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Foods to help inflammation of PMR

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fiftiesgirl
fiftiesgirl

Hi everyone...... had two hours with my nutritionist friend yesterday morning and the upshot of everything she said is here....

1. Eat as many anti-inflammatory foods as possible on a daily basis which include chillies, garlic, ginger and especially turmeric...... you can sprinkle ground turmeric over food or put it into rice when you cook it etc

2. Use olive oil

3. Pineapple is especially good but needs to be eaten away from other foods to gain the maximum benefit so a good snacking food! Tinned in fruit juice just as good as fresh.......

4. Lots of fresh fruit and veg and mushrooms especially good because of their B3/B5, cabbage, avocado.

5. Beetroot excellent for liver so eat a lot .... especially good raw ( I grate it into salads!)

6. She also recommended using a 'sea' product for the minerals especially those of us on alendronic acid and calcium tabs as they leach vital minerals away in long term use...... so look for a product in a health food store called GREEN NORI SPRINKLE which is a seaweed and you just sprinkle a teaspoon over your food as a seasoning..... tastes quite salty but is packed with vital minerals :D

7. The ONLY supplement she recommended is a Magnesium one as magnesium is excellent for relaxing muscles. She has had no experience of using this with a PMR patient as I am the first to present to her ( she works maily with cancer patients alongside the hospital) but says she feels it would be beneficial..... so start with the smallest bottle they sell and see whether it helps.

Look for MAGNESIUM MALATE and take the daily recommended dose.

Don't want to overwhelm everyone so this is the basic premise of her advice.

Hope you find it helpful.

I am being taken into town later on this morning and will buy the Green Nori and Magnesium Malate and get started......

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  • angie42852
    angie42852 fiftiesgirl

    Posted

    I just found this and see that the responses are over a year old. How are you feeling now? I've been on Prednisone for three years and want desperately to come off and a friend told me about Turmeric. I ordered some pills that have turmeric in them and I'm hoping that it will help me reach my goal!
    • fiftiesgirl
      fiftiesgirl angie42852

      Posted

      Hi,

      You need to do far more than just take turmeric!  I have sent you a PM.

  • linda31620
    linda31620 fiftiesgirl

    Posted

    Hi, fiftiesgirl,

    I'm Linda, and I'm trying to help my husband get relief from PMR. He's taking Bromelain, and I'm giving him juices with carrot, cucumber, ginger and apple one day and beet (with the tops), celery, mint, ginger and cucumber the next. I alternate them each day. I started adding turmeric yesterday to the beet juice.

    He's also taking B-complex vitamins, fish oil, alpha-lipoic acid, and acetyl-L-carnitine. In short, he's taking everything I can think of to give him that might support his adrenal and immune system and reduce the inflammation. He's a twice-over cancer survivor and has been off chemo for a year.

    Please tell me--how long were you on this regimen before you noticed any relief? Am I doing the right thing? I don't want him to have to go on corticosteroids. If I can help him through this thing with food, I'd SO much rather do it that way.

    I'd really appreciate hearing from you.

    Thank you,

    Linda31620

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  • bon3147
    bon3147 fiftiesgirl

    Posted

    i see that this was posted over a year ago......can you report your experience with the results?  Thank you, 
    • EileenH
      EileenH bon3147

      Posted

      As far as I know she is no longer a member of this forum.
  • nina14784
    nina14784 fiftiesgirl

    Posted

    Be careful of Turmeric if you are on blood thinners as it is a natural blood thinner. I can not use for that reason. I take Magnesium everyday. I started because of my RLS. Can also give you loose bowels so start oit slow. I have PMR so appreciate the food info. Can not do some as am on blood thinners.
  • Flutterbie57
    Flutterbie57 fiftiesgirl

    Posted

    Thank you so much for sharing this info with us. I researched it all in the beginning(2 yrs ago), but I drifted off somewhere along the way and went to comfort foods with a glass of wine. It was a well timed post for me as I am just ready for another bout of healthy eating and excerise for my 2 year anniversary of diagnosis.
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