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Below is what I've collected on the diet alternative and RA. The real focus should be on
getting the gluten and casein out of the diet.
- Recovery from Rheumatoid Arthritis is Joe Hackett's site. Joe was another person who was helped by Robert McFerran (see books below) and he tells his story clearly. Be sure to follow buttons along the left (like the Supporting Info page), but not the annoying Tripod frame, which uou will need to click the X to close.
- Eruc Blay in Dietary treatment of rheumatoid arthritis reports the application of the dietary advice of wheat exclusion and fresh food diet has put his rheumatoid arthritis into remission. The book that he read was 'A Doctor's Proven New Home Cure for Arthritis' by Giraud Campbell. [now in archive.org]
- The Arthritis Foundation has an article on Medical Oils. Points out that fish oil supplements can ease symptoms.
- The Arthritis Foundation of New South Wales has a page on Healthy Eating. Covers a variety of things for a variety of athritises, from an establishment point-of-view.
- Rheumatoid
Arthritis, Molecular Mimicry, and Diet as a Possible Therapy by Ron
Hoggan starts with an explanation of RA, then a brief discussion of RA as
an auto-immune disease, then it moves to molecular mimicry, then Frazer
Scott's work, then the conventional dietary work that reflects the
theoretical stuff from Scott and molecular mimicry.
- An
excerpt from: Cordain L, Cereal Grains: Humanity's Double Edged Sword.
World Review of Nutrition & Dietetics, 1999;84:19-73. See full article here.
- Researchers
find increased zonulin levels among celiac disease patients is an alert
of a study published in The Lancet. Suggest that increased levels of zonulin
are a contributing factor to the development of RA.
- Vegetarian diet
eases arthritis. Adapted from an article in the Lancet (12/10/91) by Dr
Jens Kjeldsen-Kragh and colleagues of the Department of General Practice,
University of Oslo, and from a report in the Independent by Celia Hall.
Note the patients were asked not to eat food that contained gluten, meat,
fish, eggs, dairy products, refined sugar or citrus fruits. Salt, strong
spices, and preservatives were avoided - likewise alcoholic beverages,
tea and coffee. Realize that it is probably not necessary to remove so many
foods from one's diet, but their using this shotgun approach improved their
chances of success.
- Nutritional
Strategies for Inflamed Joints and Other Conditions, by Michael Klaper,
M.D. Note the diet is free of dairy in all forms, eggs, hydrogenated oils,
refined sugars, white flour products, soy, corn and wheat products, alcohol,
caffeine, and nightshade vegetables.
- Strong Intestinal Health Relieves Rheumatoid Arthritis is an article by Melvyn R. Werbach, M.D. It has "astute clinicians have long been aware that, for some patients, removing certain common foods such as dairy, wheat, corn, yeast, eggs and beef can bring blessed relief, while their return can cause a flare-up." Also see other Health Concerns - Arthritis/Joint Support articles from Vitamin-Resource.
- The article Do dietary lectins cause disease? in the British Medical Journal states that another suspect lectin disease is rheumatoid arthritis. Lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins present in most plants, especially seeds and tubers like cereals, potatoes, and beans.
- Modulation of immune function by dietary lectins in rheumatoid arthritis. is a Medline abstract of a British Journal of Nutrition on RA and lectins.
- You Are What You Eat: New Theories About Rheumatoid Arthritis is a newsreport about an article in the British Journal of Nutrition. The authors argue that their theory implicating diet needs more research.
- Diet
and rheumatoid arthritis in women: a possible protective effect of fish
consumption is a retrospective study by J Shapiro et. al. Published in
Epidemiology Journal. [now in archive.org]
- The Medical Journal of Australia has a page Rheumatoid arthritis which discusses the therapeutic effects of dietary omega-3 fats in RA.
- Diet and Rheumatoid Arthritis has a bunch of links on the effect of diet on rheumatoid arthritis.
