arthritis

[pengi07]

hi could anyone help at all i have read on here that avoiding nightshades will help with pain from arthritis could you tell me what foods to avoid i have rhumatoid quite bad just waiting for a shoulder replacement so i will try anything to help the pain thank you all.

[hurting007]

I have to say that avoiding the nightshades do help me.  I have fibromyalgia and arthritis as a couple of many disorders I have.  I also am allergic to a couple of them and the recommendation was to avoid all the nightshades for my allergies also; of course, I have to think that it is all a circle of symptoms and disorders.

It is an easy matter of avoiding all of the foods and see if you feel any better.

[pengi07]

thank you for that advice i will check Amazon for the books. i will try anything the pain is just getting me down its not helping my anxiety and stress levels at all i think the arthritis and anxiety go hand in hand i am taking B complex allso vitamin c i have to be carefull because of the meds i am on for the rhumatoid thanks again for your help take care.

[Paxiled]

If you search Amazon I know there are a couple of books on this.  The studies were done in Italy, I believe, and were mostly applicable to rheumatoid arthritis, but it's long been felt in many schools of traditional medicine that nightshades promote inflammation.  If I recall, they found about 10% of people responded incredibly well to removing nightshades from their diet as to relief from arthritis in the study.  Of course, people in Italy have come to eat a ton of nightshades, most of which are from the Americas.  The main ones I can recall off the top of my head are potatoes, zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers of all kinds.  Potatoes doesn't include sweet potatoes, which are entirely different.  Good hunting.