Arthritis Diets:
Foods to avoid if you
have rheumatoid arthritis
There are countless arthritis diets available in books and online. However it seems that foods that trigger arthritis symptoms vary from person to person. On internet arthritis discussion boards, what works for one person doesn't work for another, so probably no one standard diet will work for everyone. The concensus in arthritis literature appears to be that a diet that is heavy on vegetables and fruit, and sparing on meat and dairy is best. Most experts advise a food elimination system, where potential triggers are eliminated from the diet for several weeks and see if there is any change in arthritis symptoms.
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Dr. L. Gail Darlington, a rheumatologist in the United Kingdom, has worked with a diet-based approach for patients since the 1980s. Below is a list that she developed in 1993. It contains foods that most commonly provoked measurable symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in patients involved in a clinical study. The list below includes the food and the percentage of patients whose symptoms were aggravated by the food.
- Corn - 56%
- Wheat - 54%
- Bacon and pork - 39%
- Oranges - 39%
- Milk (cow's) - 37%
- Oats - 37%
- Rye - 34%
- Eggs - 32%
- Beef - 32%
- Coffee - 37%
- Malt - 27%
- Cheese - 24%
- Grapefruit - 24%
- Tomato - 22%
- Peanuts - 20%
- Sugar (cane) - 20%
- Butter - 17%
- Lamb - 17%
- Lemon - 17%
- Soya - 17%
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