Ardeith, I've read that RA can be greatly helped by not eating dairy. That and not eating wheat is basically the paleo diet. I wonder if you were eating more dairy after you stopped eating wheat? That might have expalined the flareups? Alison >From: ardeith l carter <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List >I went no-wheat about 2 years >ago.....and for the past >18 months or so, I've been having flare-ups from my >Rheumatoid Arthritis.....so bad the doc put me back >on cortisone drugs to get the inflammation down..... >and, of course, I regained the pounds I had lost...... > >[log in to unmask] >Walk The Path With Practical Feet! > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.