Plant based diet
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Trying to manage PMR with diet any experiences with that?
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Notes on Plant based diet
Anhaga JanandKen
Posted
Not without prednisone. But diet was very helpful in preventing weight gain - gave up most carbs, particularly the grain based ones, and sugars, not so much root vegetables which as as a vegetarian I think I need for their nutritional value.
Joydeck Anhaga
Posted
The past four decades on a high complex-carbs diet.
Since PMR, weight gain on pred has proved impossible!
EileenH JanandKen
Posted
It doesn't work - the only thing that manages PMR/GCA is pred. You may be able to mitigate the adverse effects of pred with diet (cutting carbs) and that may also reduce the inflammation a bit too.
Every so often someone arrives on the forums saying the same, terrified of pred. In over 12 years I have only met one who stuck to diet and claimed it worked. All the rest have come back and admitted it didn't and they are now on pred.
369pd JanandKen
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Having lived on a plant based diet for 30years and still having pmr my reply is the jury is definitely out on its benefit fir the condition/inflammation itself. However, a low carb, high fat diet helps most people manage or lose weight that pred and/or inactivity can contribute to. I do think my high carb days are a bit more painful but I habe never been tempted while living on a vegan or vegetarian diet to stop my daily dose of pred.