Stop the Pain and Progression of Rheumatoid Arthritis IX

This is the ninth article in this series. The second book that we read was actually recommended by my wife's rheumatologist. It was written by a physician. He gave us an excerpt from the book and we immediately ordered it to compare it with our own research. An interesting addition to this book, is he related this diet to many other diseases and conditions. Everything from migraine headaches to fibromyalgia, breast and minstrel pain, cancer pain and carpal tunnel syndrome, are all mentioned in his book. He does not eat any meat in his own life and therefore recommends this to his patients. He also, as the title suggests, talks about foods that can help fight different diseases, as well as the ones to avoid.

I think it is always wise to educate yourself from as many sources as possible. I hope no one relies solely on these articles. When several different sources come to the same conclusion, I strongly consider that this is a valid conclusion.We chose not to take one thing that our customer recommended because there were many conflicting views on the internet when I researched the topic. I will mention it later and let you research it and draw your own conclusion. His list of common trigger foods was almost identical to Ms Allan's. So my wife avoided all of those. The main difference that I mentioned before was he was against all meat and fish. Both of the books cautioned against using NSAID's except aspirin. Another thing that might help is both mentioned that food sensitivities tend to run in families. So if others in your family have a sensitivity to a certain food, you are likely to have the same sensitivity. It was reassuring to see the similarities in these two books, especially since one was recommended by my wife's doctor.

A disturbing fact was that the American Arthritis Foundation did not endorse these findings, or even say promising research has shown that diet can aid in the treatment of R.A. They said more research needs to be done on the subject. Who is going to do this research since there is no profit in a treatment with a natural diet? When some of the treatments cost thousands of dollars, what drug company is going to research a natural cure? I don't blame the drug companies. There is a lot more information in both of these books, but I am only writing about how we used the information from them to help my wife stop the pain from this horrible disease.