Posted on November 15, 2007 in Latest News
Rheumatoid arthritis! What is the first thing that strikes in your mind? Joint pain, stiffening of the joint, restricted movement, signs of getting old or hereditary disease. Have you ever thought that even food allergies could flare up the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?
Nightshade family is well known to flare-up the arthritis symptoms. Botanically Nightshade family is known as Solanaceae family. The popular members of this family are potatoes, eggplant, tomatoes, pepper, zucchini and paprika. These members of nightshade family have the potential to activate an allergic reaction resulting in joint inflammation and pain.
Do you have doubts that you are allergic to the members of this family? Here is the simplest way to find out to which member you are allergic to. First off all stop eating all nightshades for few days about 5-6 days completely. Then include one particular member of the family like tomato and take a portion of tomato daily for few days and observe the changes in the symptoms. Then again repeat the first step and test for other member.
The outcome of the test might surprise you. After analyzing the results you would come to know that you are able to tolerate one member for days but for other member the symptoms flare up immediately. After knowing the fact you can change your diet by avoiding that member completely.
If you are on medication for arthritis, discuss the results with your doctor before stopping your medications. Sudden stoppage of medicines can have negative effect on your health. Even after controlling the symptoms with the diet you might need your physician’s monitoring.
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