I have costochronditis, Fibro, Diverticulitis Chronic Fatigue. High Cholesterol Drugs have not helped, so I am researching into diet. and changing my diet to a more fresh approach. IE. less pre cooked processed foods. Is anybody interested in this approach as part of pain management?
Cathy
I'd be interested to understand how that can effect the pain. I'm trying to eat fresher and healthier as of late too but didn't know it could effect your pain. Very interested.
Sarah
Yes, interested
Hi Uhurakate
I sincerely hope that you are feeling as well as you possibly can be today? I think your post is exceedingly interesting. I have quite a few food allergies and have constantly been lectured by my GP and Consultant about my poor eating habits! (I love biscuits). I am not allowed to eat anything that grows to be red as I am highly allergic to the (chemical compound) natural red pigmentation in foods such as strawberries, raspberries and tomatoes. Strangely enough this also covers bananas?
I will follow any posts that you place with great interest.
All my hopes and dreams for you
Ken
bananas? That's interesting about anything that grows to be red. Tomatoes seem to be everywhere in spring/summer. Cook outs and ketchup start going. Any tricks to get yourself to walk away from the table?
It is very handy that I like Worcester sauce more than ketchup! I eat a lot of green fruits such as apples and pears. I also eat a lot of Pineapple and melon and do not have any problems with them. If I do eat anything red I tend to end up in A&E being treated for allergic reactions.
Take care
Ken x
Like to join, know I feel worse when I eat bread, but not sure if this is the yeast or the wheat or both.
Not the day I eat the bread but the day after, I am this morning cross with myself as being too tired to cook yesterday I had toast and really suffering this morning, ironically feeling worse than yesterday.
Jacqueline
Does Bread stay in the system longer? The starch and sugars might be making you feel blah and no energy. I think that we have to try eliminating one thing at a time to find out what it is. I feel tired and lazy after eating pasta the night before.
Have you looked at Dr Myhill's web site about food intolerance?
Know I feel better when I keep to it but it means you have to cook everything from scratch and social life very difficult.
jacqueline
Hi there; I think taking control of your body and letting fibro know it has to fit in with you rather than you having to always fit into fibro is so important in controlling symptoms, and diet is an essential part of that. Historically I always ate a very healthy diet - for example, we have an allotment and grow our own veg mostly in an organic way, and we eat a lot of vegetarian food and uncooked food, this was for decades before I got fibro and its nasty friends. But after I got fibro I also got Interstitial Cystitis and had to change my diet again to help with IC - see the IC Network for details. I also have signs of IBS and when the IBS symptoms are bad my IC flares and other symptoms flare. I also find that taking activated charcoal helps considerably with symptoms - I took it for 3 months every day, and now take it as needed, ie., if I have bowel symptoms. So diet to help IBS and IC is a key for me, as is exercise, meditation, and avoiding medicines as far as possible and chemicals. There was a lecture at the Fibro conference this year about diet and fibro, I think the woman who gave the lecture was rather over the top, her dietary regime was so extreme and you had to keep going on the diet for 7 years before it improves your body, her regime is called GAPS. But it is worth looking at as it might be right for you, she believes in taking high animal fat which she thinks boosts natural steroids. She is a qualified doctor.
There are also long standing theories that fibro is linked to high candidas (thrush) and changing your diet can help to reduce candidas in the bowel, and hence improve symptoms, such as outlined in the book From Fatigue to Fantastic (I think that's what its called).
I also think that changing your diet can help control weight gain and this also will help with pain and fatigue, as a lower body weight does not put so much strain on your muscles when you move.
To summarise, I do think changing your diet can considerably help with pain, especially when linked to stretching and some increase in aerobic exercise, however moderate at first, meditation, massage, trigger point massage, and as you start feeling better from your dietary changes you could gradually increase the other things. Good luck!! I am really looking forward to hearing how you are getting on.
Love and hugs x
It is really interesting that you also mention IBS as one of your Fibro problems. Most of the medications that we take have lactose added to them, and I always wonder if the high doses of lactose could be the underlined cause of the IBS?
I am lactose intolerant so I am always looking for lactose in everything, and I have not come across a medication yet that is lactose free!
Take care
Ken x
I'm certainly interested to hear about your progress as I have several of the illnesses you also suffer from. I find prepacked sliced bread or shop bought muffins absolutely kill me about half an hour after eating I bloat as though I am pregnant and feel so fatigued I could lie down on the pavement. I find unfortunately that with my IBS alot of vegetables and fruit even though they would be my preferred food to eat give me alot of pain. Look forward to hearing morex
It is really interesting that you also mention IBS as one of your Fibro problems. Most of the medications that we take have lactose added to them, and I always wonder if the high doses of lactose could be the underlined cause of the IBS?
I am lactose intolerant so I am always looking for lactose in everything, and I have not come across a medication yet that is lactose free!
Take care
Ken x
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