I need to find a diet that is low in inflamation
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Dose anyone have any information on diets that are low in bringing inflammation to our body's. Could I use that type of diet to avoid having to take higher doses of prednisone? I hope you understand what I mean.
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FlipDover_Aust sandra28555
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It MAY help your body stop fighthing what you are eating as well as fighing the PMR/GCA inflammation. In that regard it will 'help', less stress on your body. That said, some people claim that they can 'cure' autoimmune diseases through diet - including MS and the like.
I follow the AIP 'diet' because it helps my brain fog, and I feel better. But that may have more to do with the fact I'm only eating fresh fruit, meat and veggies - nothing else.
The only thing that will help you lower your dose of pred is another serious drug called Methotrexate - and you are way too early on in your 'journey' to be considering it.
diana21296 FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust diana21296
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Daniel1143 sandra28555
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By the way, be wary of methotrexate
julian. Daniel1143
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I stopped eating chocolate biscuits, which hasn't done much for the pmr and I don't feel better ...... bah humbug,
but on a serious note, the healthy heart stuff has a lot in common with non-inflammatory.
Somewhere on this forum is mention of an inflammation index for foods. Full info is behind a paywall.
EileenH julian.
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julian. EileenH
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FlipDover_Aust julian.
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EileenH sandra28555
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The only thing that has made a difference is removing sugar and processed carbs almost entirely - and I have lost weight. Others have found they didn't put on weight by doing that.
One lady eats oily fish 3 times a week and includes turmeric and garlic when cooking - if she misses it she can feel the difference. It is worth experimenting with food - but there is no diet that will cure PMR nor that is guaranteed to reduce the dose of pred you need.
Flip mentions methotrexate - it has worked for her but there is also no evidence, either scientific or from what I have seen on the forums over the last 7 years, that it will always achieve a lower dose of pred in PMR. It may in some people but not in others. Some people may not have PMR but an inflammatory arthritis that appears the same as PMR but it is impossiblet to tell the difference just on symptoms - then methotrexate may work. If it worked reliably in PMR then it would be used for everyone instead of pred - it isn't.
mphooey sandra28555
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There was no change in my condition (PMR) but I did lose weight. I felt good about that, but I didn't feel good psychologically because this diet was dictated as "you can't have this". Also it forced me to food shop and cook every day, something I truly hate doing.
I'm off the diet but I still make some of the foods I had before. It's much better to choose what not to eat rather than feel restricted.
I still have whatever I had before but it's settled in my knees. I'm on mTX and take a humira injection.
Anhaga sandra28555
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Some people think buying organic foods is too expensive. For us, eliminating meat (hubby still eats meat but only a couple of times a week) has also eliminated an expensive food so that balances out the premium we still pay for "organic" produce. And a cup of dried beans is practically free, considering how far it goes. So it's not an expensive way to eat.
reggie92967 sandra28555
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EileenH reggie92967
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Is it PMR causing it? If so, you need a higher dose of pred. If that doesn't help - then further investigation is required. PMR is the outward expression of an underlying problem. It maybe the one we discuss here - or it could be something else that mimics PMR, there are several.
Have you had your vit D level checked? If it is low then it can result in symptoms just like PMR. Fibromyalgia overlaps a lot. And myofascial pain syndrome does as well.
If you cut your carbs - drastically - it should improve your craving for high carb foods. Craving specific foods is said by many alternative practitioners to be a sign that they are bad for your body. Certainly, many people find that sugar and other refined carbs make their PMR symptoms worse. It takes discipline I know - but when you feel better it is easier to stick to it. Especially after some weeks when you eat "forbidden fruit" and suffer for it - a salutory reminder.
reggie92967 EileenH
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iellen32 sandra28555
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My markers are low however some days I feel my symptom - the feeling of pressure over the left eye and the orbital area - never had a headache though, neither scalp sensitivity.
Decided now to take the tapering into my hands- slowly, slowly ....
Keep safe
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EileenH sandra28555
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FlipDover_Aust sandra28555
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If you have an intollerance for a particular food it will take weeks/months to clear your body of reactions to it.
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iellen32 EileenH
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The unbelievable is when we already learned the tapering lesson and once again we follow our rheumy suggestion and 'jump' from Pred 24mg to 20mg knowing from experience it does'n't agree with my system!
i am feeling so stupid about myself today for having done so!
Sometimes just venting the frustration brings some kind of help...
Thank you so much, Eileen, for the many times I read and learn through your posts.
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