Food/ Diet Therapy

Food can’t cure arthritis, but it can make the disease less painful – or worse.

 

Good foods

1.  Fatty fish (salmon, herring sardines) or any other food with omega-3 fatty acids, such as walnuts, soy beans, flax seeds, canola oil and pumpkin seeds
2.  Antioxidants—vitamin C, selenium, carotenes, bioflavonoids
3.  Spices—ginger and turmeric
4.  Onions and leeks
5.  Green tea
6.  Green vegetables, such as watercress, parsley, celery, kale, and okra
7.  Seaweeds
8.  Carrots
9.  Spirulina
10.  Barley and wheat grass products (anti-inflammatory and detoxifying)
11.  Avocados
12.  Pecans
13.  Potassium broth
14.  Soy products
15.  Whole grains, such as brown rice, millet, oats, wheat, and barley
16.  Cold-water fish such as salmon, sardines, or herring

 

Bad Foods

 

*Calcium Inhibitors

• Reduce or eliminate red meat, dairy, eggs, and chicken
• Alcohol
• Coffee
• Refined sugar and too many sweets
• Excess salt

 

*Foods High In Oxalic Acid

• Rhubarb
• Cranberries
• Plums
• Chard
• Spinach

 

 

*The Nightshade Family of Foods

• Tomatoes
• Eggplant
• Potatoes
• Peppers
• Tobacco

 

 

*Foods that will Create Wind and Dampness

• Buckwheat
• Dairy foods
• All animal fat
• Nuts, oil-rich seeds, and nut butters

 

*Shellfish,Sunflower, safflower, corn and soybean oils, saturated fat, hydrogenated fat (margarine)