About a month ago, I started a no nightshades diet, to see if it helped with my knee pain. Pat Claudio, co-author of the Arthritis-Free Cookbook, has just sent me a review copy of her book, which I can’t wait to read! I plan to blog about some of the recipes. I am finding the diet easier to implement at home, than when dining out. So many dishes have peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, paprika, cayenne in them, you have to grill the waiter, and often he or she has to check with the chef. It makes it hard to dine out and relax at the same time. All that hyper-vigilance gets tiresome!
I seem to have experienced an improvement though, however slight. Another woman, who started the diet at the same time has done even better. She sent me the following success story:
Letter from a blog reader:
I was speaking with Pat Claudio this evening and she suggested
that I contact you.
My experience with eliminating the nightshades has been fantastic.
Within the first week all the numbness left my hands and arms. After 1 week I ate some French Fries to test myself and the problems immediately came back.
I also have been cooking my broth when I buy chicken or turkey. My knees feel great.
Thanks to Pat and yourself I am feeling terrific!
Have you been using your own body weight at all for
exercising. I am doing it more and more and its a great way to
exercise.
Bye,
Erin
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3 Comments
I was diagnosed with arthritis recently and what i do is take food supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin plus regular exercise. they really help a lot in managing arthritis.
The No Nightshade diet has removed the pain from a diagnosis made over 20 years ago. Wish I had known about it then. I’ve been following this plan for about 4 years now and find I can “cheat” now and then for lasagna or pizza or mashed potatoes, but the pain returns if I cheat too often.
Also, for my knees, it seems to have been a key factor when we stopped having processed deli meats and other processed foods. We find eating fish 4-5 times a week at lunch has made my knees return to normal flexibility and painfree! I believe the Omega 3 in the salmon we eat as well as the tilapia, catfish, halibut, mahi, etc has helped my knees.
I try to tell everyone I meet who suffers from arthritis about my experience with the nightshades plants. Living in the Southwest, they don’t want to believe it, but I DO.
Living nightshade free has healed so many problems with my joints. They hurt for years until nightshades were eliminated, now they feel great without any glucosamine or other products.
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