Dietary changes won't cure your arthritis, but altering what you eat can reduce your painful symptoms by as much as 70% and lessen your need for anti-inflammatory medication. The key, say dietary advocates, is reducing consumption of foods such as dairy products, meats, fats, and sugars while increasing your intake of vegetables, beans, fiber and vitamin and mineral supplements. These dietary changes suppress the production of free radicals, extremely unstable and destructive molecules that cause inflammation, pain, and joint damage, says Neal Barnard, M.D., president of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine.
I fought these changes in my life for years, and as a result, I have considerable joint damage. I finally listened and I stopped eating such things as chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, milk and incorporated more fruits (non citrus) and vegetables into my diet. That halted the progress of my joint degeneration.
I only wish someone would have pounded that into my head before I let it change my body. Take it from someone who's been there. Please pass this on to someone you think it might help.
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I absolutely agree with your findings. I have found that changing my diet has significantly changed my migranes as well.
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