Posted 31 July 2007 - 01:32 PM
#4
Posted 31 July 2007 - 02:06 PM
#5
Posted 31 July 2007 - 02:41 PM
Sounds to me like your diet is already pretty good from the standpoint of not eating stuff that would make pain appear or make it worse. Personally, if I eat a lot of salt, the fluid retention and swelling around joints is a bad deal.
I don't mean to sound like a quack, but I've heard that ginger is good in some cases, as it is said to inhibit the production of leukotrienes and prostglandins - which are involved with inflammation and pain. Don't know myself, same as for the "cherry juice" cure for gout. Presumably, the cherries or juice would make the body get rid of more uric acid, high blood levels of which often cause gout.
Drinking a good amount of water makes gut-basic sense to me. I've also talked to other gout sufferers, and a fair amount of them avoid tomatoes, because of "the acid," but the main thing there is ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), and there's not all that much in a tomato, like 20 milligrams or less per 100 grams of tomato, and you need some anyway.
With your diet I doubt you'd get gout, and the location of your pain is atypical for it.
I hope you let us know what the docs find out.
Best,
Doug
#6
Posted 31 July 2007 - 08:23 PM
#7
Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:09 PM
Any chance you suffer from gout?
Gout (also called metabolic arthritis) is a disease due to a congenital disorder of uric acid metabolism. In this condition, monosodium urate or uric acid crystals are deposited on the articular cartilage of joints, tendons and surrounding tissues due to elevated concentrations of uric acid in the blood stream. This provokes an inflammatory reaction of these tissues.
I've found that beer affects me, causing joint pain, especially in my knees.
My dad had gout, which was bad since he was a representative for a beer distributor and had to have a "social" drink on his sales calls to local bars. And he also had to do "quality control" tests.
If you drink beer you might cut it out and see if there is any improvement.
There also may be other foods which could cause such pain.
But Wine May Be OK, Researcher Says By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Medical News
April 15, 2004 -- For centuries, gout has been known as the "disease of kings" because overindulging in rich food and drink is a major cause of the painful joint condition. But it now appears that when it comes to alcohol, the biggest culprit is the beverage long favored by the common man.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that as few as two to four beers a week increased the risk of gout by 25%. But men who drank at least two beers a day were more than 200% as likely to develop gout as non-beer drinkers. And the more beer they drank, the more likely they were to suffer an attack of gout.
Edited by Rogerdodger, 31 July 2007 - 11:18 PM.
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
#8
Posted 01 August 2007 - 08:18 AM
#9
Posted 01 August 2007 - 04:08 PM
#10
Posted 01 August 2007 - 09:07 PM
Finally, a joint that's been traumatized in life, like an old sprained ankle, or an old broken bone, or where you fell on your butt on the ice, etc. will show up with accelerated degenergation over time and become a problem "arthritic" joint for you.
As the old man said: At my age, if it don't hurt, it don't work.
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.