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How fruits help with ME?

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GeorgiaS
GeorgiaS

Apparently pomegranates help the thyroid, and oranges, bananas and pineapples help with melatonin for sleep by promoting serotonin production. 

​Do you know anything about fruits that help with ME?

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  • georgeGG
    georgeGG GeorgiaS

    Posted

    Thank you, Georgia

    May we extend this to all effects of fruit That is how fruits help with me as well as ME.?

    Now as for ME. My rescue from ME began with:

    Filtered water

    boiled brown rice

    Pears.

    Once established of that over simple diet foods were added one by one to see which did me good and which did not. So pears are my first fruit for ME.

     

    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS georgeGG

      Posted

      I love pears! I planted a pear tree, an apple tree, blackcurrant and raspberry bushes, which fruit, as does the apple tree a little but I've had nothing from the pear tree yet, possibly because I don't water it enough through lack of energy. I'm going to pay a gardener this year though.

      I looked up pears and apparently they're very high in fibre so aid digestion. Also anti-oxidants, minerals and vitamins.

      I might see if there's a book about the nutrients and health properties of fruits and vegetables. I'd like to learn more, hence the thread. Whenever a particular symptom is bothering me the most I could find out the best foods to eat at that time.

      I know instinct is good but knowledge doesn't hurt either!

      Didn't you get hungry when you were on that diet George, or didn't you have much of an appetite?

    • Shreddie
      Shreddie georgeGG

      Posted

      I also love pears.  Didn't think about them as particularly helping with this ilness....what do they do for you?
    • Shreddie
      Shreddie GeorgiaS

      Posted

      What a lovely crop of homegrown goodies.  I thought this year I might try some tomatoes and start a herb garden.  I am in a rented property so it will need to be pots and planters.
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG GeorgiaS

      Posted

      Dear Georgia,

      I don't really remember. I remember what my wife has told me since I got better. I think, how can anyone just drink water and eat brown rice and pears! ! ! Silly when I did. No memory of it at all. My wife told me the rational was that very, very few people were sensitive to either brown rice or to pears.

      George

    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS Shreddie

      Posted

      Great idea, I might grow tomatoes this year because they're quite easy to grow in growbags. I mentioned above some benefits of pears that I looked up.
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG Shreddie

      Posted

      Hi Shreddie,

      Very very few people are sensitive to pears so it was a good food to start the research with.

  • guy72767
    guy72767 GeorgiaS

    Posted

    Hi....I guess it depends on your symptoms....I have widespread neuropathic psin and as yet I have found no symptom relief...two paces to the commode and back causes a further flare. ..I have a very nutritional diet so for myself I probably need an additional injection of something...hope you are stable and mobile

    ..best wishes..Guy

    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS guy72767

      Posted

      Thanks Guy, Sorry to hear about your pain. I'm a bit mobile, mood swings all over the place though!
    • Shreddie
      Shreddie guy72767

      Posted

      that neuropathic pain is just awful.  I get it in my feet, legs, hands and arms and occasionally in my face.  The most awful though has been the three times I have had it in my eye.Thankfully the eye pain is not regular.  I take magnesium, selenium and have amitriptyline prescribed by the doctor to help me.  It does work, though the residual effect can be quite bad.  I also believe in taking VitC.  As the body can't store much VitC I make sure I take it daily.  Hope you feel better.

       

    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS Shreddie

      Posted

      White Willow is a painkilling herb; I don't know if it'd help you, you'd have to try it to find out. It's the plant they discovered Aspirin in.
    • guy72767
      guy72767 Shreddie

      Posted

      Hi Shreddie...thankyou for sharing your info...are you mobile at all? Not very nice for you....I take Pregabalin and Noritryptiline. ..not effective enough...awaiting hospital appt at pain clinic...I don't fancy being moved though...bedbound...proposed hole in my spine for pump....yuk...difficult to text...thankyou once again...:-) Guy
    • guy72767
      guy72767 GeorgiaS

      Posted

      Hi Georgia...thanks for your input..mood is difficult to get in check...I try to challenge any negative thought that occurs...andcattempt to think of something different altogether. ..certainly not easy for us....message anytime..Try to get back to you when I can manage...Guy
    • Shreddie
      Shreddie guy72767

      Posted

      Hi Guy,  at the moment I am mobile.  That is, I am not bedbound and I am able to drive, but not far unfortunately.  It does mean that I can at least get some shopping done and actually get outside!  While i am "better" as I am now, the neuropathic problems tend to be manageable during the day and really only bother me at night.  There is the problem though of continual restlessness and pain in the night disturbing sleep, if I can sleep.  Eventually it wears anyone down, never mind CFS/ME sufferers.  My lovely son bought me a foot spa for Christmas and I find that the heat and massage I get from that is therapeutic.  It doesn't cure anything but makes it all a bit easier to bear.

      I am sorry to hear you are bedbound.  I had a year of that while I slept 20 hours a day.  The whole thing, thankfully, is a bit of a blur but I do know that it was depressing and painful.  Good luck at the clinic.  

      Linda

    • Shreddie
      Shreddie GeorgiaS

      Posted

      Hi Georgia, thanks for that information.  With my new year resolution to try whatever I can to help, I am getting a bit overloaded with suggestions from other sufferers.  I need to take a minute to look through everything I have heard about recently and do some research before adding or subtracting from my diet or supplements.  It can be overwhelming on one hand but on the other, it is positive that there are still things to try that may help me recover.

      Linda

    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS Shreddie

      Posted

      Yes I know what you mean about being bombarded with suggestions, we can do everything at the same time! But I felt it was my duty to mention White Willow, giving you the knowledge of it and choice. biggrin
    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS

      Posted

      I meant can't do everything at the same time. Why or why can't we edit!!! frown
    • Shreddie
      Shreddie GeorgiaS

      Posted

      I know what your mean - preview message before posting would be good or edit afterwards. It wouldn't take much programming to make it possible....
    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS Shreddie

      Posted

      Yes most forums have preview and edit. It's so easy to make mistakes and typos and not notice them until they're posted.
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG GeorgiaS

      Posted

      It seems to me dear Georgia, that when the text is reformated I see it 'with a fresh eye' and my typos leap out at me - well most of them. Is that how you find it too? George
    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS georgeGG

      Posted

      I'm not sure but ME causes me to make mistakes fairly often I've noticed. Perhaps when my brain's extra tired, or perhaps I'm not re-reading closely enough in those times.
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG GeorgiaS

      Posted

      Hi Georgia,

      Functions required to perceive what we look at and turn it into letters is very complex. It would be a surprise if ME did not make the process more error prone. It is frustrating none the less. 

    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS georgeGG

      Posted

      Before ME I used to study all day long, every day, and evenings sometimes. In fact I really over did it, which it seems a lot of people with the illness have done. Now I can only manage a few hours in the early mornings and my brain will suddenly say, right that's it, you've done enough. I want to do more but I simply can't!
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG GeorgiaS

      Posted

      When I was at my worst, I had 1/2 hour and then my brain conked out for the rest if the day.
    • GeorgiaS
      GeorgiaS georgeGG

      Posted

      I would have finished my degree in 2009 but the ME was so bad I couldn't study at all for several years so I had a very long break. At least I'm back to it now. cheesygrin
    • georgeGG
      georgeGG GeorgiaS

      Posted

      Congratulations Georgia. There are those of us who have recovered. I hope that encourages those who are suffering this dreadful affliction.
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