<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> 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/