Diet to Eliminate Meds

[Ithurtstodance]

A tried and true diet is the restrictive protocol lined out by Amy Myers’s MD. Her books are The Autoimmune Solution and The Autoimmune Solution Cookbook. She gives a lot of scientific data to back up her food choices. Basically, it’s no grains, no dairy, and no sugar, no eggs, no tomatoes, sauces, or caffeine for 30 days then, start reintroducing some foods.

[SnazzyD]

Hello, have you tried it? I think if it were the answer there would be droves of us getting rid of steroids and being cured. Sadly, this isn’t the case though some find certain foods make them feel worse. I was more or less avoiding your list well before my GCA and I still got it. Autoimmune conditions are known to be complex and quite individual. So far, we haven’t heard of any resounding success stories from those trying this approach for PMR or GCA but never say never!

[123-go in reply to SnazzyD]

We live in hope not only for ourselves but also for future generations.

[Excelsior80 in reply to SnazzyD]

Out of interest, if you don't mind me asking, why were you avoiding those foods?

[SnazzyD in reply to Excelsior80]

I had increasingly negative intestinal reaction and general constitution woes. Found out by accident when my daughter was diagnosed with gluten and dairy intolerance by the paediatrician. She was so upset that I said I’d have the same food as her not expecting the symptoms I had had for most of my life to be drastically improved. I didn’t bother getting tested for coeliac as I didn’t want to spend 6 weeks back on gluten feeling vile. The others I can have but not repeatedly or in large amounts. This diet also didn’t stop me getting breast cancer by the way. At the end of my Pred journey I also became very intolerant of cruciate vegetables which is tragic.

[Excelsior80 in reply to SnazzyD]

thank you!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

The best I can offer is a link to the identical post here 8 years ago. One link, to the PMRGCANE forum is no longer valid - no charity and not a PMR forum now.

healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk....

[Sophiestree in reply to PMRpro]

I loved " Dr. Meyers is to health what Gwyneth Paltrow is to lifestyle"

[whitefishbay]

Sounds like NO FUN.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

I have always said, I've tried no alcohol, gluten-free, low carb but not no carb and various other things. All it ever achieved was a lot less pleasure in life and a restricted diet that was rather boring in comparison. PMR took a lot away from me, the whole of my 50s really, and I've given up enough I think.

And that is actually the primary reason most of these extreme approaches to diet fail after not very long.

[Blearyeyed]

Discovering if you have any food intolerances and then changing your diet to reduce intolerance symptoms can only help reduce general health symptoms.It isn't a cure for any autoimmune condition , and it isn't a substitute for pain medication if you have an inflammatory health condition.

All it can do is help reduce additional digestives causes for inflammation or pain adding to your woes, therefore helping you to cope.

If a health condition is long term , chronic or stated to have no cure , diet changes can only help alongside other types of Self care and appropriate medical support ( including medication ) to improve your symptoms while you have it.

It's hard to accept but it's true.

I find any health writer , and particularly medically trained authors, whom suggest that they have found cures through changes in diet and lifestyle, or the use of supplements alone to be completely disingenuous and I would not rely on anything written by them alone .....or to be honest I wouldn't help them line their pockets by buying their books or products.

People whom write these books, and have actual medical training, know this. They just prey on people's vulnerability and fear of having an illness and dislike at the need to use a strong medication by offering unrealistic , alternative health solutions to make a quick buck.

The information they give to help with Self Care after using their persuasive rhetoric is generally no different at all from the general self care advice offered on official free recommended health charity sites.

They won't cure your illness , but if you buy enough of them and purchase the many products and herbal remedies that are often promoted you will eventually be cured from opening your purse or wallet.

Self Care is important but will only help you cope with side effects and improve your recovery alongside conventional medication and professional health support for all types of Chronic Health Conditions.

Self Care is only a part of the jigsaw you need to incorporate into your lifestyle to help improve your health condition. No matter how resistant we might feel to having to take prescribed medications , sadly for some , we must accept that Medication is an essential part of the jigsaw too.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Blearyeyed]

And that we are very lucky to live in an age and country where these things are made available to us without breaking the bank. It is no coincidence that most of the self-help money-spinning comes from the USA.

[stevebran in reply to Blearyeyed]

Totally agree. People may get some hope from this but only temporarily and it will never be a substitute for well administered medication. But nothing to lose either just try not to be disappointed if there’s no dramatic improvement.