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| DIET : HOW IT CAN HELP | ||||
| At least 75% of Autoimmune Diseases start in the Gut. Working on improving the environment of the Gut and making positive, dramatic changes with your everyday diet can make a difference to your health and well-being. It can also help reduce inflammation - helping Autoimmune diseases such as Palindromic Rheumatism, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and others. | ||||
| An ‘anti-inflammatory diet’ involves avoiding foods that could cause inflammation … and eating plenty of foods that reduce inflammation. To get the most out of nutritional changes, you should adopt both sets of food, ie limit foods that cause inflammation and increase foods that decrease inflammation. | ||||
| Foods to be removed from your diet because they may be causing inflammation or imbalance: Avoid Alcohol, Dairy Foods, Wheat, Gluten, Tomatoes, Corn, white Potatoes, Yeast, Sugar and the Nightshade family foods such as Tomatoes, Potatoes, Eggplant, Capsicum. Avoid processed foods, food additives, artificial food colourings, flavour enhancers-eg MSG and preservatives | ||||
| Foods and Drinks used to reduce
inflammation: Drink Mineral water, Vegetable juices, Herbal tea's.
(Ginger tea and Peppermint tea are soothing to the Gut.) Eat Vegetables that are high in antioxidants and nutrients such as asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, squash, beets, carrots, onions, and garlic. Aim for dark-green, deep-yellow and red vegetables. The more variety, the better! Fruits high in antioxidants and nutrients are apples, apricots, bananas, blueberries, cantaloupe, cherries, kiwifruits, oranges, peaches, and pink grapefruits. Again, aim for deep-colored fruits and plenty of variety. |