Re: Adrienne - RA without drugs (to Holly)

[Guest guest]

Holly,

I don't remember your post, but I looked for the book you referred to

and found this link:

http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/1999_archives/1999_0

9_10elimination_diets.asp

I know my mom has found many foods that exacerbate her arthritis.

Never anything that would allow her to stop medications. I have

noticed there are certain things that make me feel worse - tomato's

for one. I will think harder about the possibility of following a

strtict diet and seeing how that affects my RA, but I will have to

talk to my rheumy first. For now, I have done what I can to eat

healthier.

I know for a fact that exercise has improved how I feel. This is

another road that people with RA don't always go down. Pretty much

everyone could do some form of exercise, even if it's just sitting in

bed and stretching.

I don't have any illusions that either of these roads will get me off

my meds. Just like each RA medication works for some but not all -

this is true for diet and exercise. But there are certainly

available for all of us to consider and discuss with our doctors, and

perhaps a reduction in medication would be possible.

Jennie

--- In , " hollyhedge_2004 " <bethbell@S...>

wrote:

> Hi Adrienne - a few months ago I posted some information on the

> treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by diet - this posting did not

seem

> to elicit much response. To reiterate - Dr. Gail Darlington,

> Rheumatologist at Epsom General Hospital in England published a

book

> detailing her research into the effect of diet on arthritis. She

was

> somewhat sceptical when she started her research but her conclusion

> was that at least one third of arthritis is diet related. I have

> had rheumatoid arthritis for a number of years & found (when

> desperate that by following a low fat vegetarian diet & excluding

> gluten & dairy) whether by coincidence or not, my inflamation

levels

> decreased dramatically & over a period of time I have been able to

> stop all medication. I still have RA but as numerous articles on

> the internet indicate I have found personally that this diet has

had

> a dramatic effect for me. I am somewhat curious as to why so many

do

> not want to go down this road. Perhaps it is the exhaustion that

the

> disease brings that is the reason but it really is not as drastic

as

> it sounds & the results are certainly worth it. Please give it a

try.

> Holly

[Guest guest]

Holly,

I don't remember your post, but I looked for the book you referred to

and found this link:

http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/1999_archives/1999_0

9_10elimination_diets.asp

I know my mom has found many foods that exacerbate her arthritis.

Never anything that would allow her to stop medications. I have

noticed there are certain things that make me feel worse - tomato's

for one. I will think harder about the possibility of following a

strtict diet and seeing how that affects my RA, but I will have to

talk to my rheumy first. For now, I have done what I can to eat

healthier.

I know for a fact that exercise has improved how I feel. This is

another road that people with RA don't always go down. Pretty much

everyone could do some form of exercise, even if it's just sitting in

bed and stretching.

I don't have any illusions that either of these roads will get me off

my meds. Just like each RA medication works for some but not all -

this is true for diet and exercise. But there are certainly

available for all of us to consider and discuss with our doctors, and

perhaps a reduction in medication would be possible.

Jennie

> Hi Adrienne - a few months ago I posted some information on the

> treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by diet - this posting did not

seem

> to elicit much response. To reiterate - Dr. Gail Darlington,

> Rheumatologist at Epsom General Hospital in England published a

book

> detailing her research into the effect of diet on arthritis. She

was

> somewhat sceptical when she started her research but her conclusion

> was that at least one third of arthritis is diet related. I have

> had rheumatoid arthritis for a number of years & found (when

> desperate that by following a low fat vegetarian diet & excluding

> gluten & dairy) whether by coincidence or not, my inflamation

levels

> decreased dramatically & over a period of time I have been able to

> stop all medication. I still have RA but as numerous articles on

> the internet indicate I have found personally that this diet has

had

> a dramatic effect for me. I am somewhat curious as to why so many

do

> not want to go down this road. Perhaps it is the exhaustion that

the

> disease brings that is the reason but it really is not as drastic

as

> it sounds & the results are certainly worth it. Please give it a

try.

> Holly