It depends on the type of course. ;) Veggie would be better than fruit, and fresh is preferred.

There are two schools of thought on the best way to maintain blood sugar levels. 1) Eat small meals or snacks every 3 hours. 2) Don't eat foods that will cause blood sugar swings. Eating an orange won't wreak havoc on your blood sugar levels, but if you drink a large glass of on, you're consuming enough natural sugar, (let's say 4-6 oranges worth) to engage a whole chain of consequences, including releasing hormones that you're already dysfunctional body doesn't need. Add in the meds many of us take, and that complicates things further. So, by adding sparkling water with a spritzer you're reducing your sugar/carb intake.

Hey, I too have been trying to change my diet I have pretty much cut sugar out of my diet and dairy products, flour, tomatoes, and gluten so if you try a few of those you may start feeling better especially the sugar try cutting down on that it will help alot.

Did the diet change work? Could you feel results?

Thanks,
Brandon

Check out the Nutribullet , I started using it just after Thanksgiving and it has really made a difference for me, especially the swelling in my hands and migraines. You don't have to order over the phone or online. Bed Bath & Beyond carries it. The only difference is the Nutritional healing book doesn't come with it. I spent a little time online and found recipes that help me immensely.

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An ms diet is what is closest to what one with inflammation should be eating. But its not the case with me, really what helps me is avoiding dark vegetables, aka potatoes, eggplant, tomatoes (those tomatoes RIP my mouth up and I get constant canker sores) The dairy, really it depends on what type you are eating. If you are eating whole dairy, not fake pregrated cheese with the keep good perservatives in in then you are fine. Pretty much a diet perservative free. If you buy something at the store make sure there isnt more than 5 TO 10 @ MAX ingredients inside the product. As far as frozen vegetables, they really always have some type of sodium added in there to keep the color and other things. Can you plant a garden where you live?? We have raised bed things and are able to grow tons of herbs potatoes, tomatoes, berries, lettuce.

Also, alot of us have high cholesterol, and apples and strawberries have a property in them that grabs all the gunk in our intestines and lowers your cholesterol.

It has been years since RSD and I still find foods I could eat one day and then few months later I am in the biggest flare alive. so just keep that known about what you eat and if it causes you to feel MORE lethargic than before.

I have 2 other diseases on top of RSD that I have to manage so it makes itchallenging especially because I never want to eat in the first place.

There is this one tv show called the FOOD HOSPITAL on the COOKING CHANNEL in the UK and they use food not medication to try to help people with headaches diabetes, more common type illnesses, and I hope someone reads this from the UK and possibly can go there and see what they say food wise. Nobody will convince me NO MEDICATION, because us long term RSD 1 or 2 bla bla its bad BAD pain, and seeming that nobody really knows about this and many of us suffer, maybe there can be food in addition to that.

I am taking some thyroid medication and i am a (excuse my wording 10000% ***** and angry on it. I am now off of it .I have only been taking it two weeks and i hate hate hate hate the way it makes me feel, and I dont even like myself right now, on top of the family issues in my house rightnow.

I just wish some bajilllionaire would come in and pay our medical bills off to this date for ALL OF us. They say keep stress down, wen you get 20 different bills in the mail daily phone calls, i mean it goes on and on and on and on and on and on about the stuff they want me to pay and im like ill pay you 1 penny a month. Thats how much I can afford, and sometimes, i might have to look on the floor in the parking lot for that penny.

Hope the food ideas helped you, and hope you are doing as well as you can be.

my best, H

totally agree adding citrus slices and fruit in water or sparkling water is way better and more appealing.. We have grapefruit, lime, tangerlemon, lemon, myerlemon, comquots, orange, and more but i cant think of them, oh and i grow mint to add to the water and mint clarifies the water and is great for indigestion. And you can have the water hot, or cold too. whole different taste. (we have those trees on our property, so anyone in Orange County CA feel free to contact me if you want organic off the tree fruit!!

Im already a strict Vegetarian and am also supposed to be on a gluten free diet. Over the past few months i have been quite lazy with the gluten free part. So after reading this post i have decided to get strict with my food. Strictly vego and GF so that my body isnt under attack from food and can heal without any other factors sabotaging me. I also have issues with dairy so i think i had better address that too.
i dont normally drink fizzy drinks and simply donot buy them, but have also been partial to the odd can of diet coke as i have access to it. I know the evils of aspartame, and preservatives, so i cant help but wonder if it has been a factor for me developing RSD. It never occured to me to make my own fizzy drinks.
Can i ask everyones oppinion of alcohol esp red wine, perhaps a glass once a week and spicey food for sufferers of RSD. Is moderation the key???? or is it a no go zone?