FW: What to Avoid on a Fibromyalgia Diet

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What to Avoid on a Fibromyalgia Diet

Some doctors initially put fibromyalgia down to stress, and believe that simply relaxing and eating right can make you feel better. Is the diagnosis really so simple? Is there really a fibromyalgia diet to help you feel better and get over fibromyalgia symptoms quickly?Fibromyalgia is a debilitating syndrome characterized by muscular and skeletal pain, as well as other sometimes, severe symptoms. It can be difficult to manage and doctors have found even harder to diagnose. There have been a number of suggestions as to the cause of fibromyalgia including toxins, injury or trauma, viral infections and changes in muscle metabolism, but there are no conclusive results.So, is there a particular diet that you can follow to bring relief from fibromyaglia symptoms?Studies have shown that by maintaining a healthy weight for your height and build and eating a diet consisting of low fat foods and lots of fresh produce can help to increase energy, which in turn helps to keep the fatigue that goes hand in hand with Fibromyalgia at bay.So, rather than there being just one recognized diet that is suitable for all fibromyalgia sufferers, it is more about making a life change and adopting a different way of looking at food and choosing only the most healthful options that add nutrients to your body.However, to give you an idea of where to start there are some widely recognized foods and beverages that if avoided, can help provide some relief from not only the physical symptoms but also the ‘brain fog’ that is a problem for many sufferers. Unfortunately, these first four:- Chocolate- Carbonated beverages- Coffee- Alcoholare usually part and parcel of everyone’s diet so it may take some willpower to give them up! Start by cutting down and eventually weaning yourself off them if a clean break is too much all at once. Other common food triggers that can exacerbate fibromyalgia symptoms include:High fat dairy foodsRefined sugar and artificial sweetenersWhite flourFried foodsFood containing preservatives and additivesFast foodSaltRed meat (especially cured or smoked)Caffeinated drinksHighly acidic foodsNightshade plants (tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and potatoes) In terms of what you can eat to ease symptoms it really is a case of going back to basics and eating freshly prepared meals full of nutritious ingredients. It will take more time to prepare and when you’re feeling below par the thought of cooking can be pretty exhausting but the benefits to your body can be significant compared to eating prepackaged foods stuffed full of preservatives, colorings, sugar and salt. When choosing what to include in your diet its important to understand how food effects your body. This is why it’s important to select foods that are highly nutritious and provide a boost to your immune system. Having fibromyalgia can give you ‘flu-like symptoms so getting an additional ailment on top of having fibromyalgia can really knock a sufferer badly. Keeping your immune system strong will help prevent this from happening. Although the list presented above is by no means comprehensive, it should give you an idea of what foods should not be on your diet if you are suffering from fibromyalgia.Keeping a food diary and a note about how you felt each day can really help you to determine which are trigger foods for you. It will soon become obvious if certain foods or drinks bring on symptoms and these can then be eliminated from your diet.If you want to follow a fibromyalgia diet ensure you discuss any changes with a nutritionist or medical professional first.http://eliminatefibromyalgia.com/blog/2007/12/13/what-to-avoid-on-a-fibromyalgia-diet-2/ HO HO HO, if you've been nice this year, email Santa! Visit asksanta.ca to learn more!

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I really appreciate this list, and it may be helpful for some

fibromites. Many of these suggestion are in my 100 Tips for Coping

with Fibromyalgia at http://www.fms-help.com/tips.htm - but I have

mixed feelings about a dietary list, mainly because I have heard from

fibromites for years now who have been very strict with their diets -

even vegetarians - and they still have fibro. Ugh! I am not sure that

fibro is a diet-related illness, although some fibromites have food

allergies, but then so does the general population.

My feeling after 25 years of FMS/CFIDS/ME is that it is caused by

something viral attacking the brain, and sufferers also have a

genetic predisposition for this illness (which researchers are still

trying to find). Usually people report heavy stress of some kind

just before the onset of their fibro (my story is at http://www.fms-

help.com/fibro.htm However, fibro is not just caused by stress,

because that would mean that everyone under exteme stress (military,

living in war zones, etc.) would have fibro and they don't.

