Foods and RA

I think you would end up eating nothing if you avoided everything that other people say aggravates their RA as we are all different. I don't think any food or food group causes my flares.  I eat quite healthily and I enjoy my diet so I don't want to start excluding things from it. 

you can find a list on line of foods to avoid with R/A

TOMATOES POTATOES ARE THE ONLY  TWO I CAN THINK OF 

Hi

ive been eliminating some foods over a period of time. The ones that really made the pain or the RA flare up more were

all dairy products

vinegar

caffeine

gluten

i have now been three months without these. The hardest was my coffee in the morning , i tried almond milk and was horrid. I just drink peppermint and also pukka three ginger tea which also helped with the pain. It did take 6-8 weeks before the pain lessened. I hope this helps you. I believe diet can be a large part of keeping the RA low but it takes a tremendous amount of adjustment. My diet is mainly fruit, vegetables,fish, goats cheese, rice and gluten free oats.

Hi im on predisenole steroids at the momment and diet and exercise. Once ive had predisenole for a month i need to then discuss further with RA consultant. Hoping to just have diet to control the flare ups

I avoid nightshades - potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, chillis, aubergines.

Also, dairy, gluten, all grains and legumes. Gluten is the worst and I think it could be the cause of RA as it's eaten 3 times a day or more by many of us.

It sounds like a lot but you get used to it after a while and now I'm nearly completely symptom free (very mild symptoms from time to time, like a day of sore fingers if I overdo it a bit). 

I exercise but not too much or I get sore. It's important to keep moving as it lubricates the joints, but not if you're in a flare-up, that would agravate things. 

Good luck with finding a way...

Look up Nightshades.   They are foods to not eat if you have RA.   Like regular potatoes, eggplant, pepper, anything made of peppers, chili pepper, etc.  Tomatoes, even cooked and a bunch of others.     Hope this helps!!

Hi I too found tomatoes which are part of the nightshade food give me flare ups.  I also avoid oranges, refined sugars, coffee as they give me flare ups.  I have been in remission for nearly 10 months without having sugar in my system until the other day when I ate a homebake biscuit that had little sugar but unfortuately had a flare up in my right hand.  Had to start up my prednisone to control the pain and flare up.  I was diagnose with RA in July 2014 starting off with both shoulders, left and right hands before I went on 10mg of methotrexate.  I was fortunate to recognise that sugar is deadly and avoided it completely and managed to get into remission within 3 months.