- Fish Oil and Vitamin E for Rheumatoid Arthritis reports on a study by University at Buffalo researchers that showed that fish oil and vitamin E are promising potential therapies for those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
- Can Dietary Fatty Acids Influence RA Symptoms? notes that for reasons not understood fasting improves RA. Of course when fasting all foods that are toxic are being avoided! [now in archive.org]
- The article Seafood On The Menu For Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers says it seems that the type of polyunsaturated fat could also be important.
- Nutrition Changes Bring Relief To Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers is a report on a speech by Ronenn Roubenoff, MD, a nutritionist at the Tufts University School of Medicine. He argues that people with rheumatoid arthritis have a lack of muscle reserves. He says they need to eat more protein than normal, healthy individuals. And get certain B vitamins.
- You Are What
You Eat: New Theories About RA is a report on an article by Loren Cordain
that was in the British Journal of Nutrition. Blames cereal grains.
- Study Hints Coffee May Be Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis reports on a Finnish study found that people who drank more than four cups a day had twice the chance of getting the disease as those who drank fewer.
- Can Fish Oil Help Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients? is an abstract of an article review. [now in archive.org]
- Seafood On The Menu For Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers pionts out that a number of studies have shown that diets enriched in marine fish oils have a modest beneficial effect in patients with diseases such as RA and inflammatory bowel disease.
- Veggies and Olive Oil May Protect Against Rheumatoid Arthritis is a retrospective study of the diets of Greek men and women.
- Arthritis
Center - Food-Induced Arthritis. Put up by Environmed Research Inc. (a
commercial site). A general summary with an emphasis on avoiding gluten and
casein:
- Physicians' Protocol For Using Antibiotics in Rheumatic Disease is a modified version of Dr. Brown's protocol. Mentions diet many times on the page.
- A Balanced Diet Can Help Ease Arthritis Symptoms notes that the highest incidence of arthritic disease is in the places that consume the greatest quantities of empty calories from refined carbohydrates and fat. [now in archive.org]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis gives an overview of dietary changes, nutritional
supplements, and herbs that may be helpful.
- While
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS is selling some supplements, most is on dietary
intervention. Has "Twenty one to thirty five percent of rheumatoid patients
are allergic to some foods. Common food sensitivities are to wheat, milk and
salicylate rich foods." Says a grand elimination diet should be followed
initially to determine the presence of any food sensitivities. Common
sensitivities are to wheat, milk, dairy products, eggs, potato, beef,
crustacean and citrus. Also recommends avoiding all night shade foods or
plants, eg. potato, eggplant, tomato, chilli, capsicum, and tobacco. [now in archive.org]
- Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis is a page by the Life Extension Foundation. Has some nutritional protocols for RA.
- Arthritis: There are Alternatives to NASD’s and Pain covers supplements and diets. Not RA specific.
- From September to December, 1997, Robert McFerran posted draft chapters
of his book
Arthritis - Searching for the Truth - Searching for the Cure to the Ask
Dr Stoll Bulletin Board. Also in these archives see
Elimination Diet:. Also see: Posts to Ask Dr Stoll BB in 1997 of Robert McFerran's book and resulting commentary.
- A Doctor's Proven New Home Cure for Arthritis by Giraud W. Campbell, Robert B. Stone suggests diet changes. See reviews from happy readers.
- Extract from:
Hills, Hilda Cherry, Good Food, Gluten Free, New Cannan: Keats
Publishing, 1976. Recommends a gluten-free diet.
- Udo Erasmus in his book Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill claims that if you increase your essential fatty acid intake and cut way down on your inessential fat intake that symptoms of RA can be greatly reduced.
- Diet and Arthritis by Gail Darlington, a rheumatologist in Epsom Hospital, Surrey UK, explains you have to find the things YOU react to - not what someone else reacts to. It takes you through an elimination diet to find your own personal "nuisances". Book does not show up at Amazon.com. [May not have RA focus.]
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