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This is Don Wiss's post re the effect a gf diet has on RArthritis.

From: Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 5:56 AM

> Below is what I've collected on dietary intervention and RA. The
> real focus should be on getting the gluten and casein out of the diet.
>
> (1) Vegetarian diet eases arthritis
>
> Adapted from an article in the Lancet (12/10/91) by Dr Jens
> Kjeldsen-Kragh and colleagues of the Department of General Practice,
> University of Oslo, and from a report in the Independent by Celia Hall.
> Note the patients were asked not to eat food that contained gluten,
> meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, refined sugar or citrus fruits. Salt,
> strong spices, and preservatives were avoided - likewise alcoholic
> beverages, tea and coffee.
>
>   http://www.worldtrans.org/GIB/BOV/BV-223.HTML
>
> (2) Dietary treatment of rheumatoid arthritis., by Jens Kjeldsen-Kragh.
> Here the patients followed a gluten-free, vegan diet for three and
> half months, and then a lactovegetarian diet for another nine months.
>
> http://www.mediconsult.com/noframes/arthritis/journal/automation/96010
> 200300  3.html
>
> (3) Nutritional Strategies for Inflamed Joints and Other Conditions,
> by Michael Klaper, M.D. Note the diet is free of dairy in all forms,
> eggs,  hydrogenated oils, refined sugars, white flour products, soy,
> corn and wheat products, alcohol, caffeine, and nightshade vegetables.
>
>   http://www.vegsource.org/klaper/nutrition.htm
>
> (3) Arthritis Center - Food-Induced Arthritis. Put up by Environmed
> Research Inc. (a commercial site). A general summary with an
> emphasis on avoiding gluten and casein:
>
>   http://www.nutramed.com/arthritis/arthritisfa.htm
>
> (4) Extract from: Hills, Hilda Cherry, _Good Food, Gluten Free_, New
> Cannan: Keats Publishing, 1976. Recommends a gluten-free diet:
>
>   http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/hillsra.txt
>
> (5) Here are some studies found by Ron Hoggan. He's writing an
> article on RA, but hasn't finished yet. He is still working on it, and
> it will start with an explanation of RA, then a brief discussion of RA
> as an auto-immune disease, then it will move to molecular mimicry, then
> Frazer Scott's work, then the conventional dietary work that reflects
> the theoretical stuff from Scott and molecular mimicry.
>
>   http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/hoggan/ra.txt
>
> (6) While this page is selling some supplements, most is on dietary
> intervention. Says a grand elimination diet should be followed
> initially to determine the presence of any food sensitivities. Common
> sensitivities are to wheat, milk, dairy products, eggs, potato, beef,
> crustacean and citrus.  Also recommends avoiding all night shade foods
> or plants, eg. potato, eggplant, tomato, chilli, capsicum, and tobacco.
>
>   http://www.moreton.com.au/ana/handbook/rheum.htm
>
> (7) From September to December, 1997, Robert McFerran posted draft
> chapters of his book, Arthritis - Searching for the Truth - Searching
> for the Cure, to the Ask Dr Stoll Bulletin Board. They are archived
> here:
>
>   http://bcn.net/~stoll/archives/arthritis.html
>
> (8) This article "Do dietary lectins cause disease?" in the British
> Medical Journal states that another suspect lectin disease is
> rheumatoid arthritis. Lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins
> present in most plants, especially seeds and tubers like cereals,
> potatoes, and beans.
>
>   http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7190/1023
>
> (9) Dr. Neal Barnard has had remarkable success with his book FOODS
> THAT FIGHT PAIN in treating RA. Mostly it is about eliminating hidden
> allergenic foods. It is a mainstream book (still hard back ) so you
> should be able to get it in any bookstore.
>
> (10) Udo Erasmus in his book FATS THAT HEAL, FATS THAT KILL claims
> that if you increase your essential fatty acid intake and cut way
> down on your inessential fat intake that symptoms of RA can be
> greatly reduced.
>
> (11) For more on dietary intervention in general:
>
>   The Paleolithic Diet Page:  http://www.PaleoDiet.com/
>   The Gluten-Free Page:       http://www.GFlinks.com/
>   The No Milk Page:           http://www.NoMilk.com/