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Nutrition for Rheumatoid Arthritis Dietary Principles:
* Maintain a diet low in sugar
* Maintain a diet low in fats; use only unsaturated fats
* Calorie percentages: 70% complex carbohydrates, 12% to 15% protein, 15% to 18% fat
* Short fasts (1 to 2 days) are recommended, with 2 week intervals between them.
* Go on a vegetarian cleansing diet, eating only rice and vegetables for a three week trial; then evaluate your condition.
* Elimination/rotation diet
Therapeutic Foods:
Salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil, black currant oil, sesame seeds, kale, artichokes, green beans, millet, celery, barley, okra, walnuts, almonds, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, raw goat's milk, goat whey, black mission figs, gelatin (make a gelatin mold with cherry concentrate--no sugar), burdock root, cherries, pineapple, quince, watercress, blackberries, black currants, limes, lettuce, olive oil, scallions, grapes, grapevine tea, black beans, most grains, leafy vegetables, mung beans, red beans, sweet rice wine with meals, cornsilk tea, diuretic foods and herbs, dandelion, cabbage, winter melon, and soybean sprouts
Fresh Juices: (Try each one until you find a juice that benefits you.)
Celery and parsley juice or tea Cucumber, endive, and goat's whey Celery and apple Grapefruit Celery Carrot and celery Goat's milk or whey and black mission figs
Foods, Beverages and Behaviors to Avoid:
Foods high in protein, meats, shellfish, animal products, cow's milk and other dairy products (due to promotion of PGE2 pro-inflammatory mediators), spinach, green onions, asparagus, rhubarb, vegetables from the nightshade family: tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, pimentos, eggplant; spicy, cold, raw, fried or refined foods, sugar and sweets, coffee, teas and colas containing caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, and stress.
Specific Supplements:
Vitamin B5 - 500 mg. 4 x day
Vitamin C - 3 to 4 grams a day
Vitamin K - 5 to 10 mg. 3 x day
Copper - 5 mg. 3 x day
Manganese - Take as directed.
Selenium - 200 mcg. a day
Zinc - 20 to 50 mg. 3 x day
Bromelain - 250 mg. 2 x day between meals
Lecithin - Take as directed.
L-histidine - Take as directed.
Omega-3 fatty acids - Take as directed.
Omega-6 fatty acids - Take as directed.
D, L phenylalanine - Take as directed.
Vitamin E - 1,000 I.U. a day; (Start with 200 I.U. and increase to 1,000 I.U. over a 4 week period.)
Glycosamines - Take as directed. |
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