Re: Anti inflammatory foods

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Next month I am taking a course at our local college on Weight Management and exercise and I understand she teaches a Vegan diet. I would suppose most of what you listed-accept the salmon- would be what we will be eating. Just a aside...my primary doc isn't too happy with this because a Vegan diet is a high carb low protein diet and I am diabetic...and the respitory therapist says that a high carb diet will produce more carbon dioxide and that could be worrisome if you are having gas exchange problems and the very least you will be needing more oxygen..

But, as you say...how can having these foods be bad for you? I agree. I would eat all the anti inflammatory foods I could. There is nothing wrong with that as far as I can see. Google some recipes for them. They have excellent recipes for each of these foods. Joyce Rudy AZ birds

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/visualizing 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

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Joyce Rudy

I share some reservations about a total vegan diet. Many people on them

do not get a balance of the nutrients they need, especially protein and

some of the oils and even fats. On the other hand there are ways to

offset that and certainly are vegetables higher in protein than others.

As to the statements about needing more oxygen, I haven't heard that

before so have no idea. Simply, I consider a complete Vegan diet just as

an induction period on a low carb diet (the period where you basically

have no carbs) to by nature not be well balanced. While they might help

temporarily to offset a previous imbalance, I would encourage finding

out the additional nutrients you need and taking them somehow as well as

finding the best ways to still get everything you need. I'd proceed

carefully.

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> Next month I am taking a course at our local college on Weight

Management and exercise and I understand she teaches a Vegan diet. I

would suppose most of what you listed-accept the salmon- would be what

we will be eating. Just a aside...my primary doc isn't too happy with

this because a Vegan diet is a high carb low protein diet and I am

diabetic...and the respitory therapist says that a high carb diet will

produce more carbon dioxide and that could be worrisome if you are

having gas exchange problems and the very least you will be needing more

oxygen..

> But, as you say...how can having these foods be bad for you? I agree.

I would eat all the anti inflammatory foods I could. There is nothing

wrong with that as far as I can see. Google some recipes for them. They

have excellent recipes for each of these foods. Joyce Rudy AZ birds

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> 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/visualizing 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

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