Re: Anti inflammatory foods

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Terre,

I follow an anti-inflammatory diet. Mine was worked out with the help of a nutritionist at Duke Integrative Medicine and includes all the foods you mentioned. If you google Weil you will find alot of information. His food pyramid is fabulous. Since I have major issues with inflammation it only makes sense to me to do everything I can to tackle it.

I am in general a very positive person but I also acknowledge the reality of my illness. I have a lung disease that has taken 60% of my lung function away from me. No matter what messages I send to myself that's not going to come back. What I do have control over is how I react to it. So I accomodate my lungs, use my oxygen, do things more slowly and more cautiously than I used to but I still do pretty much what I want. I'm still me. Someone here said once that she had pulmonary fibrosis but it didn't have her. That's how I feel about it. I have pf but it's not my entire identity. I'm still Beth.

I think that's how most of us here cope. There's no point in denying what has happened and the damage it's done. The question is what do we do now. That's why it's such a privilege to know the people here. Everyone seems to pick themselves up, dust off and go on. It's so encouraging!

Hope this makes sense to you!

Beth

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Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08

To: Breathe-Support Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:39:23 PMSubject: Anti inflammatory foods

Hi All,Recently, I Googled anti inflammatory food and got a list of the 10 best ones. If IPF is at least partially caused by inflammation, then I'm going to add some of these to my diet. Anyone know a reason why not? Are we what we eat?The top one is 1. Salmon. West coast wild salmon only or fish oil supplements. 2. extra virgin olive oil. 3. salad w/ dark lettuce, spinach, tomatoes. 4. cruciferous vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale. 5. cherries. 6. bluberries. 7. tumeric, foind in curry. 8. ginger 9. garlic. green tea.Now you don't have to them all every day, but with your hamburger or chicken or tuna, etc. eat some of these. I also saw that the skin of a red apple has terrific powers to lower inflammation. 1 a day.Also, the lungs are 80% water, so I'm going to drink purified water and nothing from plastic. Not even food if I can help it.Has anyone tried accupunture? I'm a believer of having my mind

control my body. I tell my body that I don't have the time nor the inclination to be sick, so lets not even go there. It also means thinking positively and imagining/visualizi ng my lungs healing. The scarring stopping and bad tissue going away and being replaced by nice pink little balloons with tiny red blood vessels in them.Anyone do this stuff? It can't hurt and may help the meds or eventually allow you to reduce them.What do you think?Terre, IPF 6/08, FL