With the Anti Inflammatory Diet You Can Beat Rheumatism and Arthritis.

By following an anti inflammatory diet, many arthritis and rheumatism sufferers have found relief from their symptoms.

A change of diet can even reverse the progress of the disease - whereas anti-inflammatory drugs often accelerate the damage, though they reduce your pain at the time.

Rheumatism and arthritis can mean a life sentence of increasing misery as joints become stiffer and more painful. Hands become crippled and deformed, walking becomes slower and harder as hip and knee joints wear out.

Many people end up on permanent medication for the pain, perhaps with artificial joints. Do you want to go down that route? Or will you try the anti inflammatory diet and see what it can do for you?

Some people find it also helps to eat a gluten free diet.

Foods to avoid on the anti inflammatory diet include:

· All foods of the nightshades family – tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and aubergines. These are related to deadly nightshade. Many people are healthier for avoiding these foods, and they are probably the most important ones to avoid on an anti inflammatory diet.

· Bread, and perhaps wheat in other forms as well (i.e. biscuits, pasta, etc). For a lot of people the gluten in wheat causes problems. Bread is the worst form of wheat for several reasons, not least the large amount of yeast used in modern baking.

. Tea, coffee and alcohol.

. Citrus fruits.

. Dairy products.

. Excess salt.

. Red meat, except in small amounts.

. Fried foods.

. Refined carbohydrates and sugar.

Watch out for hidden nightshades, wheat and dairy products in processed foods.

There are some foods that are particularly beneficial for arthritis sufferers. These should be included on the anti inflammatory diet.

· Most vegetables (except nightshades), particularly, carrots, celery and green, leafy vegetables.

· Parsley, watercress and sea vegetables are especially rich in minerals.

· Garlic and onions help to reduce yeast overgrowth, a common factor in rheumatic conditions.

· Brown rice – promotes regular bowel movements.

· Millet and quinoa – two grains that are alkalising rather than acidifying.

· Cod liver oil – contains vitamin D, which is necessary for absorption of calcium. Often considered as a natural arthritis medication.

· Sprouted beans and seeds such as alfalfa sprouts – these are high in digestive enzymes.

By following the anti inflammatory diet strictly, you should begin to feel improvement in your condition within days. After a few weeks you can relax the diet a bit. Don’t go back completely to your old diet - remember that it was your diet that caused your pain in the first place. Try to eat foods from the beneficial list every day, particularly plenty of green vegetables. The antiinflammatory diet is not necessarily a diet for life, but you can always go back to it whenever you feel the need.

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