Have you noticed that " healthy " people can eat anything they like? -

usually. They also withstand the onslaughts of the same " bugs " that

go through our communities, and remain unscathed. My husband and I

were even talking yesterday about people like Burns who can

smoke cigars and live to be 100! If I smoked a cigar, it would

probably kill me from free radical damage....ha. I think some people

just have the genes for long life. Then there are people who develop

lung cancer who never smoked, such as Reeves' wonderful

wife, Dana. Life just isn't fair sometimes.

It seems that once our immune system starts malfunctioning (due to

stress, mono, EBV or whatever cause), the body can't seem to find

homeostasis again. I have had to take an immune balancing powder

since 2001. It is not the complete answer, but has helped me for

things like sleep, which - even though I take a sleep med - becomes

more erratic without the immune powder.

This whole illness is such a mystery! Hopefully one day researchers

will find a cure for this that helps EVERYONE! Seems we all have

found small things that help alleviate certain aspects of our

symptoms, but there is no ONE CURE that helps all fibromites....at

least not yet. Meanwhile, we can tweak our diets and see if that

helps. For me, I try to avoid aspartame, sugar and caffeine.

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> What to Avoid on a Fibromyalgia Diet

> Some doctors initially put fibromyalgia down to stress, and believe

that simply relaxing and eating right can make you feel better. Is

the diagnosis really so simple? Is there really a fibromyalgia diet

to help you feel better and get over fibromyalgia symptoms quickly?

Fibromyalgia is a debilitating syndrome characterized by muscular and

skeletal pain, as well as other sometimes, severe symptoms. It can

be difficult to manage and doctors have found even harder to

diagnose. There have been a number of suggestions as to the cause of

fibromyalgia including toxins, injury or trauma, viral infections and

changes in muscle metabolism, but there are no conclusive results.So,

is there a particular diet that you can follow to bring relief from

fibromyaglia symptoms?Studies have shown that by maintaining a

healthy weight for your height and build and eating a diet consisting

of low fat foods and lots of fresh produce can help to increase

energy, which in turn helps to keep the fatigue that goes hand in

hand with Fibromyalgia at bay.So, rather than there being just one

recognized diet that is suitable for all fibromyalgia sufferers, it

is more about making a life change and adopting a different way of

looking at food and choosing only the most healthful options that add

nutrients to your body.However, to give you an idea of where to start

there are some widely recognized foods and beverages that if avoided,

can help provide some relief from not only the physical symptoms but

also the `brain fog' that is a problem for many sufferers.

Unfortunately, these first four:- Chocolate- Carbonated beverages-

Coffee- Alcoholare usually part and parcel of everyone's diet so it

may take some willpower to give them up! Start by cutting down and

eventually weaning yourself off them if a clean break is too much all

at once. Other common food triggers that can exacerbate fibromyalgia

symptoms include:High fat dairy foodsRefined sugar and artificial

sweetenersWhite flourFried foodsFood containing preservatives and

additivesFast foodSaltRed meat (especially cured or smoked)

Caffeinated drinksHighly acidic foodsNightshade plants (tomatoes,

eggplant, peppers and potatoes) In terms of what you can eat to ease

symptoms it really is a case of going back to basics and eating

freshly prepared meals full of nutritious ingredients. It will take

more time to prepare and when you're feeling below par the thought of

cooking can be pretty exhausting but the benefits to your body can be

significant compared to eating prepackaged foods stuffed full of

preservatives, colorings, sugar and salt. When choosing what to

include in your diet its important to understand how food effects

your body. This is why it's important to select foods that are highly

nutritious and provide a boost to your immune system. Having

fibromyalgia can give you `flu-like symptoms so getting an additional

ailment on top of having fibromyalgia can really knock a sufferer

badly. Keeping your immune system strong will help prevent this from

happening. Although the list presented above is by no means

comprehensive, it should give you an idea of what foods should not be

on your diet if you are suffering from fibromyalgia.Keeping a food

diary and a note about how you felt each day can really help you to

determine which are trigger foods for you. It will soon become

obvious if certain foods or drinks bring on symptoms and these can

then be eliminated from your diet.If you want to follow a

fibromyalgia diet ensure you discuss any changes with a nutritionist

or medical professional

first.http://eliminatefibromyalgia.com/blog/2007/12/13/what-to-avoid-

on-a-fibromyalgia-diet-2/

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